#'they'll wait for me cuz they're my pal.' or the buyer says 'i don't mind since they're my friend!'

[princepipper]

I'm sorry, but calling commissions a "business transaction" sounds so cold. The artists I tend to commission are not just machines producing art that I buy. They are often friends, and nice people. There's more to it than money.

??? Dude, I understand that you can be friends with artists and all that, but when you commission them, you are a customer. You are paying money for a product and/or service. You can still be their pal, but that doesn't change the fact that you are literally engaging in business with them. I wasn't calling it a business transaction to imply that there's no joy or friendliness involved. I was saying that because it's important for everyone to act professionally in those situations, even if it just means using proper grammar/sentence structure and doing your best to be polite.

Also uh. I don't know if you're an artist or not, but you should try to understand that for most artists who accept commissions, it IS really about the money. For a lot of people it's how they make a living. So yeah, I think it's fair for them to expect a little bit of decency when approached with commission requests.