I got art done by Tommie. At first, he was responsive and professional, then when it was time to do my 2nd session, he became unresponsive and inconsiderate. I reached out to him about a cover up, he gave me a solid price of $180, then when I mentioned I wanted to add red to my design, he changed the price to $250. Okay, reasonable.
So I book the date, pay the $50 deposit and show up on the date of the session, which was my birthday. The morning of, he tells me to come in at 2pm as opposed to 12pm, but I mention it's my birthday and I have other plans. He assured me that t wouldn't take long. Ok, cool. So I show up, he does the outline but no red. I ask about the red and he said it would take a minute to complete and I'd have to come back.
When it's time to pay the rest, NOT THINKING ANYTHING OF IT, I send the remaining $200. He says let him know when I want to come in for the second session. I hit him up several times, and it's hard to book Bc he's busy. So we finally coordinate another date, but when it gets closer to the date, I confirm the details because my initial appointment, he changed the time so I wanted to make sure all was well. No response. Thinkin back, I should've just went in.
I messaged him and questioned why he didn't reply, no response. At this point I hit him up again and again, but he picks and chooses when to respond. He finally responds one day saying to come in on a certain date and if he doesn't respond, just pull up. So I do. I asked him about a piercing the day of my appointment because my cousin was inquiring about getting one while I got my tat. I show up to the shop, he's MIA. I ask his friends where he is, they act stupid like they don't know. I message and call him. No response. I show up to the shop two other times and allegedly "no one has seen him" and at this point I'm irritated bc I've wasted gas and money and time tryna get to him.
I end up texted his phone and he says he's busy and has other things going on, but that has nothing to do with me. I'm understanding anyways, but he barely responds to my message like always. So he ends up saying it was HIS idea to add the red and he was doing me a favor and everyone I got done was paid for. Incorrect. I send screenshots of proof from our messages when I mentioned the red and him changing the initial price. NO RESPONSE!!!!!!!! I end up requested my money back on Cashapp, as he declined it within 5 mins. Yet I can't get a text.
What's so sad is that he was super cool individual, talented artist, but had poor customer service. I had three friends I referred him to, but after I told them what happened, they chose to go with another artist and unfollowed him. I've been spreading the word Bc this is actually wrong. This is a business world and if you're going to not fully fulfil your promise to finish my service, then I'm going to let my peers know so this doesn't happen to them. I don't support people who do business like this, and I don't want anyone else supporting either. I've spoke with two other ppl who have had the same problem with the same artist. It's sad. It's pathetic. And it sucks because again, he's very talented. But I need everyone to be aware of this so that you can avoid this. And another thing, never assume or pay for anything that isn't COMPLETELY DONE. I hate I did that, and now I wasted my money because of it. Smh read more