Saxen Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Three months ago I adopted out a UC Grey Wocky. It was a really difficult decision but I thought that I had chosen well and she was going to get a lot of attention. I've been checking back intermittently and practically nothing has happened apart from a petpet being attached in the first couple of weeks. The user hasn't even updated her petpage with her application or been on that account (it's a side) for over a month. I've sent her a neomail requesting the pet back so that I can adopt out to one of the other applicants. I was just wondering about peoples opinions as to whether or not that's a reasonable thing to ask or if I should have just left it? In hindsight I probably should have made this topic first *facepalm* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 It's like asking someone for their Christmas present back, a couple days after you just gave it to them... :weird: You have the best of intentions to adopt the pet out to someone who will be just as active as you were with them but that's part of the risk of adoptions.. Maybe the person has just been busy with family, school, or work? Perhaps you can send them a neomail asking if they wanted help updating the petpet page? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxen Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 They've stated that they're busy with school on their petpage, but they could have at least put their app on to her petpage imo. It's been three months and she's a coveted pet. There were soo many people that made a huge effort with their applications and it was an extremely hard decision, and I know from experience that it's heart breaking to see a pet you broke your back for rotting on someones side account. I think it's mostly guilt as to why I'd like to re-adopt out. There was one girl in particular who was absolutely lovely and I know would have been ecstatic to receive the Wocky, but I chose this other girl instead and now I'm like ... crap. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docmcfly Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 It's awful isn't it, same happened when I adopted out a Plushie Grarrl on my old account, it wasn't unconverted but it was 300 HSD with an aged Snowbunny, now its rotting away :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxen Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 Aw I'm sorry that happened to you also :( Hopefully the player will come back at some point! It's happened to me a couple of times before but the amount of applications I got for this pet makes me want to try and do something about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siniri Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 To be honest, I think you're risking being warned, silenced, or frozen for harassment by TNT. As long as your first neomail was polite, hopefully you won't get into trouble, but see this editorial, for example. Rebecca~ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxen Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 It was a polite mail and I didn't demand the pet back or anything like that. If she doesn't want to it's up to her, I'm not going to keep neomailing her asking for it. I don't think that qualifies as harassment per se but neo would probably still give me a warning if she reported ¬_¬ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilshadowdweller Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I have to say ney, not because I disagree with you but because I'm in a similar situation regarding an item. Recently, a NeoFriend of mine unfroze themselves (after over a year) and asked me for an item she had gifted me back. I hadn't ever asked for the item from her when she gifted it to me, she had given it to me randomly and freely. I hadn't sold it right away either. This item was worth A LOT. I had sold it well over a year ago. She admitted it had been a gift and that she was being greedy. She then started to ask me for it's value in Neopoints and kept Neomailing me to give her something for it. I eventually had to block her. Even right now, she's shouting insults at me using her user look up and calling me mean. I *know* that I hadn't done anything wrong and that it's WRONG of her to ask me for a gift back, but still. It's an uncomfortable situation. The problem is, as great as your intentions are, as soon as you gave her the Neopet, it was hers. Perhaps she will do something with it later on. She put in enough effort to grab your attention to begin with. It is the Holidays. Even so, there's nothing you can do. You did everything to make sure she was a good guardian, but apparently it was a lie. Or an honest mistake. You did your best. <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca~ Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 One polite neomail is allowed- don't contact her again about the pet, NO MATTER how polite you are. It will be considered harassment, and is not cool. You did give her the pet, and it's hers to do with as she pleases, no matter if that is leaving it alone, painting it another colour, or adopting it out. Which sucks, but yeah. This is from editorial 546: Please remember that, when trading or adopting out a Neopet, you can make a request of another user on how you'd like the Neopet to be treated, but please remember that it is only a request, not a "rule." Once the Neopet is theirs (assuming it's a trade / adoption and not a lend) then they're the owner, and what they do with the Neopet is up to them. Saxen and lilshadowdweller 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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