PSA: I paid $60 for a custom logo from a 'designer' who just used an AI

I needed a logo for my small pottery business and found someone on a freelance site. They charged me sixty bucks and sent a file three days later. I liked it at first, but then I saw the exact same symbol (just different colors) on another local bakery's sticker. I asked them about it and they admitted they 'used a tool' to make it. Feels like I paid for a copy of something, not real art. Has anyone else been tricked like this by an 'artist' who's just running prompts?

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murray.robert1mo ago

Well, at least my fence posts are real, @avery_flores.

grantw411mo ago

Total scam, sorry that happened.

avery_flores1mo ago

Ugh, seriously. These scams are getting way too common now. Makes you not want to trust anything online anymore.