Early morning #arting!
Month: November 2013
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This is the single greatest thing thatās ever been on this website.
LOL!
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS GIFSET FOR 10000 YEARS
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AND YET AGAIN a nice round number is just dangling there, taunting me.
Come on, Tumblr. Work your magic.
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OK, I lied. I did end up changing some things. #arting
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Reviewing the thumbs for the last 6 pages. Don’t think I need to change anything too dramatically. :) #arting
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Encik Farhan is a scammer.Ā He backs projects, pledging hundreds or thousands of dollars at the highest tier, and then disputes the credit card charges 1-3 months later, often after his rewards have been shipped.
He pledged $1000 to my campaign, and a few days after I posted an update that backer rewards were being shipped, he filed a charge dispute with his credit card company.Ā Iām still waiting for the outcome of my appeal, but if I lose $1000, it will ruin me.
Another project creator got in touch with me this week, asking about Encik Farhan, and dozens of creators have been affected by this asshole, but there is no built-in way to report individual backers or profiles on Kickstarter.
His profile: http://www.kickstarter.com/profile/61606350
His email address registered with Kickstarter is akusukaiphone@gmail.com, and the contact email he gave me in his survey response is wadepakf@gmail.com.
If you are starting a project, WATCH OUT FOR THIS GUY.Ā If he backs your project, assume that those funds will be disputed after your campaign is over.Ā Heās screwing over creators, and meanwhile, he still gets to look good with all these ābackedā projects showing up on his profile.
UPDATES:
I posted an update earlier today, but in summation:
Kickstarter has deleted Farhanās account and banned him from the site.Ā They issued an official statement regarding the incident, as well as a personal response to me letting me know the above, and that they will be working with all the project creators and Amazon Payments to get this resolved.
Iām happy with Kickstarterās response so far, and Iām hopeful that weāll see a positive outcome not only for me, but for all the creators that were affected.
Added some updates to the bottom. Hopefully people see this in the reblog notes and check it out.
ALSO, HOLY 15,000 NOTES BATMAN.
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75% done! 6 pages left! :D #arting
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We cannot repel woobie eyes of this magnitude! #arting #sami
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Boom! #arting
Report: Kickstarter Scammer āEncik Farhanā ā UPDATED ā The Beat
Report: Kickstarter Scammer āEncik Farhanā ā UPDATED ā The Beat
I’m still drowning in reblog notifications.Ā Thank you everyone who helped spread my story, especially those who left outrageously angry comments lambasting Mr. Farhan. Those were hilarious. <3
Yesterday afternoon, his profile was deleted from Kickstarter.Ā I’m going to assume that it was Kickstarter doing the deleting, since they forwarded my message to their Trust and Safety team, and hopefully they just outright banned his IP address, so that he can’t make a new account and do the same thing again.
While it’s a start, Kickstarter and Amazon ultimately need to develop a policy and measures to combat this sort of practice that doesn’t leave project creators with the short end of the stick.Ā As Megan put it so well yesterday, it’s not like we can prevent a backer from pledging even if we know that they’re going to do something like this.
A lot of kind folks asked what they could do to help me out if I end up losing the money, and I just want to say thanks.Ā As I said in the interview above, I’m extremely privileged to have a wonderful support system of family and friends who will be able to help me out, so I’m not in a dire situation.Ā But if you really want to do me a favor, go check out my comics, and if you like them, share with others.
In the meantime, I hope Amazon does the right thing and my appeal turns out in my favor.Ā I will let you guys know how it turns out.Ā Thank you again!