actually << well known word in this thread... would it be simplier to NOT talk about Tim when he is not here to represent himself...
none of you have faced his wraith... you just discuss about some mad guys, but none of you CAN apply a solution...
the only thing the "clients" can do, is to call for coders in some OTHER place where a service is offered with security... the guys here on vb.org have an alert that say they are not responsible of any problem ...
that's enough...
go to
http://sitepoint.com or
http://www.freelancers.net is you want a supervised service...