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Originally Posted by freelancers-pay-bill-too
An explanation here might be a good idea, reputations are a hard thing to build....
Do not deal with this guy - XXXXXXXXX he's a con man - Graphic Design Forum and Web Design Forum
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Well; I'm well known for sounding the warning about wannabees and flim flam artists. But I'll be blunt in saying the fellow who's complaining about not getting paid hasn't painted themselves as a legitimate professional either. Working without a proper audit trail is absolute kid's stuff. And the starting point for that trail is the contract with the client.
I assume Barry WILL remove what is a potentially libellous post. And for the benefit of the baffled the post (in another forum) linked to in the quote (I removed the link!) above alludes to an allegation that someone had not paid someone else for work they had done. And indeed was spamming many and various employment site seeking to suck others in to the same trap....
Students often moan about creative courses having a heavy business element; (my charges just LOVE the hour of Marketing followed by an hour of Law first thing on a Monday morning
) this illustrates why we teach such things!!! Nowadays everyone and his dog thinks he can set up as a web designer. And working 'on the nod' is a dangerous thing to do.
Certainly I found
myself unimpressed with what was placed online by the person who's integrity was being questioned. Mostly his own site didn't work! Which is NOT inspiring! And the trading name he was using is in fact that of a New Zealand based events management company. Then there's the MOBILE telephone number as his primary business contact... NO landline; don't recall seeing an address
Business Names Act 1985 anyone?
Of course in terms of character assassination none of these things really add up to the proverbial hill of beans. What was just posted might however. And aggrieved and well-intentioned as they might be there remains the question of the defamation act.....
The complainant after all (according to the link they posted to another forum) has no proof the contract ever existed.... And whilst the warning is appreciated by all I'm sure; they might want to think about phrasing it in more 'restrained' terms.... Because right now what's out there does not reflect well on either party's professionalism.
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