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Detale78
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I hate to do this but do not know where else to turn. Last March I commissioned Carl (RPF member PainterX) to paint up my sgt Taz Hannibal lector bust. He had good communication with me at first so I had no issue with sending him my bust and $350 dollars to finish it. Well unseen circumstances happend a few months into the commission and Carl's mother passed. My heart went out to him and told him to take time for himself to grieve and not worry about finishing the bust for a while. He agreed and I was very understanding giving it almost 6 months without communicating with him. By the end of the summer, mid September I decided to see what was up and if he was okay. First his response time was was very delayed but he did respond and told me he was working on my bust. I was reassured are deal was still okay. He even sent me a picture of the progress where he had only begun painting the skin tone (base tone). I was a little frustrated since it had been so long and very little progress was done but atleast I was seeing progress. He promised the bust would be finished by the end of October. Well October came and went and I pmed him and about a week later he stated that he was still working on it and that it would be finished by the end of November for sure. That it was his first priority. Well November came and went so I decided to be patient and not pm him till January accounting for the holidays. So January 2010 hots and I email him and two weeks pass with no response. I even email him through his email. Middle of January hits and I ask him to either communicate with me and have the bust finshed within the month or atleast closely finshed or just return my bust to me and my $350 dollars. Well of course January ends and no response. Can anyone help me? I feel as if I have been scammed out of my bust and my money by Carl. He was so nice and communicated so well in the beginning that I never thought are deal would turn out this way. Next month is one year since I commissioned him for the paint up and build. Guess I'm out of luck and out my money and my bust. So i guess this is a warning to anyone to not do business with Carl (PainterX) since he is not a man of his word but unfortunately has turned the route of becoming a scammer. If anyone knows him personally please relay this message to him. I want to believe this situation can still work out in my benefit but sadly I believe it won't. Thanks for listening. 
