That's one of the saddest things I can think of, really, that somebody who has done such beautiful work, and who seemed like such a nice person, would chose to treat her customers like that. I am really sorry to hear it. If I could possibly add another suit to my workload, I'd try and get you something for anthrocon, but unfortunately I've got way too much on my plate.

Would you like a tail though? If I can make one from fabric I have on hand, I would be happy to make one for you at no cost, at least you'd have something fun to wear!

I haven't dealt with her on suits.

I wanted to for the longest time and now i'm glad I didn't.

Had same sort of problem with her on art though not as harshly and I did get a refund good luck.

Aww, I'm so sorry to hear that, hun. I'll echo that she seemed like a nice person, but I guess not!

I hope you can get the suit of your dreams from someone who isn't so selfish, someday!

im not afraid to comment on Rose. shes a good friend of mine and ive gotten 2 suits from her. in fact, i was very happy with my suits and recommended her to a couple of people who commissioned suits from her as well.

i will admit that she seems to have gotten into the habit of biting off more than she can chew. taking on more suits than she can handle in a reasonable amount of time and as such, shes getting more and more delayed in finishing them. i dont condone that and i cant give a reason for it because i honestly dont know.

to some degree, i can understand her frustration with some customers because she gets alot of emails asking for updates, asking questions, complaining about the delays and some that are just plain harassing. add that with stress and the frustration of being a perfectionist who has taken on too much work and you have someone who clearly needs a break or else they have a breakdown.

youre not the first person ive heard from that claims they were ignored but when i asked Rose if she received those emails she seemed genuinely shocked and claimed that her email has probably been eating her messages. it happens.

im not saying that what happened was right by any means. all i can say is that she ended up in a situation where she had too much on her plate (and still does). im currently waiting for footpaws, claws and a rebuilt head, but i know her work is good and i dont mind waiting.

I've been thinking about this for a while, and I'm going to start keeping a list of fursuit makers who've had troubles like this. Just... so that all the names and claims and stories can be summarized in one place. I'm probably inviting a heap of drama by doing so, but there really needs to be just one place where it's all at. (So if anybody else has any fursuit commissioning troubles, they can contact me, spark.costumes@gmail.com) I might consider doing a general artist list too, but that's a much bigger project.

I've also commissioned a Partial suit from Rose. I've sent her an e-mail like a few weeks ago about not being able to make the payment by June 15th and to take me off of the AC list. She responded that it's alright and stuff. I do still want my suit from her, but that's going to be after AC.

I can also see the fustration that you are going through Kiyo. *hugs* I'm here for ya. ^_^

-Moon<3 <3 <3

Goodness gracious. I've heard a lot of horror stories coming out of that girl, and not just about fursuit making, but more along the lines of the generally nasty attitude she cops when dealing with people.

I wanted a suit from her, it was going to be a partial trade but eh..never happened, lack of communication on both parts. I'm glad I didn't follow through, no doubt I would have ended up having to get my angry on.

I hope you get your suit, but if the AUS embassy is backing you, does this mean you can take legal action? What about paypal action? I dunno, I'd go through more than just furry means to sort this out if I were you.

And as far as threats go, what can she do to you?

I ordered won her contest for some fursuit pieces last year as well as bought the rest of it so I could get a full halfsuit and I have to say.. she has never ignored any of my e-mails except one time when something had obviously happend because no one was receiving my e-mails. I ordered it for october 2006 but since then rose has had MANY complications with her life and I understand why it was not finished by then, she had to move to a new house out of nowhere pretty much and her fursuit work wasn't enough to pay the bills so she has had to take on some other jobs, and a result I told her I could wait till January to get it. well because of the move and everything. all the suits that were not finished beforehand got pushed into the time when mine and the other people who needed theirs done would have been so she tried as hard as possible to get them all done, but could not. She took on wayyy too much and she knows she did. I told her not to worry and that I will wait till October 2007 for it. I have never had a problem with her responding to any of my questions though. :/ or e-mails or anything. Maybe send a e-mail through another e-mail address in case gmail is putting it into spam. (SOMETIMES IT'S TOO EFFICIENT! XD)

sorry you're having so many troubles but there are a lot of people waiting and I have to say.. she has some pretty good reasons for being so very late, but I know she is avidly working on ALL of them right now. Also I know if you want a refund or something, she'll probably be fine with it.

Wow, I like a lot of the other people here, have been wanting to save up money for a suit from her. I've seen her suits and how gorgeous they are and the people that I have seen that have gotten them have been happy with what they got and thought it was well worth the price.

Though... also, I think that these were people that were friends with her and the like. Even so, I don't think it's right for her to give friends better treatment than others.

It's sad really. I'll have to look elsewhere when looking to get my suit. Thank you for posting this and I hope that friends of Rose Quoll won't be too hard on you for posting your story/experience. Hope it works out for you in the end.

... Bwah? What? What? o_O

Sounds like she's almost as bad as Jax. She's almost 18 months behind with my suit...

I think people like this should not take more then they can handle, and if they do, not be an ass about it saying no refund, you can't do anything about it.

Did I just get to post comment #100? *'* "" *' * * : ;*CONFETTI*' :; ";'** ; *

i feel your pain. i lost $400 to a plush artist (blaque tygriss). that kind of money HURTS to lose.

my own dealings with rose hasn't made a big impression on me. i gave her a lj community under the impression that she was very excited to make it into some lively and thriving... she promptly too cut contact with me after taking it and that community has died even worse than when i was admining it.

I've heard horror stories. Its' unfortunate, but I can understand her source of troubles. I would never treat any of my customers like that, of course- its abhorred, but I can understand the source of frustration. Anyways, I was also going to offer a tail or something o,O Ya beat me to the punch, and growwly's doing ears. So, uh.. I can say hi or make a conbadge for you or something :P
I'd also be interested in seeing any blacklist, SPark(Mostly to see if I'd made the list :P Schizoid paranoia and all that), and I have a few 'customer additions' to add to the list.