Negative Feedback Paging Meip

Hi, I am one of the swap participants, so I'm just going to put my information here too in a timeline.

The swap was organized by putting participants into groups of four where everyone was supposed to send a postcard from their area and a small gift to all of the other participants in their group. I was added late to our group because the previous fourth member had to drop out before everything was finalized, so I expected my gifts to be a little bit late. That was no problem, as long as I knew what was going on.

July 4- I was added to the group consisting of Aernath, Dark_Sahara10 and Meip.

July 13- I shipped all of my gifts to my three partners.


July 22 - I asked in the group PM if everyone had received their gifts, as they should have arrived by that time.

July 25- Meip states that the gifts are ready, other than the post cards, which she intended to to pick up that day and ship "asap". She did not respond to my question.

July 26- I asked again if everyone had received my gifts.

August 12 - I asked a third time if Meip had received my gift and if she had shipped hers because I still had not received it, nor had any further communication.

August 24- It had been one month since the shipping deadline, my other gifts had arrived and my other partners had confirmed they'd received mine, but I still had not received a gift from Meip, nor confirmation of my gift arriving. I sent a PM to Lythtis asking if she had heard anything from Meip or if she knew what was causing the delay. She did not, and I requested she send a PM to find out. There was no response from Meip to that PM.

September 24 - It's now two months past the deadline, with no communication and no one in the group has received anything or confirmation of their gift arriving to Meip.

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Meip, I don't want to think that you are intentionally trying to steal from us. I know you read the PM after I had first asked if you received my gift, and I know you've been on the forum as recently as September 17. It feels like you are avoiding us at this point, and that is the most frustrating part. We can be much more understanding if we know what is going on. Please update us.

As for my part to consider this resolved, I will accept any of the three options below, with preference to the first option:

1. Send the gift and postcard as originally intended.
2. Return the gift and postcard I sent to you in the exact condition you received it.
3. Pay for the gift sent to you (swap value was $8 gift + postcard + shipping, so approximately $10) via Paypal.


Thank you.

 

@Meip, is also participating in a Halloween costume swap which is now shipping.
She has missed check in dates and has not updated about progress.
She has also yet to answer messages.

What is going on @Meip, I hope everything is ok! Please give us an update.

 

According to their Tumblr, they've been attending conventions as a seller of their own art, and keeping up so far with inkktober by making a new drawing every day of October. So my guess is they're not in dire circumstances that won't allow communication.

As for our swap group, one person was hospitalized at the beginning of the swap, and still found time to write us and let us know what had happened - From The Hospital.
Then another of our group ended up having to deal with a move during the swap, and Still found time to write us to let us know, and even Made Everything for us and Got it all Sent Out!

We were given our swap partners' addresses the 23rd of June.
I sent my items to Meip on 25th of July. Tracking shows it was delivered on the 27th of July.
That's the last day DoA shows that Meip read our swap convo, but never replied.

No one wants to believe they've been scammed, but that is what it looks like is going on here and with the Halloween Costume Swap thread.

Personally, I'd love to just get the gifts and card I sent, back in the same condition they were sent in. No communication necessary.

 

Same as above-- if I'm not able to get gifts/a postcard, I'd at least like to get my things back in their entirety.

 

Fortunately due to this paging thread I was able to notify Meips Halloween swap partner, @cutiepie, about this disappointing disappearance and was able to hold off on shipping.
@Meip has not recieved anything from the Halloween Swap and will not. I have decided not continue waiting on Meips return as this is not her first time wandering away from the swaps. It is very disheartening when as stated above, Meip seems capable of communicating if desired. I have already made a outfit for Meips partner in the Halloween Swap and it has been shipped.
Meip does not need to follow up with me any further.
Appropriate feedback will be left for her.

 

Link to @Meip Tumblr
Last post was a day ago.

 

Link to @Meip Facebook.
Also active one day ago.

 

Just wanted to keep this thread updated, but there has still been no response and no swap gift has arrived. Meip continues to be active on Tumblr and Facebook, but has not even read the group PM since last time. It has now been almost four months past the shipping date.

 

I messaged her on Instagram October 12th as well; last post was three days ago and she has not replied to me.

 

It has now been almost six months since the deadline for this swap. I have still not received any sort of resolution for this swap, and no communication. Meip continues to be active on other social media, but ignores swap contact.

Mods, at this point, may I leave negative feedback or a link to this thread in their feedback? I still consider this unhappily unresolved, but it seems I've done all I can now. This appears to be three swaps now that they have flaked on, and I'd hate for them to cheat even more people in the future. Thank you.

 

This sucks.... I feel like I'm missing out on lots of things, not to mention on owner photos of the things we sent too?? I took some pics of the dress on my own boy (IMG_20160813_000041) but it's not the same....

 

I took a photo of what I sent, before sending it, just in case it got lost in the mail.

IMG_6835 by aernath, on Flickr

I have to admit I'm a bit peeved. I made the green cloak because they'd said the little girl doll liked Celtic designs. And I thought, cool, I have just the fabric! Then when I went back through the requests, I noticed they'd said she was a little red riding hood, so thought crap, it's not red! lol So made the red cloak.
Then for the boy, they said they liked steampunk stuff, so I went to the store and found a baggie of tiny gears, and used those as buttons for the vest. They said they liked shiny stuff, so I made the vest with some really shiny fabric I had. It's red one direction, blue the other, and purple when you can see the threads intertwined.
I thought just a vest wasn't enough, so read that they liked little special treasures. I debated a while before finally deciding to give them my little piece of amber (it has a mosquito in it - I hate mosquitoes, so it made me laugh) I've had for some years now.
And then thought it needs a little pouch to be put in. So made that too.
I don't have any LittleFees myself, so had hoped they would let me know how and if they fit, so I could confidently make more things for that size.
Anyway, after putting in all that effort, I was a bit put off that they couldn't even just say thanks. :-P

I know they haven't been back to the forum since September, or at least not with the meip id... but other than being paged, there seems to be no repercussion for having flaked on three swaps. Will there be anything done to the account?

Man, I had wondered why there weren't more swaps these days.

 

Since we're showing proof of what we sent, here's mine. It really took some digging because it's a phone pic, and I've changed providers and phones since then. Anyway, I had sent a hooded cape as well, it's red on one side, floral on the other and fully reversible. I also sent a post card, as required by the swap. The blacked out part is where I hid her address for privacy.



I have to agree with @aernath, it's very discouraging to join swaps, spend time and money making gifts for others, only to get nothing in return, not even a thank you or confirmation of the item being received. It can make people feel unsafe and hesitant about dealing with others, which is really unfair to all the honest swappers out there, especially happening on DoA, which is known for having the safest MP in the hobby.

 

@aernath and @CloakedSchemer wow.... You've made some really lovely things. It's a shame what's happened...

 

We're going on seven months now, still no reply and no swap items from @Meip

@Lythtis would you please leave her flaky feedback and link to this thread? I see she's flaked on swaps before, and I'd like for any future swap leaders to see her past before letting her take advantage of others again. Thank you.

 

@Lythtis Thank you! Hopefully this will help other people in the future avoid losing their items and getting nothing in return.