Am I an asshole?

[Skunkwourk]

Originally posted by: Turkish
Update: I got paid.

how much?, get an apology?, did you take further action before you got paid?, MORE DETAILS!!!!

 

[50cent1228]

in the words of rick ross: where my money, i need, i need cash

 

[Farang]

For you, sir.

 

[clamum]

Ahahaha! I remember this thread... well at least you finally got paid. :laugh:

 

[n7]

Hah, awesome.

Why'd it take so long though :laugh: ?

 

[oiprocs]

How much did you get paid? The original $500?

If I were you, since you said it yourself that you didn't have a contract and that the amount was agreed over dinner, I would have asked for more. Because I too am an asshole, I would have asked for $1500, knowing she'd settle for $1000.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Turkish
So a few years back, I designed a website for someone I know, a business website that displayed their products and stuff. We never signed anything, over dinner, she asked if I would do it for $500, I said yes, designed it, hosted it for 2 years, etc. She never paid me though, and I reminded her a billion times but nope, she didn't. Anyways, over 2 years, traffic to her site got much much larger and I told her I am gonna skip the $500 if she pays me $50 for annual hosting. Well her answer was no and she told me how she owns the website now and I can't do anything (obviously retarded and doesn't know jack ****** about internet). Well, as of last night, the site redirects to Pat Robertson's website in a 98% frame. This is quite bad cause her site audience is %90 left-wing (as her and I as well).

I am wondering to myself, is Pat really that bad, should I have redirected it to the tub lady?

Oh, and am I an asshole?

Yep, this sounds like a left-winged person.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: rml
Maybe put a blank page with the following wording:

"Website was down due to insufficient funding to support the hosting fee"

I wholeheartedly agree. This is more tactful.

 

[SagaLore]

Hold on hold on, wait a minute! Does she make any money from this site? Any ads? If not, then YOU put some ads up there and collect the funds!

 

[Tiamat]

LOL, 9 months for resolution? Damn.

 

[ja1484]

Didn't bother reading the post. Just voted yes by default.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Turkish
Update: I got paid.

$500?

Are you still hosting the site for her?

 

[kranky]

C'mon, we need more than just "I got paid"!

She let you redirect her site for months, then out of the blue decided to pay you? Did she say anything or just send you the money with no comments?

 

[thecrecarc]

Details!

 

[LordMorpheus]

Just change it so that it says "website down due to customer non-payment"

 

[Kelemvor]

Wow. 9 months. Was it redirected that whole time but she never noticed or did other things happen between May and now?

 

[konakona]

congrats! It's always good see justice prevail.

do update us on how it went down and how much she ended up coughing up.

 

[KarenMarie]

Holy thread resurrection, Batman!!!

I am glad you got paid, finally.

Did you have to apply pressure to get your money, or did her conscience get the best of her and she just coughed up the dough.

 

[PingSpike]

After she said that she owned the website and I couldn't do anything about it, and I moved to Turkey I would have just redirected it to a competitors website and left her out to dry. Forget the $500, that website is gone unless an offer was made I couldn't refuse. I mean, seriously...maybe she should have done a little research before she told you to screw off and die? What did she think you setup a yahoo mail account for her or something?

 

[SampSon]

After two years that $500 should have turned into $1,500 plus a bill for all hosting services.
This is why when you do business with anyone, no matter who, you always sign a written contract.

You may be a bit of an asshole for doing business with such an unreliable tool such as your client.

Make sure that you legally copyright all of the content of the site so she has little legal recourse in the future, if it comes down to that.