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Tree
October 20th, 2005, 15:34
I recently completed a template for someone. I emailed him a screenshot of the template over a week ago. He has not responded. He agreed to pay $35.

Email he sent to me after I agreed to do it.

Thanks for making me this layout. I will pay. Its
definatly worth it. Yeah I do have some pics in mind.
I could give you some right now.

http://image.com.com/gamespot/image...0_screen005.jpg
http://image.com.com/gamespot/image...4_screen005.jpg
http://image.com.com/gamespot/image...0_screen006.jpg
http://image.com.com/gamespot/image...x_screen001.jpg
http://image.com.com/gamespot/image...l_screen001.jpg
http://image.com.com/gamespot/image...2_screen023.jpg
http://image.com.com/gamespot/image...0_screen024.jpg

You could use any of those or others. If you like more
pics just ask. My Site is mostly about Final Fantasy
and Graphics. Thanks for doing this.Just a template
that has alot of space to add links. Maybe Something
similar to this...

http://spirasdestiny.ffultima.net
http://www.ffinsider.net/ff10

Here's the email I sent to him. The pictures were included as attachements.

Here are two pictures of the template. The full HTML
will be sent once I get your PayPal address. Anything
on there can be changed to your liking. I also need a
site name.

Regards,
Trevor "Tree" Goodyear
CEO/President
NeonCube Internet Solutions

Should I try and contact him again? We made all of the arrangments over MSN or AIM. Not sure what to do next.
ChangAdam
October 20th, 2005, 16:17
Links not working.
Tree
October 20th, 2005, 16:28
http://image.com.com/gamespot/image...0_screen005.jpg
http://image.com.com/gamespot/image...4_screen005.jpg
http://image.com.com/gamespot/image...0_screen006.jpg
http://image.com.com/gamespot/image...x_screen001.jpg
http://image.com.com/gamespot/image...l_screen001.jpg
http://image.com.com/gamespot/image...2_screen023.jpg
http://image.com.com/gamespot/image...0_screen024.jpg

Never worked. I went on attachments he sent me through MSN.
themoose
October 20th, 2005, 16:29
hmm i almost did it for him too. In the end i didnt have enough time though.
Tree
October 20th, 2005, 16:56
Any ideas?
DanTheMan
October 20th, 2005, 23:09
spam him in some way...just food for though....well...u can try contacting him via msn or aim again...or just spam his email like i said earlier...
Wojtek
October 21st, 2005, 00:55
or try to sell that template somwhere for 40$
felguard
October 21st, 2005, 05:00
Find the site that he uses your template on. The rest is up to you.
Tree
October 21st, 2005, 17:45
I just gave him screenshots. The actual HTML is sitting on my desktop, zipped up and ready to go.
felguard
October 21st, 2005, 21:27
OH, then if thats the case... maybe he didn't like the layout one bit and decided to ignore it so he wouldn't have to pay, but this is just a possibility, im not sure.
Tree
October 21st, 2005, 21:39
Template is for sale in the Ads and Offers forum.
nameslave
October 22nd, 2005, 15:41
Backing out in the middle of a deal? I have my share of that big time. It's not illegal, since the exchange/purchase has NOT been made. But you know this person/company will be on your growing blacklist. Again, c'est la vie! (I mean "that's life".)
Tree
October 22nd, 2005, 19:53
I've learned now to get the money before I actually start work.
felguard
October 23rd, 2005, 05:11
But then you'll have a chance of them thinking that you'd run off with the money, so yea.. just go with your instinct i guess, but consider this a lucky one since nobody got anything out of it.
Tree
October 23rd, 2005, 11:19
I lost about 7 hours of my life. Of which I'll never get back.
ck-Geo
October 23rd, 2005, 11:52
Go and kill him lol.
James
October 23rd, 2005, 13:10
From my experience,

When you will work with somebody, produce a contract (can be produced, signed and scanned, if you met them over internet) and ask for their contact details apart from email. The dodgy people never want to talk on the phone.

If you have no papers, you have nothing you can at least rely on when the other person refuse to co-operate. With no paper, it's purely your word against theirs.

During my troubles with people I have lost thousands of dollars and time. Better to just forget these things and move on to try to find the good things again.

Best of luck Tree_NC
RangerOfFire
October 23rd, 2005, 13:23
Did the images show the whole template in high res or medium res and was it watermarked?

If it was the whole template in high res without a watermark he could have just taken the layout, sliced it and reverse engineered it.
Tree
October 24th, 2005, 19:13
That's totally logical. It was high-res, and I didn't think to watermark it. Well, I've learned something through this experience. Thanks guys.

If they're under 18, can they legally sign a contract?
James
October 24th, 2005, 19:23
To sign contracts you need to be 18 to be binded to them legally.

Underage, you'll need an adult co-signer.
Tree
October 24th, 2005, 21:26
I think that having someone get their parents to sign something for someone they don't even know would scare off a lot of clients. Especially for the kind of templates I do. I do templates mostly for fansites, usually run by 15-17 year olds. Sometimes younger.
Tree
February 23rd, 2006, 18:28
Well, I know this thread is as old as dirt. But I finally got my money from this guy. I saw him pop up on MSN and slapped him around a few times.

So the moral of the story is: Sometimes waiting is the best thing to do.
JohnnyLi
February 24th, 2006, 21:07
and slapped him around a few times.

Jeez, that's not very nice :P But good job? lol
stuffradio
February 25th, 2006, 02:00
ROFL, wish I coulda been there to see it.. but safest bet, just make a contract saying if you do not pay me when I send it to you and you keep it, it's illegal. This document may be held against you in the court of law, blah blah blah all that legal crap will scare em and they'll pay you :)