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Sunday, October 27, 2024

A bitter taste

 


I still haven't been able to let go of my resentment of Teepublic for deleting my account. I know I should just let it go, but my entire life I've had this issue with injustice.  I realize life is not fair. And just because I think something isn't fair doesn't change it. But the hypocrisy of Teepublic and their constant litany of how important customer service just blows my mind. I tolerated being bombarded with constant marketing emails and texts even though I was creating designs and not interested in buying someone else's designs.  Even their emails about removing some of my designs because someone had complained about intellectual property violations implied that they understood it was difficult.  So I accepted the BS.

But the sudden and seemingly randomness of them telling me I had violated their terms and conditions and them deleting my account without an explanation was just too much. That was months of work. And they profited off from it. I barely made $200 in four or five months. It wasn't like I was in it for the money. 

I can't believe there aren't other artists who have had the same experience. Yet none of my posts on social media have garnered even a peep from anyone, even Teepublic. It just adds insult to injury that they don't feel it is necessary to explain . Bottomline, is they are a big business and they don't have to explain. Their are thousands of other artists dutifully posting designs and looking for validation.

I've been on the other side in my own job. I've had to be nice about complaints that have no validity and treat people with respect who don't return the favor. But I work for government. Before Trump you respected that you were paid by taxpayers and needed to treat them with some respect. Businesses don't seem to have that same code. 

So every now and then I'll post something to remind the world that even though life isn't fair we shouldn't have to blindly accept every insult.

Just spitting in the wind. 

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