Problem with paid services, looking for input
 

So, I hired someone off of here to do some work on my site. I needed a new shopping cart. He installed the cart (magento) as was agreed upon, but he did not skin it. He is claiming that it was not part of the deal, but I believe it was. This person seems to have a lot of feedback on here and has coded quite a few hacks/mods. I dont want to call out any names yet. Am I wrong, or is he?

here is how it went down:

I post on vbulletin.org in the requests for paid services section:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=212943
Post title: Need Magento installed and skinned
Post content: Title pretty much says it all. Im looking to have this done ASAP. I can pay in either PayPal or chocolate chip cookies, your choice.

I get pms from several members. Prices were pretty similar.

The first PM from the person I hired:
My PM back:
Then we switched to email:
me:
him:

Then there are a bunch of emails back and forth about the installation, nothing of importance.

Now, installation is finished and I am sent the details of it.

I send an email:
No response, so 6 days later I send:
No response still, so two days later I send this:
Finally a response:
Me, in a confusing twist of emails quoted in a quoted email:
The response from him:


Well, thats a long post, but that is exactly what happened and contains all of the details. Who is right here?

$75 is too cheap to skin Magento. I don't know how much I'd charge to bridge Magento and vBulletin but I know I wouldn't charge only $75 to install and skin the software.

Let it go and let him keep the money since he did get shopping cart software installed and working properly.

Other people were coming in with quotes of near that. There was no bridging to vbulletin involved. It is a standalone cart.

The price was the only thing that tipped you off that he wasnt including the skin? From my point of view, everything mentioned included skinning. At no point in time was there ever mention of not skinning magento.

You included the paypal email address too ;) I'd edit that out.

As for who is right, he is, I'd say, it's your fault, for advertising for installation only. If you wanted it skinned, you should've included it in your original hiring post.

You're lucky you found someone to install a cart that isn't vB related by posting an ad on a vB support forum, though.

Post title: Need Magento installed and skinned
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=212943

How is that not asking for it to be skinned as well?


Apparently I wasnt as clear as I thought I was.

I never hire people that respond with 1 sentence and the sentence is "No problem, send the payment to..."

Sorry but you need to have some internet street smarts. Just take it as a lesson learned. Dont click on the banners that say "You have won $1,000,000" You live and you learn, not a big deal.

Moral of the story is:

PAY AT THE END!

So you are suggesting that this person is a scammer and I got ripped off.

Are you asking a question or making a statement?

Sorry, I mis-read it.

end of day m8 you got something for your money so it was`nt wasted.Ive been ripped twice and got nothing in return which is even worse,so as someone said above - let it ride and just get someone else to do the skinning.

I would not say u was ripped off,sounds more like a communication problem than anything else.Ive learnt the hard way and that is to make sure the other party knows exactly what u want before any deal is made.
As for scammer - not in same vote again as he did complete the job for you.