Today I finally managed to get in contact with the owners of Pump'N'Grind, and directly spoke to them about the mural and prints/leaflets.
The whole thing was a classic example of a load of miscommunication. They appointed Georgie 'head of art and decorating' without specifying how mad she could go, so she came up with the whole brief pretty much herself with minimal communication to her bosses. They had no idea how excited she had got and how much she had tasked me with. Georgie also apparently has no idea how much an illustrator should be paid to do all the things she asked and I think assumed a happy student would do it all for free (she is also a happy student with no knowledge of this kind of stuff.) I do however think the boss's would have let me do it for free if I hadn't had said anything.
I don't think they ever really expected a student to turn around with a knowledge of how much they should be getting paid either, even if it's a slightly hazarded guess going off one lecture from the AOI (not that they knew this).
They apologised for being so rubbish at talking to me and then politely declined me painting their shop for them. I did try to keep it going a bit, but they kept repeating they didn't have any money spare whatsoever to pay me anything, so I just left it in the end. If they really don't have the money then it's a job for another time.
They did say they will keep me in mind for when they do have they money, which is one positive. I have also learnt a lot about trying not to get ripped off through this; standing my ground basically lost me the job, but definitely saved me a lot of wasted time and a bit of dignity.
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