ServantOfGod cheated me over $300 :(

[Scripteen]

the damage as the fiasco piled pretty high--I said 5 figures.

Whom are you fooling here? You ran a 5 figure business and don't have $300 to pay this guy? Probably your five figures were like 0.00001 so you are insulting all the eyeballs who read your post. Even a 4 years old kid won't eat that.

People like you who think they can deal with whom their hire like mining slaves should be out of this forum. Pay or get the hammer.

 

[narayanan86]

Hey narayanana86, next time make the person go through eLance. They hold the payments in escrow so you get paid, you can also have them pay you at certain milestones. I hire all my contracted employees through elance, and I usually release milestone payments a little early just in case something happens that would make me unable to release it on the exact day.

Don't ever do work based on someone's "word", you can't pay your rent with that.

I am a pretty experienced guy in building WordPress sites. But I didn't charge upfront and trusted my clients blindly. Now paying off for all the crappy trust I had in them. I am just hoping to get paid for all the work I did, and not gonna take any project without at least 50% advance. I feel like I am good for nothing man. Well, actually these "amazing" clients of mine made me think so

ohhhh...
...now i get a better picture of your situation. you`re right - that plain sucks and has got nothing to do anymore with a level of tolerance. you delivered work and therefore should be paid.
counting the fact that you are in urgent need of money - you should act fast now. provide proof and list them.

whats wrong with those people...
...hiding behind their accounts just not responding. such people will never run a proper buisness in any way. do they really consider scamming as blackhat? or is it because he is indian? do they think they can easily mess around with guys like the OP?
don`t they care that people need to make their living somehow and they depend on what has been dealed out and that it may have serious consequences on the other side?

f****d up...

Sent a couple more emails and paypal money requests. If I don't see these 2 more guys not responding to any of them, I am gonna have to report them to mods and open 2 new threads. Sad to see that BHW is getting filled with Scammers pal. SUCKS

 

[Crewchief007]

Sent a couple more emails and paypal money requests. If I don't see these 2 more guys not responding to any of them, I am gonna have to report them to mods and open 2 new threads. Sad to see that BHW is getting filled with Scammers pal. SUCKS

Narayanan86, you just learned an expensive and emotionally exhaustive and time consuming lesson. Cash upfront is king unless you are using Elance or some other 3rd party work for hire payment mediator.

You also learned another valuable lesson; BHW is a great community. However, BHW does have a percentage of moles, trolls and scabies. These individuals are here because they are working under the false impression that BHatters are in the business of ripping companies and people off.

Like a scab, theses individuals cause the good BHW members to itch, scratch and become inflamed. Unfortunately, the only cure for these scabies is the ban hammer because the majority are not going to pay up or deliver what they promised since they were being deceptive from the get go.

Oh, and one last thing, [a little humor as it were]. In this video is a "TRUE" servant of god who knows how to treat the people and has a special connection to the lawd. If you sow a seed of $1000.00, this genuine servant of god GUARANTEES that you will receive a Triple Favor Miracle, LOL!!!! Sow a seed of $1000.00 and he will miraculously get those who owe you to pay up, LOL. The question is, "Do you still trust the servantofgod?"

 

[Needalead]

Crewchie. With power invested of the Lord invested me. I pronounce that a TRUE & well said statement! Let's get a hallelujah up in here!

Humor aside, I agree wholeheartedly about the misconceived notion of this forum. They think also even after a conversation with another dude that they said they were giving the what comes around goes around.

 

[narayanan86]

Update:

My other client made a partial payment but told me that the other parts will be delayed

Getting advance before starting the work is totally ETHICAL to me now.

 

[HFlame7]

Update:

My other client made a partial payment but told me that the other parts will be delayed

Getting advance before starting the work is totally ETHICAL to me now.

Although that is always an option, finding someone to give out an advance may prove to be difficult because they might be afraid of being scammed by you.

I think the best-case scenario for you when working as a freelancer/contractor would be to use eLance, Freelancer.com, or some other website that offers an "escrow" service.
It's not a perfect system, but it's the best solution most of the time.

 

[narayanan86]

Although that is always an option, finding someone to give out an advance may prove to be difficult because they might be afraid of being scammed by you.

I think the best-case scenario for you when working as a freelancer/contractor would be to use eLance, Freelancer.com, or some other website that offers an "escrow" service.
It's not a perfect system, but it's the best solution most of the time.

Yes, I will surely consider this pal. Thanks

Situations like this make me feel that service industry sucks

 

[Halilovic-Squad]

that is because situations like this really suck...
...so you learned a lesson. approach it differently the next time. you got solutions mentioned.

so hopefully it all will work out in the end and you get paid your money - and do not get in further trouble because of delayed/not received payment.

 

[stressfree]

I msell B*S* here. Excsues and pretty poor ones. Eric Creed would be proud of you sonny Jim.

 

[kegnum]

Seriously, bottom line is you screwed the OP out of cash, chapter 11 style. You are a deadbeat.

 

[narayanan86]

that is because situations like this really suck...
...so you learned a lesson. approach it differently the next time. you got solutions mentioned.

so hopefully it all will work out in the end and you get paid your money - and do not get in further trouble because of delayed/not received payment.

Costliest lesson of my life this is - My time and efforts

I msell B*S* here. Excsues and pretty poor ones. Eric Creed would be proud of you sonny Jim.

Seriously, bottom line is you screwed the OP out of cash, chapter 11 style. You are a deadbeat.

I am still hoping that ServantOfGod pays me. But this guy has stopped visiting the forum which makes me think that he's getting his alias profile ready

 

[narayanan86]

Another guy who is a Jr.VIP in BHW is avoiding me this time. I have completed the work and sent him invoice ($150), emails, PM on Sunday (14/5/2011) and yet to get paid. His latest visit to the forum is today (4 hours back)

Should I create another thread to wait for him or report him or bring his sites down? I really don't want to do 2nd or 3rd, as he had delayed payments before but paid in the end. But this time he's not even responding to my messages on Skype although he is online most of the time.

Someone please tell me what I should do

 

[Paranoid Android]

real bad times, even servants of gods are scamming

 

[Halilovic-Squad]

Another guy who is a Jr.VIP in BHW is avoiding me this time. I have completed the work and sent him invoice ($150), emails, PM on Sunday (14/5/2011) and yet to get paid. His latest visit to the forum is today (4 hours back)

Should I create another thread to wait for him or report him or bring his sites down? I really don't want to do 2nd or 3rd, as he had delayed payments before but paid in the end. But this time he's not even responding to my messages on Skype although he is online most of the time.

Someone please tell me what I should do

contact a mod and discuss with him how to deal with the other 2...
...maybe/hopefully it will help if they contact the people and then things can be solved somehow.
they at least should give you guidance about how to go on.

 

[narayanan86]

contact a mod and discuss with him how to deal with the other 2...
...maybe/hopefully it will help if they contact the people and then things can be solved somehow.
they at least should give you guidance about how to go on.

Just sent PM to the Mod BigBuddy. I should start charging more in future to compensate the time I am spending to get paid

 

[bz]

You open separate threads for separate issues. Make sure you attempt to every avenue of resolution before posting a shitlist thread. Informing the person you are going to shitlist them is a good idea as well, as a last resort. Make sure you post all the proof you have in the opening post, so we don't have to wait.

 

[Halilovic-Squad]

Just sent PM to the Mod BigBuddy. I should start charging more in future to compensate the time I am spending to get paid

i think charging more and make others, honest customers, compensate for the bad apples isn`t the right way to go.
if you think you are selling yourself short and are underpaid for what you do - you may of course rethink your pricing. but do not let others compensate that. you may lose potential customers.

you have been shown ways to avoid situations like these - use elance and likes. get paid upfront an amount of money etc. etc.
stick with that route and build a good rep as you seem to be able to do so, selling your services and being a good guy to go with.
if you suddenly do more or other work than required - negotiate additional fee.

and now do as bleemz advised you to get the problems solved...
...mail them, warning them that as a last try your doing it and will shitlist them if the problem won`t get solved immediatelyl.

 

[webso]

scamming for 300 bucks , he must be too cheap

 

[narayanan86]

You open separate threads for separate issues. Make sure you attempt to every avenue of resolution before posting a shitlist thread. Informing the person you are going to shitlist them is a good idea as well, as a last resort. Make sure you post all the proof you have in the opening post, so we don't have to wait.

I am collecting the proofs for this Jr.VIP guy too. I don't know how cold-blooded one could be to get the work done and avoid responding to the guy who did the job. Warned him in Skype that I am gonna shit list him if he continues ignoring me (he's online and not responding yet)

i think charging more and make others, honest customers, compensate for the bad apples isn`t the right way to go.
if you think you are selling yourself short and are underpaid for what you do - you may of course rethink your pricing. but do not let others compensate that. you may lose potential customers.

you have been shown ways to avoid situations like these - use elance and likes. get paid upfront an amount of money etc. etc.
stick with that route and build a good rep as you seem to be able to do so, selling your services and being a good guy to go with.
if you suddenly do more or other work than required - negotiate additional fee.

and now do as bleemz advised you to get the problems solved...
...mail them, warning them that as a last try your doing it and will shitlist them if the problem won`t get solved immediatelyl.

Yes you are right pal. Just got a reply from BigBuddy saying that this Jr.VIP guy will be shitlisted if he don't respond in 24 hours

scamming for 300 bucks , he must be too cheap

There are cheaper people tool like this guy Jr.VIP is cheating me for $150

 

[deviatus]

Yeah usernames like his mean nothing. Even if he is religious, the most religious group is usually the prison population.