This piece of **** took my money, ghosted me and ran, and he's been doing it to others apparently.
I've been talking to another collector (Francedc) who's in the same boat as me. He's been dealing with it more recently, and still communicating with the guy.
Zhent's been stringing him along, excuse, after another, but due to contradicting information, we caught him in his lies.
Meanwhile he's actively promoting his work for sale over different groups, forums, and socials... and he's still dodging, ignoring, and evading me (and others) for a figure I paid for in 2022 that he never delivered.
It's people like this that taint this side of the hobby for all of us. And because they think they can get away with it, it's set a bad precedent, becoming common practice now.
Do me a favor. If you catch this guy in the wild, call him out. Have him blacklisted. And warn your friends about him.