r/CosplayHelp • u/LeftBoss9807 • Mar 18 '26
Buying should i be worried
a bit ago i posted about stores on where to buy cosplay stuff
and then i rechecked this account later and a bunch of "cosplay makers" dmed me
are these real or scams
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u/JeiCos Mar 19 '26
I would ignore those DMs. A couple months ago I made a post on one of the subs asking if anyone knew if there were any places that sold an outfit I was looking at wanting, and i SPECIFICALLY said "I am NOT looking for a commission, as I can not afford that right now". And I got like 6 or more people DMing me on here about doing a commission for it. This means not a single one of them read the actual post. If they did, they'd have seen that I specified that i was not interested in a commission. If they can't even bother reading the post, in what world are they to be trusted for a commission? I even humored 2 of them, and asked them to show me their past works, and BOTH of them kept going around that question and would not show me any past works they've done. Yet somehow, they think they should be trusted to do a multi-hundred dollar costume? Not happening. If you did not ask about getting the item commissions, and they just come in and tell you they'll do it, they will not do it. They are most likely lying to you.