Kroothawk wrote:Is there a summary for people who don't want to read that wall of text?
Summary is basically this: A person who says his/her name is M.E.Shenny has an interest in gaming and is a journalist, heard an interview with Navin (person who runs paintedfigs.com) on the podcast D6Generation (Where I myself heard about the site as they had advertisements on the show and this is why I tried them out with my Dark Eldar) about the problems paintedfigs have been having. I took over 6 months for me to receive my models and I've heard people on other podcasts say the same thing that they haven't received their models yet or it took half a year or more. Shenny decided to investigate this and claims to have found proof Navin is committing fraud, money laundry and generally just wants to stuff his own pockets with the companies money.
The thing I find strange is that paintedfigs and discountfigs used to be the same site, one was for selling models and the other for accepting commission jobs. I get the impression discountfigs have been hacked or something, perhaps by a disgrunted ex-employee but then again I had huge delays with my order and I only ordered boxes, not painted models. I honestly dont know what's going on but I figured this was news as there might be people who were considering using them to buy models (I was planning on using them for my Necron 2nd wave order but after reading this I'm not so sure any more.)
Short version? Shenny claims Navin is running an illegal business where the customers suffer months of waiting before they receive their models whilst Navin gives himself a $5000 a month wage that he uses to live a frivolous lifestyle (links to his facebook page stating that's proof but I dont see how that can be considered).
Only thing I can personally say though is that perhaps it'd be best to wait or chose someone else if you want to buy models or commission a painting company.
