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Old 02-10-2006, 04:44 PM
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The administrators of VB.org have approved this!

I recently posted a thread in the Service Request forums.

I received many PM's about the job and payment. After careful consideration, I chose insane-topics. The original payment was for $500.00 to perform the upgrade of my custom CMS. After I chose this coder, I re-reviewed my requirements documentation and felt as if I was under paying for this job, since the level of work was rather quite high. I then upgraded the payment to $ 800 and expressed this to insane-topics.

He stated that he, like many other coders/developers, that he would like half of the money upfront. I know that this is common practice and had no problem paying half. It was a lot of money!

This was on January 30, 2006.

I pointed out to him that I needed this done fast as possible, this PM from him on that same day:

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Originally Posted by insane-topics
could have it done in a few days once files sent.
I expressed to him that I was not someone who hounded the developers that performed work for me, I just would like current status or updates on his project. He asked me how when did I need this by, I stated this middle of this month, the 14th, he said it would be done WAY prior to that. We spent almost an hour on the phone discussing the requirement document.

From that day he will not respond to my emails, phone calls, and stays offline. This is after I paid him. I have tried to call him at least 20 times (I was already angry) and sent at least 5 emails a day. Now lets understand that if he had a valid excuse, I would not have a problem extending the deadline. Also I know that it is not the 14th of the month and that I am posting this early, but I wanted to let everyone out there know that they need to watch out for this so-called coder/developer. He should have been done by now, even though he is still within the deadline, but he should respond to my emails or phone calls

Some of you will think I am crazy for posting this long thread and that maybe something happened to him that is why he is not contacting you. For one, I know that he is on dialup, so when I call the line is busy, and sometimes it just rings. This tells me that he is there and online

I just want all of the vbulletin community to know about insane-topics and his work ethic. I know that there is no way for me to recover my money from paypal because it is classified as an non-physical good. He has left me without the option to upgrade to 3.5.* and the other half of the $ 800.00

In closing, just remember who this guy is and boycott all his work and defiantly do not higher him to perform any work for your site

Regards,
Mike Simonds
Sportsrant.com
http://www.sportsrant.com
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Old 02-10-2006, 06:16 PM
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You should've said "I'll send you money as you progress".

I hope someone rips him or her off for twice as much.
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Old 02-10-2006, 06:22 PM
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You should've said "I'll send you money as you progress".

I hope someone rips him or her off for twice as much.
Yes I should have but some of the other coders here on vb.org, such as Natch and Dark_Wizard have always been honest and trustworthy, it made me feel as if all the people in the vb community were the same. I felt that we all had honesty and integrity, but guess what, then you meet some jerk off such as insane-topics

I have also updated my post too show everyone
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Old 02-10-2006, 07:09 PM
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to get around the non-physical goods clause of paypal make the coder burn it to a cd/dvd and for product there is the physical goods
that sux hardcore tho i wish u the best of luck
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Old 02-10-2006, 07:23 PM
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to get around the non-physical goods clause of paypal make the coder burn it to a cd/dvd and for product there is the physical goods
that sux hardcore tho i wish u the best of luck
Now that is one hell of an idea, I cannot believe i did not think of that, I will do this from now on!!! :devious: :disappointed:
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Old 02-10-2006, 08:47 PM
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Well i feel you're a bit premature in posting this. Afterall his deadline is still a few days away.

Would have been better if you had waited until after the deadline.

PS You might want to chnge your post/title before someone sue you for slander.
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Old 02-10-2006, 08:53 PM
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Well i feel you're a bit premature in posting this. Afterall his deadline is still a few days away.

Would have been better if you had waited until after the deadline.
yes, he is, but the lack of communication can raise concerns.
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Old 02-10-2006, 08:58 PM
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Can, might, maybe........

He might be right, or he might be wrong.

Fact:
- He agreed on a coding project
- He agreed on a deadline
- Deadline is not reached yet (hence no way to tell if coder will deliver or not)
- "All" that is wrong until now is that the coder didn't communicate as client expected.

A litle small base to call someone a thief i would say. Wouldn't hold 2 minutes in a court.
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Old 02-10-2006, 09:04 PM
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I agree with MarcoH64 there. I think you might want to take into account the fact that he is on dial up, if is keeping to his deadline there should be no problems with the project other than the lack of communication on his part. Out of interest are you within the same time zone this can often cause problems when doing jobs over the web.

In short I wouldn?t start worrying yet msimonds

Thanks,
Mat
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Old 02-10-2006, 09:29 PM
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The administrators of VB.org have approved this!
They've approved calling a member a liar and a theif without any evidence yet ? I find that hard to believe.
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