Taesolieroy
Freelance Artist
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- 103
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia
Earlier this month I posted an auction for two sketchbooks for a reason that I couldn't avoid.
I had to visit the doctor on an emergency trip to get a new inhaler, because as we all know, allergy season this year has been really nasty, and I have asthma that's triggered by cardiac activity and allergies - so basically every time I have a coughing fit I need to puff the inhaler to reopen my lung passages. It's been going like this all month.
Due to the extreme bill amount - because I have no insurance - I had to borrow money from my folks and I know I would need to pay them back pronto, BUT rent and car insurance would wipe my bank out if I tried to pay for it all at once.
So as a hopeful remedy for paying off the med bills and start saving for the next refill that'll sink me $185 alone, I put up two sketchbooks with a high-page number on both my Deviantart and Furaffinity (don't worry, 99% of my account is clean there and stuff that isn't is in tasteful light) in hopes that the both of them will combine totals to pay the bills.
Well.. a friend of mine on DA apparently got the smart idea to post an auction of her own with a sketchbook of less page count for the sake of "There'll be some time before I can do commissions so I'm posting this as something to do in the meantime." Nothing about needing the money or anything.
What tipped me off as a possible rip? She visited my account page first and posted her stuff 20 min later with ALMOST THE EXACT SAME TERMS AND TIER LEVELS - Including *drumroll* the little special I put in as an extra thanks to the person who bid past my listed tiers.
Oh my what a surprise, instead of trying to help a friend in need she went and posted her own in boredom. Now we're both 2 days left on the auctions and I'm $75 short of my goal of $300 minimum to just pay this bill alone between the two books, and she's skyrocketed suddenly to $800.
I had been hoping to be able to use the money to pay off current bills and save for future doctor visits, but with that in my face every other day.. I might as well not exist for anyone..
I had to visit the doctor on an emergency trip to get a new inhaler, because as we all know, allergy season this year has been really nasty, and I have asthma that's triggered by cardiac activity and allergies - so basically every time I have a coughing fit I need to puff the inhaler to reopen my lung passages. It's been going like this all month.
Due to the extreme bill amount - because I have no insurance - I had to borrow money from my folks and I know I would need to pay them back pronto, BUT rent and car insurance would wipe my bank out if I tried to pay for it all at once.
So as a hopeful remedy for paying off the med bills and start saving for the next refill that'll sink me $185 alone, I put up two sketchbooks with a high-page number on both my Deviantart and Furaffinity (don't worry, 99% of my account is clean there and stuff that isn't is in tasteful light) in hopes that the both of them will combine totals to pay the bills.
Well.. a friend of mine on DA apparently got the smart idea to post an auction of her own with a sketchbook of less page count for the sake of "There'll be some time before I can do commissions so I'm posting this as something to do in the meantime." Nothing about needing the money or anything.
What tipped me off as a possible rip? She visited my account page first and posted her stuff 20 min later with ALMOST THE EXACT SAME TERMS AND TIER LEVELS - Including *drumroll* the little special I put in as an extra thanks to the person who bid past my listed tiers.
Oh my what a surprise, instead of trying to help a friend in need she went and posted her own in boredom. Now we're both 2 days left on the auctions and I'm $75 short of my goal of $300 minimum to just pay this bill alone between the two books, and she's skyrocketed suddenly to $800.
I had been hoping to be able to use the money to pay off current bills and save for future doctor visits, but with that in my face every other day.. I might as well not exist for anyone..