ZSIMark
09-07-2008, 01:13 PM
Hello all,
I have held my tongue for long enough. Over the past 4 months, I have been working with a person who goes by the user name Richard on here. I was working with a client of mine to design a rather elaborate site.
Richard told us it would take 4-6 weeks. I was skeptical of his progress, so I stayed on top of things, and every time he assured me it was on track. The site started to be coded on May 24th. Leaving the completion date at the very beginning of July.
At the beginning of July, Richard told us that the person he outsourced to had a "Stop Loss to Deploy" or something along those lines, meaning he was shipped off to war somewhere. That's fine, hire another programmer I told him. He said he would find someone quick and we would be back on track.
August rolled around, I assumed the site would be wrapping up now. I go to ask about progress, he said he still hasn't found someone. I gave him until the end of August to complete the site, he said that would be no problem.
He spent two months apparently looking for someone to finish the site with him, had no progress to show of his own work, and he kept my money and disappeared.
So please, do not deal with this person as you are going to get screwed over. Even if he legitimately had an excuse to be late on the final design (his programmer was sent away) he still has no excuse for disappearing and sitting around for two months doing nothing.
I AM hiring a collections agency to track down this bastard and get my money back. I WILL hire a private investigator if our searches are unsuccessful, and I WILL hire a lawyer if we need further work done. This was a substantial amount of funds, and even if I spend more than I will make, it is the principle of the matter.
I hope this has alerted you of this fraudulent person and you will avoid him at all costs.
Richard's site: http://www.designedmagic.com/
Him AIM: methamp
Last login here: Beginning of August
Last login on AIM: August 28th
If anyone has information on his address and more information about him, please post here. Our transaction was through paypal but it is past the deadline for a dispute.
Thank you for your time.
I have held my tongue for long enough. Over the past 4 months, I have been working with a person who goes by the user name Richard on here. I was working with a client of mine to design a rather elaborate site.
Richard told us it would take 4-6 weeks. I was skeptical of his progress, so I stayed on top of things, and every time he assured me it was on track. The site started to be coded on May 24th. Leaving the completion date at the very beginning of July.
At the beginning of July, Richard told us that the person he outsourced to had a "Stop Loss to Deploy" or something along those lines, meaning he was shipped off to war somewhere. That's fine, hire another programmer I told him. He said he would find someone quick and we would be back on track.
August rolled around, I assumed the site would be wrapping up now. I go to ask about progress, he said he still hasn't found someone. I gave him until the end of August to complete the site, he said that would be no problem.
He spent two months apparently looking for someone to finish the site with him, had no progress to show of his own work, and he kept my money and disappeared.
So please, do not deal with this person as you are going to get screwed over. Even if he legitimately had an excuse to be late on the final design (his programmer was sent away) he still has no excuse for disappearing and sitting around for two months doing nothing.
I AM hiring a collections agency to track down this bastard and get my money back. I WILL hire a private investigator if our searches are unsuccessful, and I WILL hire a lawyer if we need further work done. This was a substantial amount of funds, and even if I spend more than I will make, it is the principle of the matter.
I hope this has alerted you of this fraudulent person and you will avoid him at all costs.
Richard's site: http://www.designedmagic.com/
Him AIM: methamp
Last login here: Beginning of August
Last login on AIM: August 28th
If anyone has information on his address and more information about him, please post here. Our transaction was through paypal but it is past the deadline for a dispute.
Thank you for your time.