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Petsite Warning: Stay Away from Lurapets!

Wed Jan 21, 2009, 8:42 AM



This guy noted me sometime last year; it was full of gushing sweet-talk about how much he loooooved my work, and had I ever worked for a petsite 'cause if not his people could help me learn the ropes:

"Ken09199 said the following:

My name is ken and I would like to take this time to just complement you on your outstanding artwork ability. I would like to know if you have ever worked in the virtual pet industry before? And if you have thats great. If not still great. I would like to know if you would be intrested in a paid Item artist job working for my pet site that is up and coming? Also if you sent me your MSN/AIM i would be able to contact you much faster.

Please respond as soon as possible there are limited spots avaliable and i would like for you to have the chance to work for me :)

Hope to hear from you soon.

Ken

Owner/Founder of
[link]"


On my DA gallery, full of official Subeta work.
(And even better, offering an -item- job? Uh. 8D )
I thought it was pretty lame back then, but it turns out the BS he noted me was pretty minor compared to the way he scams artists into drawing for him and then doesn't pay them, or sends these notes to artists who apply for staff just to have their work put down and then ignored.

Want to know more? Check out these journals/posts: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

Whatever you do, do NOT accept a job offer from this guy, and spread the word-- your hard work and creativity is worth more than that!

Edit: Added a few more testimonial links. ;)

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:icontime-panic:
I refuse to work for a guy who can't type properly, just as a general fucking rule.
:iconcoacoapup:
Woohoo! The word is spreading! C:

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Ashireep go!
:iconrei-briefs:
I've been contacted by this guy 3 times now, I already refused and explained why the first two times... just this last week he contacted me a third time, talking to me like he's never seen me before and starting all over from square on with...

'do u work for petsites?'

8| yeah... Im not even replying to this douche anymore...

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Fan Art, Original, and Textiles, OH MAI D8!
:iconmagica:
Here's the artists_beware post on him too: [link]

And yeah, his grammar is a huge turnoff for me.

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Help control stupidity in the world population. Have your village idiot spayed or neutered.
:iconaquamizuko:
He keeps noting me. :c
:iconken09199:
Your right, everyone dont join!

Lurapets is horrid!
:iconriokri:
god I can't even count how many times I've had to tell this dude I'm not interested. And Like it's not even like once in a blue moon it was pretty much everyday or once a week at one point. It's was just realy freaking annoying.

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:iconloppi:
I got a note off somebody asking me to do art for a petsite before. I ignored it but I wonder if it was him? :O I don't remember anymore.

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