duped in service requests by eXtremeTim

[Mythotical]

Well pulling up the title issue, as I stated earlier, portfolio plus references, then I would hire otherwise they might as well hit the road. Everyone can start somewhere even if its something small like I did on my first job. Now my portfolio is well near 20+ clients (still need to update with newest clients) and 90% of them are return clients, the rest usually pay me to teach them about vb coding and styling which isn't hard but they find it to be.

Just in case you missed it again, Portfolio AND References = good hire.

[Adrian Schneider]

Here is a great post written by Princeton on the topic:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=113792

It should be stickied in the SR forums, but it also as an article...

[phill2003]

Is vb.org at least going to censure this bloke, It seems a little daft that he is still able to get customers from this site while he is being accused of something as serious as this.

He has accepted that he has taken the guys money, he has made no effort to return it other than a token $20 and yet he is still able to go about his business as he sees fit and ignore this thread.

He has a sig directing you to his site where i can only assume he solicits work this in itself may be enough to convince some people of his trustworthyness.

Are the staff at vb.org willing to turn a blind eye whilst its own members get robbed by another member? We understand that vB.org and its staff are in no way responsible for this guys actions but if when faced with a mountain of evidence and the fact that the guy has admitted taking the cash and doing no work for it you do nothing not even stopping his ability to procure customers via an advert in his sig perhaps you are accepting certain responsibilitys.

Should this user have restrictions placed on his account that stop him being able to advertise his own site (so members from here dont go there to get robbed), there are a few more restrictions I think would be prudent for instance the ability to PM those asking coders to do paid work in the service forum, Is he able to solicit for work that way?

This really is unacceptable, You must be able to see that by doing nothing you are complicit in the deceit and condoning his actions.

[these are my views only and as such no guarantees to the factual content are given]

[Andem]

Hi folks,

Wow, the story on this thread seems EXTREMELY familiar. The excuses are a little different though.

30/09/2006 6:53:44 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough Hey. Hows the integration going?
30/09/2006 6:53:56 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem Sorry im about a day behind right now
30/09/2006 6:54:01 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough alright

and then some weird excuses:

30/09/2006 6:54:08 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem fighting with paypal all day yesterday and hopefully not all day today
30/09/2006 6:54:22 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough you got my first payment alright?
30/09/2006 6:54:30 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem yea i did lol
30/09/2006 6:54:33 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem till paypal stole it
30/09/2006 6:54:34 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem lol
30/09/2006 6:55:33 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem and now im fighting with paypal becuase paypal wasnt supposed to pay it or anything
30/09/2006 6:55:45 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough Ah. I don’t usually deal with paypal, so no tips.
30/09/2006 6:55:52 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem its pain in the ass
30/09/2006 6:56:26 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem i mean this is just unreal lol
30/09/2006 6:56:55 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough whats your site again?
30/09/2006 6:57:22 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem they dont even cover intangible objects yet somehow their gonna payout on one after its been states the product was delivered by both me and the buyer so they proved they shouldnt get a damn thing
30/09/2006 6:57:23 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem and somehow they do
30/09/2006 6:57:24 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem lol
30/09/2006 6:57:32 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem extremewebtech.com is my scripting site

Then soliciting clients to vote for his script, even days after the promised completion of work hired for has passed:

02/10/2006 6:24:19 AM Tim Yarbrough Andem talkerbots up for mod of the month and could use your support

A then I'm promised that they is a working version already done:


An unanswered enquiry:

11/2/2006 1:33:12 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough Hello
11/2/2006 1:33:20 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough is this integration ever going to be finished?
11/2/2006 1:34:37 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough I hired you, promised the job would be done within 2-3 days
11/2/2006 1:35:10 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough its been a month and a half now.. and absolutely no communication from you

11/10/2006 7:22:30 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem i already pulled it off correctly on a different test board
11/10/2006 7:22:39 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough excellent.
11/10/2006 7:22:44 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem and test setup for another client who needed a similiar but much more advanced setup

But since it's already 2 months [now] since he was hired for the program, I've seen not seen a working model.. but then he doesn't even remember the details of the project:

]11/10/2006 7:24:43 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem i forget is your site a new site or one with existing members?

Then back to the notion that the work is done... still never seeing any proof:

11/10/2006 7:27:48 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem gonna be around later?
11/10/2006 7:27:50 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough I'll be back online eventually..
11/10/2006 7:27:53 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem k
11/10/2006 7:28:02 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough don't forget to make backups
11/10/2006 7:28:08 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem I think we should be able to square this all away today hopefully 11/10/2006 7:28:23 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough ok.
11/10/2006 7:28:42 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough that would be cool.. After I get to testing it out, I can send you the second instalment

And this is where the obscure excuses start:

10/23/2006 4:53:48 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem sorry my dad was in the hospital last week
10/23/2006 4:54:03 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem ill try and get it inplace for you shortly
10/23/2006 4:54:56 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough ok
10/23/2006 4:54:58 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough thanks

Funny I've heard that excuse before from an ebay seller who was very late sending an item to me before.. total bull.

11/22/2006 5:28:32 PM Andem Tim Yarbrough Anybody home?
11/22/2006 5:28:47 PM Tim Yarbrough Andem ill get your stuff uploaded today

Yet again. Let me also note that there have been a ton of unanswered messages from him.

11/25/2006 1:46:00 AM Tim Yarbrough Andem get me your server access info again so i can get this stuff up and test out this importer and finish this all up
11/25/2006 10:46:25 AM Andem Tim Yarbrough wtf.. You don't even have that?
11/25/2006 10:46:33 AM Andem Tim Yarbrough ok, i'll send it when you're back online

Note, I sent server access instructions, logins and passwords to all required services include ftp, ssh, mysqladmin, vb, etc.

Here's my last unanswered message:

11/27/2006 11:03:02 AM Andem Tim Yarbrough where's the finished product?

Ace is not the only person who has been duped by this Tim Yarbrough. I've yet to see any work done from him and have serious doubts about it. I'm NOT done with this. Tim: I want my money back or I want this work in my hands before midnight.

[MRGTB]

Originally Posted by phill2003

Is vb.org at least going to censure this bloke, It seems a little daft that he is still able to get customers from this site while he is being accused of something as serious as this.

He has accepted that he has taken the guys money, he has made no effort to return it other than a token $20 and yet he is still able to go about his business as he sees fit and ignore this thread.

He has a sig directing you to his site where i can only assume he solicits work this in itself may be enough to convince some people of his trustworthyness.

Are the staff at vb.org willing to turn a blind eye whilst its own members get robbed by another member? We understand that vB.org and its staff are in no way responsible for this guys actions but if when faced with a mountain of evidence and the fact that the guy has admitted taking the cash and doing no work for it you do nothing not even stopping his ability to procure customers via an advert in his sig perhaps you are accepting certain responsibilitys.


Should this user have restrictions placed on his account that stop him being able to advertise his own site (so members from here dont go there to get robbed), there are a few more restrictions I think would be prudent for instance the ability to PM those asking coders to do paid work in the service forum, Is he able to solicit for work that way?

This really is unacceptable, You must be able to see that by doing nothing you are complicit in the deceit and condoning his actions.

[these are my views only and as such no guarantees to the factual content are given]

I have to say this was on my mind also. But I didn't want to be the one to post about it, seeing as it was not me who got ripped off. But I totally agree with you. The guy has openly admitted in this thread that he took the money. And more evidence has now come to light to show he has ripped others off also from here. So why vB.org have not taken the stance to ban him and set and example to other would be coders who want to rip people off from here is beyond me.

[Andem]

I forgot to mention that I had also made a payment for the first instalment (50%) on the evening (German time) on September 28, 2006. It's now been 60 days since this relationship started with a promised completion time of "3-4 days".

I've not only lost money, but I've lost time and patience. As they say, Time is Money.

I'm surprised further action from this community has not been taken.

[acerulezz]

Andem the excuses he has given you are much much better than ones he gave to me. I just didn't even feel like posting them here. I have heard out of town to bank robbery, to assault to FBI raids.

And time is money, i have been waiting 6 months cos of the guy. You can't even give it to someone else with 300$ stuck with one guy. Its hard to trust people after this happens.

And now it seems he does it to everyone, as if thats any consolation.

So why vB.org have not taken the stance to ban him and set and example to other would be coders who want to rip people off from here is beyond me.

Actually Gary banning him is not a solution for me or even for andem i think. The only chance is that the guy has some shame and repays our money back. If he is going to get banned from the place, we might as well kiss our money goodbye.



BTW: i actually did check on his portfolio before giving work to him. Not only was he an advanced coder(noobish on my part, i fell for his title a bit) he actually was a employee of inferno technologies at that time. knowing ZT is a class apart and would have recruited the best, another reason i selected the guy) 2 months later i found out he was removed from there. for whatever reasons i don't even want to conjecture.

[MPDev]

Allowing him to solicit business here only means more victims in his effort to pay back previous victims (indeed, if any effort is made at all).

[hotwheels]

Originally Posted by MPDev

Allowing him to solicit business here only means more victims in his effort to pay back previous victims (indeed, if any effort is made at all).

I have to agree 100% now, after seeing more people that have been screwed by this guy........I would atleast lock down his pm and email option's at this point.....

My what a tangled web we have weaved.......

[Romeos Tune]

I had a project a while back and he approached me wanting to do it. He gave me his phone # and I called him and he didn't even remember we had talked on here in pm's. I thought it kind of odd as he said he wasn't that busy and could probably start that same night or the next day. He seemed really pushy and I got a very uneasy feeling about him. I had already decided to not use him and he kept calling back and leaving messages and I knew I'd made the right decision. Of course the person that I did use never finished but at least never charged me anything up front. Tim wanted to charge me half up front. My suggestion to people is to get a phone number and talk to the coder and it will help you with your decision. It worked for me or either I'm just lucky...

I do know he contacts people to offer services and the admins should step in and keep him from doing this no matter what it takes. I'd do so on my site.