WARNING ABOUT TEECHIP AND OOSHIRTS AND FAN MERCH ADS ON FACEBOOK + TWITTER
So over the last few days, i’ve had a lot of messages linking me to a facebook “KH fans” page that is advertising my KhBBS poster on sale, which links to a TeeChip campaign. DO NOT SHARE ITEMS ON THIS FB PAGE. This isn’t the first time TeeChip has done this, this is about the 4th time i’ve seen my stuff up there, and i’m super fed up. DO YOURSELVES A FAVOUR: IF YOU SEE ANYTHING SOLD BY TEECHIP/OOSHIRTS, JUST WALK AWAY, WARN OTHERS, AND DO NOT PROMOTE ANYTHING THAT LINKS TO THEIR WEBSITE.
If you havent heard about Teechip/OoShirts (the same company under different names, but TeeChip is the more rampant one of the two), they’re a shirt printing company that does similar things to legitimate sites like Redbubble, Qwertee, TeePublic, Once Upon A Tee, etc.
TeeChip run campaigns that last a day or two, and they primarily target pop culture and create ads that often shows up on Facebook pages or on Twitter.
ALL OF THE ART USED FOR THEIR DESIGNS ARE STOLEN.
They do not have the permission from the artists. While I can’t speak for all the artists, there is a vast number of artists who have complained on social media about TeeChip using their designs without permission.
Not only do they steal artwork, they scam people of their money by overcharging, mishandling orders, not shipping orders, printing shoddy items, and refusing to offer refunds. There have been numerous anecdotes from people saying that TeeChip will immediately charge their order but fail to send confirmation emails, or respond to customer service about wrong/shoddy orders. There have also been cases where TeeChip double charge people for a single order. If you go to their Twitter and Facebook, all you see are posts made by people demanding to know what’s happening with their orders, and for them to stop using art that they don’t have permission to print. If you want an extensive library of complaints to read through, go here to PissedConsumer.com
They’re also known to sell celebrity names/branding/current events/political campaign items under the pretense of giving the proceeds to charity.
They will ignore your emails, customer complaints, including dmca letters (i’ve submitted letters several times, they either do not reply or take days to answer, by which time the “campaign” i want taken down is already done and they’ve already made their $$$)
There are ads on fandom pages on Facebook that are cropping up like crazy, and often they’ll come with a compressed bit.ly or goo.gl link. So if you recognise my art or art from an artist that you believe didn’t give permission for them to sell, it’s always best to notify the artist and double check.
RED FLAGS THAT SHOW TEECHIP IS A SCAM:
*There are no artist profiles on their website, despite them saying that the designs are uploaded by their “users” and that copyright infringement is at the fault of their users.
*Their posts never come with a link to the artist or any credits to the artist name. *their “limited time only campaigns” always reset and stay up for days. *their ads and promotional tweets/posts are *everywhere* on social media, pushed out by bots.
*they take forever to respond to messages, if at all.
*one website will have them as “very good” in all their consumer reviews that are written in a very similar language, while another website is about 1500+ complaints of their company that includes photos to show the items received from teechip
