"I painted this mural in July of last year, and these guys told me how much they loved the mural and then decided to never pay me."
The iconic Californian surfboard brand Rusty has been hit with a PR headache after a queer female artist took to her socials to accuse the R dot of not paying for an elaborate wall mural at their Carlsbad store.
Hanna Daly is a forty-two-year-old surfer, also a former roller derby gal and nude model, who took to doin’ murals in 2004 with almost 1500 wall-sized paintings completed since then.
Daly claims she spent one thousand bucks of her own money making the mural for Rusty last July and was told payment was forthcoming.
Then, crickets as they say, or as she says.
Four days ago, Daly posted a reel of her taking the Rusty logo out of the mural in protest posting,
Update: @rustysurfboards has decided to spend money on a lawyer instead of paying artists. I got an intimidating email from their lawyer yesterday full of inaccuracies and threats.
This after they said they would have me fully paid within two weeks.
I painted this mural in July of last year, and these guys told me how much they loved the mural and then decided to never pay me. I spent nearly a thousand dollars of my own money on a scissor lift rental and paint. Not cool.
It’s funny because you would think that big corporations would be good customers, but often that’s not the case. Small business owners are the best clients because they understand what it means to hustle.
Taking advantage of small business owners is not cool. Do better.
The reel was liked 104,000 times with almost three thousand comments and 315 shares.
“Now 10.9 million people know the brand is bad news and can’t be trusted – was it worth not paying for the job?” wrote one fan, indicative of the general mood.
Rusty Surfboards, a brand as iconic as Channel Islands or Lost but a little faded in recent years, was created by Rusty Preisendorfer in 1985 after the boards he created for the teenage Mark Occhilupo riding his beautiful clean shapes to phenomenal effect.
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something is 100% off no way in hell rusty surfboards would agree on 15k for a painting that 1. is not on his shop. 2. on a liquor store. 3. Multiple other company logos on the painting too. #3 she/it/they pronouns .
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“Taking advantage of small business owners is not cool. Do better.”
Perhaps Rusty is the small business being taken advantage of here. Now get me a HamSammish!
Come on Derek Rielly. Get your facts together. The sketchy artist did her painting on the wall of a liquor store clear on the other side of town. The mural is not on Rusty’s store. Its not even near Rusty’s store. Her story sounds like BS and if she can’t produce a contract or anything to prove Rusty wanted her to do this mural and offered to pay for it I’m calling it complete bullsheet. Rusty gets the benefit of the doubt until she proves otherwise. Put up or shut up. No HamSammish for the artist or Derek Rielly today.
So she randomly picked Rusty out the thousands of brands in California to paint their mural on a wall and then shake them down for payment?? Come on man.
Someone in Rusty authorised/ordered it on a handshake, most likely without their bosses permission and now the boss won’t pay.
Good lesson for Hanna, get a purchase order and get a deposit before you start work.
If she’s painting a mural on a wall of a building that she doesn’t own and that Rusty doesn’t own either, there has to be a contract……with somebody. Lets see it. Put up or shut up. Otherwise, no HamSammish.
They’re dim witted surfers, there’s no contract. But somebody from Rusty must have asked her to do it.
She didn’t wake up and decide to paint a random wall with the R dot
She does seem dim witted. I’m still not buying it. Rusty doesn’t own that building and neither does the painter, there has to be a contract……with somebody. At the very least she has to have something in writing from whoever actually owns the building. Lets see it. Put up or shut up. Otherwise, no HamSammish.
Unclear circumstances but she def got my vote with that CV
Hanna Daly is a forty-two-year-old surfer, also a former roller derby gal and nude model
Something seems off about this. Why would Rusty contract a mural on a random liquor store in Carlsbad?
Her story sounds bullshit
Any journalist worth their salt would ask Rusty what’s going on. Two sides to every story. But hey this is BeachGrit
Wouldn’t be the first time a tweeker tried to scam a business out of a HamSammish or three.
Paying your vendors is for suckers in Trumps Amerikkka. The Dear Orange Leader decrees it as such
OK good to know. Moving there STAT.
“I painted this mural in July of last year, and these guys told me how much they loved the mural and then decided to never pay me. I spent nearly a thousand dollars of my own money on a scissor lift rental and paint. Not cool.” ~ starving paint slopper
Post the actual “contract of business”, or shut your mouth. Sounds more like you “volunteered” your queer services, and then you upped it to “pay me bitches”!?!..
Reading this felt icky
Good opportunity for Chas to go down there tonight and paint a ‘BG’ over where the R used to be.
Free advertising, and he can blame DanesS&SS, John’s Knees or Otto etc if anyone whinges about it.
Heck I’d do it myself for gas money, some onion rings, and a box of beers if I was within 50 miles.
P.S.
Judging by the signage, it appears to be on the wall of a liquor store, not a surf shop.
Niiiiice.
(maybe cRusty won’t pay cos she did it on the wrong building…)
Did IT have a license to operate a scissor lift on Rusty . property?
You def don’t need a license for a scissor lift in any US state.
OSHA requires training and certification.
Welcome to scissor lift training guys. First things first. Have you all paid Donna for this training yet? If not please do so now. Alright now if you are ready here we go. If you want to go up you press this. If you want to go down you press here. Move the toggle forward if you want to go forward. If you want to go back pull toggle back. If you fall off call an ambulance. Any questions? No… ok… well..Donna will have your laminated certificates as you walk out the door.
Dammit Jim, I’m a doctor, not a scissor lift operator.
Nah dude. Operating a scissor lift is literally something anybody can call up United Rentals and get delivered same day. She a contract and not an employee and therefore don’t need an OSHA10 or anything. That’s why they hire subcontractors.
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With proper license and contract you can Lien the property.
Touch and go lawfare is risky. Might want to team up with a retainer firm, to soften “blows” of this magnitude…
Unfortunate – Rusty is a straight-up guy in the surf industry with an impeccable record as a shaper and a businessman.
I don’t know the circumstances here, but I would think they could make an arrangement that doesn’t waste money on lawyers or make threats and recriminations.
Guaranteed this a gay shakedown? It’s CA, where there’s an almost “Gay’s will take it to social media gay shakedown cottage industry then decide if it wants to sue for something that any court of competent jurisdiction will laugh their gay sorry self out of court for” culture
Actually, the dispute is over payment. No one cares if one or more of the people involved are gay or not.
Grow up.
Some people care. There are people who refer to the person as “it” in this thread so it’s a reminder that some people have hate in their heart and will never accept things they don’t agree with. Everything must be the way that they agree with. Look how they came to the thread to make sure to leave an opinionated comment as well. Not a joke. But an opinionated comment.
If you read the insta she bangs on about how her “wife” is a lawyer. She’s smart enough to steer clear. Obviously more to it or this would be a slam dunk.
Gay Shakedown is a queer Greatful Dead cover band from SF
I think its a shakedown. Rusty gets the benefit of the doubt unless she produces some concrete proof that Rusty authorized the mural and offered to pay for it. No HamSammish!
Rusty is an honest great guy…..sounds like he is being shaken down…and reading all the above….I will give trusty Rusty the benfit of the doubt!
You’re welcome.