You know, I just wanted to say something. I sound like an ass on this thread, but I am actually a very cool understanding person. However, when I feel I've been taken advantage of, given the person a chance to make it right, and have them do it again, that changes. I've been in business, online and offline for a long time. And after reading my posts here, I want to make a small clarification.
If Adam had just stood up like a man, admitted his mistakes and made sure the job got done or promptly (and correctly) refunded my money, I wouldn't be such an asshole about this. Truthfully, it's not even about the cash. Any successful entrepreneur knows you have to take the good with the bad, and a $130 loss won't keep me from paying the light bill.
What it's about is Adam's lack of commitment and respect. He is young, so hopefully this will be a lesson learned and he will grow from it. It's about me feeling like he tried to jack me, and others, and thought there would be no repercussions. It's about the fact that all he had to do was handle himself differently and this would never have become an issue.
I actually felt I had to speak up and stir up some shit here over this because people on the forum (for some reason unknown to me) are just to DAMN NICE to have gotten in his ass about this. Posting someones personal info on the site? Wow. A plane ticket is only $200 anywhere in the US. If I was in ZB's shoes I couldn't say I wouldn't have spent that $200.
So really Adam, and whoever else is reading this, everybody makes mistakes. Everybody. So when you mess up and admit it, it honestly puts you in a higher regard to most people than people who never mess up at all. It means you are real. The guy who says he never ********s up is full of it. The guy who has the balls to admit when he's wrong is someone who you can trust and rely on in the future.
And really, if you are someone who absolutely positively has to get one over on others, I would absolutely positively recommend it's not done here. You are trying to scam a whole entire crowd of people that are members of a forum dedicated to the dark side of the net. That's like being drunk and picking a fight in a bar full of MMA guys. It just doesn't make sense. If you have to pick a fight, go down the street and find somewhere else where you won't end up getting your ass kicked.
John