Not that I want to prolong a fight or anything but You should perhpas re-read your OP and decide if you dont think it was a little rudely worded.  Terms like snobbery and disgusting as I pointed out earlier started this one off on a hostile bent from the get go.  If I was the artist you had a beef with I'd find this thread very offensive.  If they havent read it that is for the best, if they have and have had the class not to respond good on them.   If it had been me, I'd either have come to this with a whole lot of flame or just asked the mods to outright lock it right off the bat.

I'm not trying to critisize or incite, just encouraging you to approach things like this with the tact and respect, regardless of whatever discomfort or hardships you face outside of the poserverse, especially if you plan on selling stuff.  I personally wont buy from vendors who dont conduct themselves to an acceptable standard on the forums they visit.

 

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I feel I wasn't rude at all what so ever until someone slammed my reputation with the Freebie comment. 

There's a difference between rudeness and defending one's self. 

I understand that its definitely not right to be rude to someone, I rarely am, except when I feel the need is there to explain it in no other way.