How can I fire this customer?

[workerbee222]

"As stated in my email of 19 March, the canvas has been re-purposed."

[protege]

Deposits pay for your materials. When it comes to commissioned art all deposits are nonrefundable.

Also, any unfinished projects/unpaid for projects...can either become the property of the artist or finished and sold on. That's how I ended up with a Bugatti EB110 (easily the ugliest sports car ever made--seriously, Ettore Bugatti is spinning in his grave right now) when the "owner" stiffed me on it. The car was half-finished when the deal fell through. Rather than have a pile of parts sitting in my workshop, I finished it...and parked it in my collection. Had it been a rare kit (it wasn't common, but by no means "rare") I could have easily sold it on...which would have more than covered my losses

[Seshat]

You've already fired these customers. Put them on ignore and get on with your life.

Also: paint over - or burn - the canvas and the draft sketches.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I'm surprised no one suggested "Out of a cannon, into the sun"

coughcough....

Out of a cannon into the sun seems like a good bet.

[Akasa]

Also, any unfinished projects/unpaid for projects...can either become the property of the artist or finished and sold on. That's how I ended up with a Bugatti EB110 (easily the ugliest sports car ever made--seriously, Ettore Bugatti is spinning in his grave right now) when the "owner" stiffed me on it. The car was half-finished when the deal fell through. Rather than have a pile of parts sitting in my workshop, I finished it...and parked it in my collection. Had it been a rare kit (it wasn't common, but by no means "rare") I could have easily sold it on...which would have more than covered my losses

OMG that is one UGLY car!

[XCashier]

OMG that is one UGLY car!

That can't be comfortable to drive; there's no headroom. You'd have to be practically lying flat to steer the thing.

[Crossbow]

OMG that is one UGLY car!

Someone at Bugatti looked at Lamborghini and Ferrari and thought, "We can do that better!"

No. No you can't. Certainly not both at the same time.

[customersruinmylife]

ANOTHER UPDATE!

And it's a good one.

I ran into the SC's while I was out for a friends birthday. They were also with our mutual friend. They were drunk as skunks. I was a bit tipsy and simply informed them that their conduct was unacceptable. I wanted to know how on Earth my painting "looked nothing like them" They stammered. I don't think they expected me to say anything. Mutual friend jumped in.

MF: Customersruinmylife did you a FAVOUR! You owe him that money! I told you this the other day! I can't believe you are doing this!

They paid up. The full amount. I told them to get in touch about collecting the painting.

They still haven't. It's been nearly a week. The wedding has been and I still have the painting and the money

[Seshat]

I'm very glad your mutual friend has your back.

[April]

That's amazing. Hopefully they are too embarrassed to contact you again. I think it would be fun to find out who the new couple is, and mail them the painting with a card that says "Congratulations on your happy day" signed by you.

[wolfie]

I'm surprised no one suggested "Out of a cannon, into the sun"

A while back I suggested a large ceramic kiln.

[dalesys]

A while back I suggested a large ceramic kiln.

... very good for cracked pots ...

[Nunavut Pants]

My personal suggestion would be "...with actual FIRE!"

[protege]

Someone at Bugatti looked at Lamborghini and Ferrari and thought, "We can do that better!"

Had the firm still been under the control of the Bugatti family, the "reboot" might have never happened. But, as it was, Ettore's son Jean was killed in a road accident in '39, Ettore dying 8 years later. With no successor, and WWII destroying the factory, the firm went out of business. Prior to that, the cars were famous for their engineering and styling. BTW, the elephant hood ornament on the huge Type 41 was sculpted by Rembrandt--Ettore's brother.

Anyway, I got very lucky in that the EB110 didn't cost all that much. The kit I used was less than $20 and most of the paint and supplies I already had. While I couldn't sell the model on, it's still in my collection, parked next to a 1930s Type 35 racer and a Type 41/Royale.

That event turned me off to the idea of building models for people. But, it didn't stop me from doing an MGB for a girl I was dating. She paid for everything, so why not?