Mid May the artist (DC artist from the 80's, I refuse to name him as to take the high road) and I discussed having a commission worked on and that it would be received in time for Father's day June 17th. This was a gift from my four young children to me (with my money ). The artist requested half of the payment upfront and I told him I would pay him in full if he could expedite the order. He said he had the time and would get to work on it. The very first day we spoke I paid him in full $350 using PayPal for the commission. The date kept getting pushed back beyond the date it was needed. I asked for some pics to see how it was coming. He would never respond with the pics. He finally gave me an excuse, valid or not, that the airlines lost all of the commissions he was working. I informed the artist that I had made other arrangements for a Father's day gift after he missed the agreed upon date by several weeks and I asked for a refund. He agreed to the refund my PayPal three weeks ago but each week I am being told to wait another week. My gut is telling me that he is taking funds from other people to pay off other refunds. This is wrong and unethical, he has worn me down and I am out $350. This sucks