Ornaments and Pendant updates: Theft Alert

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The ornaments- until this very day- never came.

I have heard NO response from the manufacturer. She has completely disappeared, and I have had no contact with her since Nov 29th. I saw that she was active on Facebook on the days I sent her my e-mails, and there after- yet she unfriended me [I'm not sure to when she did this].  
I have filed a fraud claim with Paypal to get my money back.

Those who are interested in seeing the nitty gritty details, I have posted over at "Artists Beware" [they demand screencaps of our correspondences, and proofs to our e-mails and payments].  They are pending my post, so  think it should be up within a day or two.

I'm only posting here so that everyone knows to beware of this particular person, and their services.

Name of Manufacturer: Elsbeth Ravyn Schmidt
Alias: "Beth Brookins", "Ravynwolf", "Southpaw art"
Business name: Advanced Deployment

I made sure to consider my manufacturer's busy schedule, and her notification that she would not have a moments rest form Black Friday until Christmas [She takes weekends off not to work]. This made a crucial decision for me, to have ALL my work finished the Monday [Nov 12th] of Thanksgiving week. That way, all the ornaments produced would be shipped out that week, and reach me the following week; leaving a buffer of 1 week before my Convention, and the Dec deadline to get all the pendants and ornaments out. I also wanted her to rest a few days, before he busy schedule.

Sadly, the following week [Nov 19th], my sister's medical emergency put my work on the back burner, as I spent my time with her on the island. I had figured that by the end of the week [when I would return to Vancouver], the package would be delivered.
Upon my return to Vancouver, no package was delivered.
The following week [Nov 26th], I have begun to inquire about the whereabouts of my package. 2 weeks past for something that should have been delivered in just slightly over 1 weeks time. Something was up.

Last time I had contact with the Manufacturer, it was Nov 29th. I had inquired to see if there was any tracking number, or info that I could have to track my package. What I received was an explanation that the receipt [that had contained any info] was stepped on, and not legible anymore. I was also promised that the Postal Service would call my manufacturer with any info on a tracking number, and she would forward that info to me.

The following Tuesday [Dec 4th], I contacted her again, after a weekend of silence [again, she doesn't work weekend, but told me prior that weekends until Christmas she would be working].
Still no package, and now 3 weeks to the day or no package coming. Two days later on Thursday [Dec 6th], I sent her another message that said I was becoming un-easy with this situation- especially since her silence isn't giving me any answers.
By Friday [Dec 7th], I told her if I do not get some kind of response by the weekend, I'll be wanting my money back. I'll have to reimburse my clients.

And this is where we are today. As of 3 days ago, I have submitted a Fraud report to Paypal about my current situation with my "Ornament Manufacturer".

This entire situation is so ODD to me.  I was trying to persuade myself that this could be a misunderstanding of sorts; maybe she had an accident? Maybe she was on Vacation? But it doesn't add up.
I visited her Facebook page, only to find out that she had posted [changed her profile picture] up to the 6th of Dec- the Thursday that I had e-mailed her about the silence of 2 days. Which means she DOES have internet, she WASN'T in some horrifying accident [because who makes it a priority to change their profile picture to a T-rex baby after a horrifying accident?], and somehow, decided that the BEST course of action, is to simply ignore my e-mails.

If at ANY time between my first contacting her and now she had said that she had forgotten to mail out the package, or that something happened, I would have MORE than ready to be understanding. But now, I'm tossing out the idea of ever working with her again. My mind has now pulled out ALL the stops, and wondering what if she simply produced the items so that SHE could sell them instead?

So here is the current situation; Those who want a refund, please contact me and I'll refund you for the pendants/ornaments. Those who wish to hold on a bit longer, I am in the process of getting someone to manufacture the same ornaments [we are discussing things now].

NOTE: If ANYONE out there sees, or has bought Ornaments or pendants with these designs and they were NOT from me;  YOU HAVE PURCHASE STOLEN PROPERTY.
Please be on the lookout, as I DO NOT let other artisans sell my work WITHOUT MY NOTIFICATION [I do release lists of official dealers of my merchandise. If you can't find it, ask me!].
If someone sees my ornaments beings sold from another dealer than myself, I ask that you take down:
a) store/ local/ booth name
b) persons' name
c) the local event [if it's a fair, convention, etc]

With this information, I can easily track down who the person was, and make sure the proper authorities are contacted, and I can press charges. PLEASE do NOT approach these people on your own... just get the info I need, and the rest will be dealt with legally. Approaching them will not solve anything, other than me not getting the proper info, and they will continue, so long as I cannot get to them legally.

Please be on EXTRA vigilant alert in the Seattle/Bellingham area; this is where the Manufacturer is located, and might use my work or product for their personal gain. They had similar product last year, and contacted me in hopes to include my designs in their sales... and now  fear that this entire ordeal was just a trickery to get the designs for self profit.
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TheHalfBlood-Mutt's avatar
Thank you for still tring to get these products done I really love your work and as an artist myself I find it very dispicable for what this person has done, I will keep a look out like the others even though I live in Montana, people should not be allowed to get away with this bullshit! -hope your sister getting well