Copycats caught redhanded!

Guess what, some creepy cat is copying Boonga's wonderful shoe art.




See the one below? The copycat draws nicely too, but why can't she draw something different or just modify a bit more??? SO that we can't sense the similarities. STUPID with a big S. Yeah, you thought that changing the bunny to a snail and it's not copyright???




And she's copying mine too. AARGH!!! My poor tea and darling =(




Being drawn to this. I can laugh upon staring all these on the monitor.



And Meng, Meng, Meng!!! You have to see this!!!!! Dream's Elegance is like so 99%alike!

I immediately dropped my jaws when Michelle told me about this. Thanks sweety >=) I feel like being naughty too wahahah.



I should be writing something on the store too some day later. To warn people about this. But seriously we can't help it. If can please do just give some damn small credit can! Even if it's just a sketch, you can just write down who or what you're being inspired of, right??? Now I understand how famous people feel when your artwork is being copied. Feels DAMN SYIOK! Feels like having a sweet revenge! Wahaha!

Ok ok, I'm just kidding. http://badpostured.blogspot.com/ it's her blog, check it out! And I am doing a special review for her heeeeere! How kind of me!

Today I am an angry shoemaker. Full stop.

Homo sapiens, please read everything of what I have written below. For half a year I've been managing the shoes, I met different types of characters. Stupid, Irresponsible, mad customers, the list goes on, but THIS TIME, this one big fatso has turned on my gas and fire once and for all.

I actually spent approximately ONE WHOLE MONTH talking to such unsuccessful homo sapien.

I actually spent so much time and effort to reply all her mails, talk to her, search for a CIMB bank account high and low, ran to Singapore to get the shoes, rush through the shoes right after Cas's wedding, and reading all her rubbish nonsense.

Yes, I know I am stupid, but this whole crap thing is RIDICULOUSLY FOOLHARDY CRAZY!

----------------------------------------------so the story goes like this...

( Intensive assessment period. Time for emails checked even if I did not expect any new orders during hiatus. Everything written below are directly copied from my gmail inbox.)

Nov 3- her- 18.0cm - size 27

Nov 4- me- Hello there Tiffany:

Is it alright if we'll inform you about your orders again after mid-November. Currently we're still having our assessments. Thank you sweet =)

Hope to hear from you soon.

Ziwei @Tenladytoes

Nov 4- her- well the thing is that i'm leaving back to taiwan in two weeks. a week and a half actually, and i really wanna get this for my sister. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONT DELAY IT. haha.

Nov 6- me-Hello there Tiffany:

When is your exact date to fly off to Taiwan?
Orders will only resume at 14th November. Sorry about the inconvenience.
And we do mail worldwide too =)

Thank you and hope to hear from you soon. =)

Nov 7- her- 20 something. not too sure yet cuz i have to first pass my driving test on the 19th. how long will it take? like if i pay on the 14th, will i get it before the 19th?

Nov 8-me- Hello there Tiffany:

That should be alright, but I can't guarantee 100% the shoes will be sent to your place right before 19th, maybe 19th or 20th should be the safest. =) Hope you will understand.

Thank you and please do not hesitate to clear your doubts here.

If it's alright, please do include your particulars as stated below:
- Full Name
- Mailing Address
- With/Without strap
- With/Without Initials

Thanks again!

Ziwei @ Tenladytoes


Nov 8-her- yeah sure the 20th is okay too.

Full Name: Tiffany Chung
Mailing Address: Blah Blah Blah
With/Without Strap: No Strap
With/Without Initials: No Initials

so could you please tell me the total amount and your cimb account (preferrably) or maybank? thanks.

Nov 13-me- Hello there Tiffany:

Your shoes are under the process of making.

Payment via Maybank funds transfer is greatly appreciated.
Name: Blah Blah
Acc: 1234567890
Total: Blah Blah Blah

Thank you and have a nice day.

Oops one last thing sweet =) Can I have your phone number too?
The shoes will be sent off via Poslaju.

Thanks!

Nov 13- her-Phone number Blah Blah Blah- okay see the problem is that in the last two weeks i've made numerous visits to maybank. more than 15, because people just can't reply fast enough..and my grandmother won't take me to maybank anymore. so is there anyway to have my transfer the money to a cimb bank? theres a cimb bank right around my place in country heights, so i could just sneak there myself..do you have like a friend who uses cimb? i could put the money into his/her account and you can get the money from him/her..i'm sorry its so messed up.

( At this point of time, I've finished Cas's wedding, fetched Jeff, got into Singapore to get her shoes, painted, air-dried and ironed. Everything done in fear of not meeting the deadline. Normally I will NEVER start the shoes before payment is made due to previous similar stupid experience. And I was asking all my available friends if any of them has a CIMB bank account, like mad.)

Nov 18- me- Hello there Tiffany:

Sorry sweet I have been asking a few friends if they have cimb account yet in vain. I have completed the shoes, really sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Or do you have any friends with internet banking? That will quite likely solve the problem =)

Thanks and once again my deepest apology.

Ziwei @ Tenladytoes

Nov 18-her- no..no internet banking. i have no more friends to ask in malaysia anyway, they're all off somewhere else for uni. i just got back from ns and i'm leaving to uni too, soon. please please ask some more?

( SHE HAD DAMN LOTS OF REASONS THAT SOUNDED SO VALID!!!)

( At last I've found out that Jeff has a CIMB account and immediately I emailed her.)
( At this point of time I was still very very VERY patient.)

Nov 20-me- Hello there Tiffany:

Oh great! I've just found one.
CIMB savings account no: Blah Blah Blah
Name: Blah Blah Blah
Thank you =)!
The shoes will be mailed off immediately when payment is done.

Ziwei @ Tenladytoes

Nov 20-her- okay great. i'll definitely make the payment tomorrow, thanks for looking around!

( AFTER BLOODY 4 DAYS. No news from her. Hence I decided to sms & email her. She did not reply my sms, but I later got her email.)

Nov 24- me-Hello there Tiffany:

Have you made the payment?
Thank you and hope to hear from you soon.

Ziwei @ Tenladytoes

Nov 25-me- hey, due to unforseen circumstances i'm going to have to cancel the order..sorry.

Nov 25-her- Hello there Tiffany:

It's alright. But the shoes are done long time ago. You should have informed me earlier.

Thank you.

( Notice that I was still that tolerant.)

Nov 25- so what if they were done a long time ago, i told you it was due to unforseen circumstances. ugh you're so inconsiderate you probably don't know how to read.

Nov 25- It's alright. The effort and time spent is definitely wasted , just wanna tell u about this. And I went into Singapore all the way to get the shoes. I went all the way to ask my friends for a CIMB bank account just for you and now you're saying that I am illiterate. Probably all this effort is unforeseen unfortunately as well.

You're being an inconsiderate customer too. The payment pending has been so long since the email stating the promise you've given for the purchase.

Thank you so much. I learnt alot from customers like you.

Ziwei @ Tenladytoes

---------------------------------------------------End of story. End of legend.

I no longer received any mail(s) from her.

I was thinking so hard. Ok if you really face unforeseen circumstances, why can't you just tell me earlier or discuss with me? She told me the shoes were supposed to be done on the 20th, and I've completed them. She told me she will pay up the day after, and I waited. I spent almost a month to deal with her. I tried my best to go along with her oh-so-many difficulties ( or excuses or lies I really don't know), concerning nothing but her convenience of the whole shoes ordering process.

But all these are definitely fine with me. Cause I have met a customer who talked with me for 3 months ( or 72 emails) before deciding to the design. I am alright with ALL THESE.

BUT YOU SCOLDED ME ILLITERATE. YOU EVEN 'URGH!!'ED AND SAID SO WHAT IF THE SHOES WERE DONE LONG TIME AGO.

Tiffany Chung, the shoes ( supposed to be your sister's, ordered by you bloody bitch) are now right beside me. I use my BLOOD & SWEAT to complete them. I use 110% effort and care and love to do this very pair of shoes. Every pair.

If I can't read with my eyes, then you're the one who can't read with your heart. Or should I say you don't have a heart at all.

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Ok I am done with all the shoutings and big bold black words and exclaimation marks. I feel happier now. & I'm gonna save the shoes for the flea market. Really worthless if the shoes were to have such brainless master. All I wanna do is to concentrate on happy stuff. Goodnight. Ok it's 4a.m. now. Good morning then.

p/s: Worst goodbye bitch. Worst thank you bitch. But the Best Lesson I had bitch.

Fraud Case Alert!

Completed my Gongbi painting, left with 3d designs template and BAH, I'm two steps nearer to my bolster and blanket and huggies!



But before I say goodnight, PLEASE PERUSE the lines below carefully. Originally written by Ruth Chua from http://lylarose.livejournal.com/, one of my favourite LJ store. You'll know that there's actually such fanatical people living in the island.



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( By Ruth from Lyla Rose)

Following TE's fraud case, we have a story of our own. Happened about 3 days ago after I launched the most recent 3rd October entry.

She used the email of altlove@live.com . But we also found out later she has been switching emails and using different emails altogether for past transactions.

Sounds Interesting? Read On.

These are the 3 receipts she has used and doctored in hope that I will be a fool and take in her orders. Guess she was too greedy this time. Geez.

I have always found it fishy for buyers to insist on making several transactions for 1 post . From now on, combine all your items into 1 receipt. I will NOT ALLOW SEVERAL TRANSACTIONS UNLESS YOU ARE AN IB USER.

As you can tell, the receipts look real and unaltered. But I wasn't a fool to going to beleve that these transactions are real. It is true that are are transactions of that amount when i called the bank up. But the transactions belong to SOME OTHER HONEsT BUYER. Not this girl.

AND EVEN AFTER I ASKED HER IF THESE RECEIPTS ARE FAKE,SHE PROCEEDED to "MAKE" ANOTHER TRANSACTION FOR MY PRADA INSPIRED FRINGE BAGS"





OH WOW LOOK! THE TRANSACTION REF NUMBER SUDDENLY CHANGED FROM 5000+ TO 9000+It is also true that there was a transaction of 45 bucks at 11 o clock. But that transaction belonged to MY FRIEND.

Thus, confirmed my suspicion that these are fake and doctored receipts. At this point, I began to check through ALL her previous transactions and found out that she has been doctoring 3 other receipts.


Luckily, those are backorder items that I have NOT sent out because stocks are NOT HERE YET.I found out her BASE RECEIPT. AND luckily for me, That was the only item from THIS EMAIL ACCOUNT that I sent out. As the other 3 receipts that she has doctored are backorder items.





The above receipt is also doctored by her.This time, she insisted on having made a transaction when the ITEM WAS STATED SOLD OUT 5 HOURS AGO BEFORE SHE MADE THIS TRANSACTION.


She insisted on a refund as item is sold out and claimed that she is new to online shopping. I GAVE HER A REFUND EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS A DOCTORED RECEIPT AS I DIDN'T FIND OUT THEN.


I later found out that she owed her friend money and made use of my kindness to her own advantage. Very well. I cannot stand being taken advantage of and being the resident evil bitch that I am, I decided to create hell for these fraud users.


IF YOU ARE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WHO HAS BEEN DOCTORiNG AND PHOTOSHOPPING YOUR RECEIPTS THINKING THAT I HAVE TOO MANY TRANSACTIONS AND WILL NOT CHECK UR RECEIPT. YOU BETTER THINK AGAIN. BECAUSE I NOW KEEP AN EXCEL SHEET OF ALL ATM TRANSACTIONS. ONCE I FIND OUT IT IS DOCTORED, I WILL PLAY YOU AROUND AND THEN REPORT YOU TO THE POLICE. =)


ANYWAY, BACK TO THE STORY....

I immediately called the bank up and reported this case.



I also sent an email to this girl telling her I am going to report this matter to the authorities as XING/jay is in the police force and he'll help me through all the procedures.



yvette here! to me show details Oct 3 (3 days ago) Reply
hey sorry!am very sorry!i will stop this for sure!please dun report me! ):i will not do this anymore!PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!
I SWEAR I'LL NEVER EVER DO IT ANYMORE!AND PLEASE DUN REPORT THIS TO POLICE!I CAN SWEAR FOR MY LIFE I WUN DO IT ANYMORE!PLEASE FORGIVE! I ONLY DID THIS RECENTLY. ):
I REALLY DIDNT KNOW IT WILL BE SO SERIOUS!PLEASE DUN REPORT ME!I WILL NEVER EVER DARE TO DO IT AGAIN.
I HAVE TAKEN YOUR WARNING!PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FORGIVE ME, I SWEAR I'LL NEVER DO THIS KIND OF THING ANYMORE!

AT THIS POINT, I WAS IRRITATED. I TOLD HER OFF IN A VERY NOT-SO-POLITE WAY AND TOLD HER SINCE I HAVE SENT OUT HER ITEM ONCE, I STILL RECORDS OF THE MILING ADDRESS.AND THIS WAS HER REPLY.



yvette here! to me show details Oct 3 (3 days ago) Reply
please ruth, please forgive me!even that address i've given is my friend's actually, please dun find them.i know wad i did is wrong alr, please really forgive me, i will never ever do this anymore.
im really sorry!please dun report police PLEASEEEEEE!i haven cheated from you much, please cancel all my orders.i pleadddd for your forgiveness, please dun report police please. ):you can warn other sellers about me, as i will not do it anymore, dun worry!i did it for a sudden greediness, i know it was wrong now, you've alr warned me how scary it is.
I SWEAR I WUN DO IT ANYMORE REALLY!PLEASEEEE! PLEASE FORGIVE!i will never ever, please give me a chance! ):
pleaseeeeeeeee, please reply when you've seen this!and also, ):please be careful of other buyers as well, cos not only scanned receipts can be fake, snapshots can be fake as well. ):i hope you'll check all transactions super carefully by counting them one by one by the date next time.



No replies from me as I was handling other emails and checking through all payments



yvette here! to me show details Oct 3 (3 days ago) Replyplease forgive me, dun report me to police please!



So , she thinks by using her friend's address, I will not be able to catch her. She is damn wrong. Because then , i will report her friend as an accomplice. No mercy. I hate such friends. Trying to pull each other's ass down. I told her I did not wish to converse with her anymore and would be reporting this case for sure. directly to the police.



No replies from her.. but 2 days later..



LOCATION : MY HOUSE.
TIME : 11 PM. (READ, IT IS PM, NOT AM)
DOOR BELL RINGS: 2 LADIES STAND OUTSIDE MY DOOR AS I WENT TO ANSWER IT. WHO CAN IT BE AT THIS HOUR?
I FOUND OUT THAT IS IS HER MOTHER AND SOME FELLOW CHURCHMATE.
STARTED BEGGING ME TO LET GO OF THE MATTER STATING REASONS LIKE : YADA, SHE IS STILL YOUNG, YADA, HER BOYFRIEND WAS THE ONE THAT GAVE HER THE IDEA.. YADA. SHE REALISED HER MISTAKE. YADA, SHE LOST HER FATHER YADA...

YADA.YADA.SHE WANTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE*PLAYS SOME WEIRDO SOUND EFFECT FROM AUDIENCE THAT GOES SOMETHING LIKE "WAHHHH"*



AT THIS POINT. i WAS GETTING REALLY PISSED OFF.

Firstly, my first sentence to her is:" Do you know it is extremely rude for you to come up to my place. I did not invite you, nor gave you permission to come up to my place. furthermore, at this ungodly hour.I feel that you have intruded my privacy and will not hesitate to ask the guards to come up now."



and then..



she started crying and begging. Ok , i admit, I got a little soft hearted because here is her mother, trying her best to protect her kid. OK, so i told her, I have already reorted it to the bank and it is up to the to decide if they want to pursue the matter but from my side I would let her go. (but in my heart im like, no way im letting this go so easily pls get out of my sight)

and then.. she started preaching to me?!"thank you god i just got baptised today actually god will bless you yada yada yada. "



"My daughter wanted to commit suicide because of this, my heart very pain i cannot sleep i confide in god.. yada"



Now, I'm really sick of all the suicide threats and at this point, I simply told her politely to get lost and if her daughter really wants to commit suicide, that means her life is not even worth the 100 odd dollars that she has attempted to cheat.



I hope this case serves as a warning to all fellow atm users.I am still trying to figure out the perfect way for genuine buyers to verify their payment easily, do leave a comment if you have any suggestions. =)



For other sellers out there who has encountered the same email fraud, I will assist you fully in getting your refunds back if you need any help.



she goes by these other email accounts.



foolishjiayu@gmail.com (her boyfriend)
wenzhuang_1989@hotmail.com (her other account)
altlove@live.com (it's a random acc that she used)



I hope this will be the END of all fraud cases out there. The next time there is one, I will not even warn you, Im going straight to the police.It is truly sad that online shopping has to be resorted to fraud cases.

For now, we are still figuring out what is the best way to verify genuine atm transactions. do leave your suggestion behind.

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End of the story.

So... what say you?

For me, I met lots of extremely good customers, they even bought me gifts and sent me cards, which I don't really encourage. But I've met some ridiculous customers too. Doing business is all about the risk here and there. I'd faced delivery failures previously, but I chose to redo the shoes and cards or fully refunded back to the customers.

But for this kind of cases, it's RIDICULOUS. She's abusing the usage and 'service' of Photoshop editting.

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Sekian terima kasih dan selamat malam.