{"id":278200,"date":"2026-01-10T20:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/278200\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T20:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:10:11","slug":"customer-wants-a-refund-for-a-painting-they-bought-because-they-thought-it-was-bigger-but-the-artist-insists-the-size-was-clearly-listed-twistedsifter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/278200\/","title":{"rendered":"Customer Wants A Refund For A Painting They Bought Because They Thought It Was Bigger, But The Artist Insists The Size Was Clearly Listed \u00bb TwistedSifter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-693698\" class=\"wp-image-693698\" src=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"woman looking at a painting\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" title=\"Customer Wants A Refund For A Painting They Bought Because They Thought It Was Bigger, But The Artist Insists The Size Was Clearly Listed\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/piantintg.jpg\" data-lazy- data-lazy-\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-693698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock\/Reddit<\/p>\n<p>All sales are final!<\/p>\n<p>Okay, okay, that\u2019s not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AmItheAsshole\/comments\/iz6vl3\/aita_for_not_giving_a_customer_a_refund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">true for every purchase<\/a> you make, but if you buy a painting from an artist, that\u2019s yours to keep\u2026FOREVER.<\/p>\n<p>Check out what this Reddit user had to say and see if you think they\u2019re wrong for not giving a customer a refund.<\/p>\n<p>Start now!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI run a business, and sold a handmade painting which is 10 x 10 inches for $70.<\/p>\n<p>I spent the money on shipping labels for other stuff, have just moved, and was hit with an unexpected bill bringing my account to negative $10. I don\u2019t even have money to feed myself tonight.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Uh oh\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>So this customer emails me asking for a refund because they thought the item was bigger, however I listed it in the description and title.<\/p>\n<p>I told them no refund because it was clearly listed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now it\u2019s getting ugly\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>They sent me back a nasty email saying I\u2019m an unprofessional scammer for sending such a small item for that price, and that they\u2019d be telling everyone not to purchase from me.<\/p>\n<p>AITA for not giving the customer a refund because they thought my painting was bigger?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s what Reddit users had to say about this.<\/p>\n<p>This reader said they\u2019re NTA.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-693520\" src=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025 12 18 at 3.15.53 PM Customer Wants A Refund For A Painting They Bought Because They Thought It Was Bigger, But The Artist Insists The Size Was Clearly Listed\" width=\"800\" height=\"966\" title=\"Customer Wants A Refund For A Painting They Bought Because They Thought It Was Bigger, But The Artist Insists The Size Was Clearly Listed\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-3.15.53-PM.png\" data-lazy- data-lazy-\/><\/p>\n<p>Another individual agreed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-693521\" src=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025 12 18 at 3.16.19 PM Customer Wants A Refund For A Painting They Bought Because They Thought It Was Bigger, But The Artist Insists The Size Was Clearly Listed\" width=\"800\" height=\"1812\" title=\"Customer Wants A Refund For A Painting They Bought Because They Thought It Was Bigger, But The Artist Insists The Size Was Clearly Listed\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-3.16.19-PM.png\" data-lazy- data-lazy-\/><\/p>\n<p>This Reddit user spoke up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-693522\" src=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025 12 18 at 3.16.34 PM Customer Wants A Refund For A Painting They Bought Because They Thought It Was Bigger, But The Artist Insists The Size Was Clearly Listed\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" title=\"Customer Wants A Refund For A Painting They Bought Because They Thought It Was Bigger, But The Artist Insists The Size Was Clearly Listed\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-3.16.34-PM.png\" data-lazy- data-lazy-\/><\/p>\n<p>Another person said they\u2019re NTA.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-693523\" src=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025 12 18 at 3.17.24 PM Customer Wants A Refund For A Painting They Bought Because They Thought It Was Bigger, But The Artist Insists The Size Was Clearly Listed\" width=\"800\" height=\"808\" title=\"Customer Wants A Refund For A Painting They Bought Because They Thought It Was Bigger, But The Artist Insists The Size Was Clearly Listed\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-3.17.24-PM.png\" data-lazy- data-lazy-\/><\/p>\n<p>And this reader shared their thoughts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-693524\" src=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025 12 18 at 3.17.33 PM Customer Wants A Refund For A Painting They Bought Because They Thought It Was Bigger, But The Artist Insists The Size Was Clearly Listed\" width=\"800\" height=\"915\" title=\"Customer Wants A Refund For A Painting They Bought Because They Thought It Was Bigger, But The Artist Insists The Size Was Clearly Listed\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-3.17.33-PM.png\" data-lazy- data-lazy-\/><\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re not about to give this customer their money back!<\/p>\n<p>If you liked that story, check out this post about an <a href=\"https:\/\/twistedsifter.com\/2024\/03\/oblivious-ceo-tells-web-developer-to-act-his-wage-but-when-he-decides-to-do-just-that-the-ceo-has-to-lay-off-30-of-his-company\/?utm_source=IN-ARTICLE&amp;utm_medium=IN-ARTICLE&amp;utm_campaign=IN-ARTICLE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">oblivious CEO who tells a web developer to \u201cact his wage\u201d\u2026 and it results in 30% of the workforce being laid off.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shutterstock\/Reddit All sales are final! Okay, okay, that\u2019s not true for every purchase you make, but if you&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[267],"tags":[5409,365,362,363,364,19454,366,18,117,5412,19,17,227,5417,3408,4612,80,699],"class_list":{"0":"post-278200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-aita","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-artsdesign","13":"tag-customer","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-eire","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-entity","18":"tag-ie","19":"tag-ireland","20":"tag-jobs","21":"tag-picture","22":"tag-reddit","23":"tag-top","24":"tag-work","25":"tag-working"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115872623827686665","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}