I need advice regarding a troublesome user.

[alex-dachshund.livejournal.com]

Hi all. I recently took on an art trade in exchange for a ref sheet of my character.

They got someone else to draw my character (since they can't draw themeselves, but wanted art from me), and I will be drawing theirs. I started on my half of the trade today via a LiveStream so the tradee knows good and well I'm doing my half. Their half of the trade was completed quickly so no worries there.

Well, also today, I found out that this person has a really bad history of being incredibly rude and demanding and selfish to other artists. Some people on Nabyn noted me and told me this and that I should stay well away from this person. This person has also gotten banned on FurAffinity and had created ban-evasion accounts which have been banned too. On their deviantART account, they also cuss out and complain at people who thank them for watches/faves. I don't believe this person is a troll, just incredibly rude.

Example: http://i.imgur.com/7xa5h.png

I also found out that this person is going around telling people they'll put me on here just because they think I was "avoiding them" for the last two days (when in reality I have been busy and not much in a IMing mood). They have also been going around saying I was a "con artist" and that I'm not planning on drawing them anything. The person claims I am his friend (I have only know this person for a few days!) so maybe if I block this person, they'll try to use the "I thought you were my friend" excuse. They are also a liar, claiming I said things when I did not.

Unfortunately, I didn't know this at the time I accepted his offer, otherwise I would have told them no. 

What should I do? Should I finish the trade, and just remove him and block them? Or should I post them here? My friend also told me that he had a really awful experience with that guy as well and he wouldn't mind coming here and telling his half of the story. I have screenshots of the evidence proving that this person is disrespectful to artists and some chat logs.

EDIT: This guy is starting to make block evade accounts and note me and is making call out journals on these accounts. He is also IMing my friend and attacking her as well.

Advice on material warnings.

[msmanuscript.livejournal.com]

I’ve been making some items to sell on my Etsy as of late, and have been storing up pictures and descriptions and prices lists to start getting my store going soon. As I was going through and creating a materials list, I came across a warning label. One that many of us are familiar with.

“WARNING: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.”

I live in California, and I don’t know about others here, but I’ve come to see them so often I just ignore them now. But it got me thinking; I’m going to be selling to people both inside and outside of California.

Should I list this warning on items that are using materials that have this warning? Am I able to be held legally accountable for said items should something come up later down the line? Would you (hypothetically) as a customer be turned off from buying my product if you saw this warning somewhere on the listing? Is putting this warning on my listing a good idea/bad idea? Do I even NEED to do it? Is it something that should be taken into account when shipping outside of the USA?

Some items I already have listed as “do not ingest” or “do not put in mouth.” But some of them actually DO go in the mouth (this warning appears on a label for a pottery glaze that I’m using for ocarinas I’m making. So the mouthpiece does come into contact with saliva and the tongue. The label[s] however does not say anything about food safety other than the Prop 65 warning.) Others do make contact with the body, but not the mouth, such as earrings and other jewelry. Ideas?