Late commissions

[Scion009]

Originally Posted by tandt71

I have asked him to refund and he will not reply in any regards to that request or send the refund or the commission.

I had a bad experience with Buzz in the past. Pad him for 2 commissions...he did one, which I received, the second one he finished, sent a scan, never shipped the art, and then refused to answer my e-mails. Never did get the art, wrote it off years ago. Will never buy a Buzz piece again.

[Shawn F]

I'm still waiting on my Tom Grummett piece that was finished back in December. Paid for last may. Hopefully it made it in the mail last week.

I've come to realize that commissions aren't for me. As much as I want personalized pieces from artists, its the waiting that drives me crazy. Sometimes I can't enjoy them after I receive them because of the experience. I have a few pieces tucked away in the closet.

[s.slayton]

Originally Posted by tandt71

That would be great if you could ask him. He used to update his facebook page where he will be etc. but nothing seems to be new on there since December.

Will do. Just let me know your name and what you commissioned and I'll ask him!

[Arcusprime]

Chris Spouse, Jae Lee, SpiderGuile. Probably 1 or 2 others I've forgotten about.

[BillC]

Waiting on one commission since August 2015 iirc. Not really that long as the artist has gone to maybe 10 conventions in that time, and is also working on at least one issue of a book. He's pretty cool and we communicate so I'm not panicking.

[Mr. Machismo]

Brent McKee, Jae Lee, Alex Maleev, Javier Fernandez (cancelled that one), Michael Cho.

6-11 months with these guys. Most around 10.

[JadeGiant]

Originally Posted by Arcusprime

Chris Spouse, Jae Lee, SpiderGuile. Probably 1 or 2 others I've forgotten about.

Hey Don, Sprouse is local to me. Let me know if I can help.

[JadeGiant]

I hear a lot of bad stories about Buzz going back to when I first started getting commissions 8-10 years ago. It caused me to avoid him for a while but I finally decided to take a chance and had a great experience at a show and I talk to him at most shows I see him at. I was able to get mine at the show which I think was key - no chasing him online. Super nice guy to chat with so it is hard to figure all the issues. Good example of an artist that could use a good rep.

[carlito1978]

Originally Posted by carlito1978

as of now I am currently current. I am however highly concerned about how long it is taking for a package to come in from Europe

boom. European package showed up yesterday!

[CJ82]

Felipe Massafera - Coming up on 1 year
Mitch Ballard - 7 months
John Stinsman - 5 Months

A couple others that are approaching the 'couple months ago' range but not at the 'red flag, taking too long' point yet as the ones above.

Really wish when you ask "Are you currently available for commission" and the artist says "Yes", they actually MEAN it. I wouldn't ask that question up front if I wanted to wait half a year to a year for something.