Originally Posted by MPDev (Post 1136308)

I would suspect that nobody has asked for a legal opinion in this regard; because if they had they would have greater safeguards in place, including the removal of members known to commit fraud on their site.

The issue here isn't one of not being aware of the fraud, it's one of being aware of it and not taking any action to prevent it from occurring again. You can't offer a service and then knowingly allow people to use it to commit a crime without a reasonable chance of liability on your part.

Originally Posted by ShawnV (Post 1127264)

I hate to throw more gas on this fire but, I paid Tim a $50.00 deposit a while back to have the original 2.0 talkerbot ported to work on 3.5 and after 30+ days of I will have it for your tomorrow I promise, making another payment per his request that it would help him get it done faster, spending two Saturdays waiting all day after being told he would get it done tomorrow for sure, seeing him online and then nothing all day not even a PM or email, endless PM?s that were never answered. I asked him several times to be honest if you cant do it just tell me, oh no it will be done tomorrow, then nothing over and over, I never did get the code.

_V

Originally Posted by Andem (Post 1127051)

I'm seriously hoping that more people who are potential victims have a look at this thread before they decide to go with him and no money upfront.

Originally Posted by acerulezz (Post 1136777)

lol and mind telling me what you did with my 280$?
or you completely and conveniently forgot to talk about that?

Originally Posted by acerulezz (Post 1136777)

lol and mind telling me what you did with my 280$?
or you completely and conveniently forgot to talk about that?

Originally Posted by pcoskat (Post 1136277)

That was my first POST here on vB - only because you would not respond at your board to any PM's. I was very respectful in my initial questions and reports, however, you simply chose to ignore me.



There is nothing to 'sort' through. You asked me to send you a detailed list of the errors (which I did). I even resent the extensive list because you claimed you 'lost my email' when your 'computer crashed' (it was sent via pm).


Exactly. You have not attempted to help me with your (now defunct product) in any way.


As you indicated in this post, I purchased your script on 11/20. Today is 12/11, and the spelling errors have not been fixed - despite the fact that you were given a detailed list of the errors and the corrections. (Even if you had fixed one error per day, you would be about done, by now.)

Morever, when I first brought the spelling and technical problems to your attention, your response was to pull the entire script from purchase. You also indicated that that a NEW script would be released 'within a few days' and that earlier customers would get that script at no charge. Needless to say, this hasn't happened, nor have you responded to my requests for a date that the new script would be released.

Lastly, I also paid for installation service that you didn't perform. This wasn't refunded either.

You are a scammer, who like the others, always needs 'time to sort through things' or has 'computer crashes' when a customer has a complaint.

Fortunately, in all the years I've been a member here, this is the first scam I've been taken by. As I stated ealier, the overwhelming majority of coders and others here are very honest people who do fantastic work.

ETA - UPDATE
I just received an email indicating that all spelling errors that I reported have been fixed, and I am to uninstall the old product and re-install the corrected one. So, for now, the only thing I'm out is the money I paid for 'installation service' that was never performed or attempted.

Originally Posted by micheal332001 (Post 1137728)

II do not code for a living and i will take my time making changes as thats how i code i dont rush things as it should not be rushed.

So dont put my down for a service when i do have alot going on im my life that you would never know and i would not tell you.
I do my best to give help and i have one person thats you thats trying to say im a scammer when in fact i have not.

Originally Posted by HellRazor (Post 1137740)

I hate to tell you this - but once you decided to accept money in exchange for providing a product or service, all of that ceases to mean anything to anyone but you. It's a "YP" - YOUR Problem. If you can't do the job due to other factors, you shouldn't offer the service or take the money, its that simple.

It's excellent and commendable that you are trying to make things good so don't get me wrong about that. It definately helps differentiate you from a scammer who just wants to rip someone off. But the "I don't code for a living", "I have other things going on in my life", etc. are excuses, and when someone has paid for something, they don't want excuses, they want what they paid for. It's not like you are doing them a favor.