February 21, 200818 yr Have you ever been ripped off well i have and its the most hurtful thing in the world when you trust someone so much....
February 21, 200818 yr It happems to the best of us, I have been ripped off by a hosting company, who still to this date are refusing to give me my money back. I paid them and they told me my hosting would be set up the next day, 3 weeks later I had nothing. They don't reply to emails or anything. networktoad.com they advertise on ebay at the moment as they claim there site is down. Have you ever been ripped off well i have and its the most hurtful thing in the world when you trust someone so much....
February 22, 200818 yr I was ripped off numerous times in my eBay days, always by customers (you horrible, horrible human beings ). The best thing I ever did was stop taking personal cheques (this was in the Dark Ages, circa 1998 B.P. - Before Paypal). As a web designer I've only been ripped off once, again by a customer. I've posted the whole sordid tale elsewhere on the WDF, but the short version is that we signed a contract for a website, I did a week's worth of work, and then she ran to her bank and stopped payment on the cheque because she was rejected for a business loan and never had the money in the first place. This was about eight months ago and I hear she's now out of business. Karma...
February 22, 200818 yr I wouldn't say ripped off but we have had a few chargebacks in the past. I got over that by not releasing source files etc until the payments have cleared. If its a substantial amount of money around £500 + you should take it to small claims. Or you could put a clause in the contract saying that you can send out debt collection...
February 22, 200818 yr I've not been ripped off yet, but it's probably only a matter of time... I guess being nice works most of the time, but eventually you just have to sell the debt on and let them deal with 4 burly men in suits...
February 22, 200818 yr Not ripped off, but I've had my IP stolen. My work is still out there on the web now, earning money for a thief. I'm not bitter
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