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Originally Posted by hevusa

Long story shortish:
I run an online business and needed a site redesign. After getting bids from several companies in the area I went with the company that claimed they could do what I needed at a competitive rate. As the months dragged on I realized they were not going to deliver on half of their promises and that I was going to get a watered down version of what we had agreed upon, so yesterday I had a meeting with the owner where I terminated my relationship with them even though I was walking away from my 50% deposit of $3000.

On the way out the door the owner not only threatened to sue for the other half but threatened to open my website anyway under a different name and become my competition. I looked him in the eyes and said "Thanks for confirming that this was the right decision for me to make. What kind of ethics is that??" and walked out the door shaking my head.

What an entrepreneurial douche-bag!! I will never let money do that to me.

If you want something done right, do it your god damn self. Lesson learned.

that's a shitty experience but the "lesson" you claim to have learned is fucking wrong and you sound kind of retarded, like your first and oh so mysterious post.

if you draw stupid lessons from life all the time no wonder you get suckered and swindled by incompetent fuckers.

the lesson should be to learn to draw a proper fucking contract (or get a lawyer to do it) and to learn how to find people you can trust. if you try doing everything yourself you won't be able to do it all and therefore you're an entrepreneurial dunce.

you walked away with your deposit back, so you fared better than most. but still, what did your contract specify?

of course the other guy is a complete fucking douche, first he gives you your money back and then he makes empty threats to sue you (retarded), but this doesn't make you any less dumb in your dealings-- just saying. blaming money for this asshole-- stupid shit, stupid conclusion.

now go find a good web designer and see if you can get personal recommendations instead of bids from total strangers.

one of the problems with this field is that in a race to undercut the competition a lot of people sell themselves short and then they can't deliver. it's worth paying for quality. lack of money causes more evil than money-- i.e., poor budgeting on your contractor's part, or you wanted a lot for very little.

also, why did it take months, and didn't you have some deadlines specified in the contract?

go take some classes.


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ps-- edited for clarity. sorry your project got delayed, and i understand your outrage, but your proclamations are laughable.