Sorry guys but I see this from a totally different perspective. I see mistakes on both parties and a knee-jerk reaction of the OP soured the transaction. When I open a PP dispute or file a CC chargeback I certainly wouldn't expect any consideration from the other party after I've tarnished his reputation with PP or the CC Merchant. Those disputes whether won or loss do stay on your record and computers suspend accounts based on your dispute ratio. Saying a PP dispute doesn't cause a problem is silly.
Here is what I read and how I comprehend this transaction:
Really? Here is your thread where you said, "Im looking for a content writer for an ongoing project im working on. I need hundreds of articles in total."
reference:
http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/hire-freelancer/402033-hiring-content-writer.html
I don't see any word like POSSIBILITY in there so who are you trying to kid? I also see plenty of responses by reputable members here but you chose someone that didn't post on the thread and replied through PM. Your choice but don't lie.
So you waited 4 days to send him the keywords indicating -no rush to me and most service providers.
You took 4 days to deliver keywords and he took 6-7 days to deliver 5 articles. Was there talk of a delivery time when you placed the order or delivered the keywords? Was a date set? Seems there were assumptions made with lack of a details in this transaction.
You gave him the keywords on 02/20/2012. There were 29 days in February. So 9 days in Feb and 10 days in March is 19 days. That gives you the benefit of the doubt about time zones. Could actually be 17 days if delivered during non-working (awake) hours. Exaggerating a bit about waiting a "nearly a month" isn't being truthful. Just over a couple weeks and not 3 weeks isn't a month of delay. When you made the payment is irrelevant. You didn't provide the details for the worker to do the work until the 20th.
I'm not sure what email client you use but all mine show the attachment size right on the email. Easy to see a 0KB attachment. I didn't even know you could create blank rar files. My program says nothing to archive. Regardless, to say you received a 0KB attachment, saved it and forwarded it a month later is very difficult for me to believe.
So you emailed him on 04/13/2012 about a file you received on 03/10/2012 and you waited less than a day for a response before opening a PayPal dispute? You think that's good business? You opened the dispute although you admitted you received and confirmed part of the order on 02/27/2012? You were trying to rip him off for at least 5 articles the way I see it and you gave him an unreasonable time to respond to your complaint. There lies the knee-jerk reaction on your part and the end of the transaction.
PayPal must of opened it or it wouldn't have been closed because of the 45 days limitation. Regardless you had a snowball's chance in hell of winning a PP dispute even if you were under the 45 days. PP disputes rarely work with intangibles. You severed this transaction when you filed the dispute in bad faith. You didn't allow the provider enough time to respond and you already received part of the order without complaint. The provider cut and pasted the dispute status from his PayPal account which shows you surely did open the dispute and PayPal closed it. He is correct as this will always be a record on this account.
Oh really? Isn't this your post on 04/08/2012 being thankful for only receiving a temporary ban recently for selling outside the BST?
http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...w-what-you-got-till-its-gone.html#post4103259
I believe the provider should have kept your work for a longer period of time to cover his ass but he wasn't under any obligation to do this. After 30 days since delivery and not hearing from a client I would also assume no news is good news. I'm sure the animosity arose when you didn't allow time for a response to the problem and filed your dispute which may have caused problems with his PayPal account for a short time. Doing a dispute for 15 articles when 5 were fine isn't fair to the provider. You tried to fuk him so why would he be considerate now to you? Just saying...
I say this isn't a valid shitlist thread. I think the OP is as much to blame for the problem as the provider. He didn't review the deliverables in a timely manner, didn't allow sufficient response time before filing a PP dispute for the full amount even though 1/3 of the order he received over a month earlier.
JMHO