09-01-2008, 06:46 PM
Thanks Scott!
Actually it doesn't bother me at all to pay 30%. I would rather get it out of the way than defer it as it can be more painful farther down the line of a project.
I am still not convinced this guy is a scam artist. I have dealt with enough scam artists before and their hustle is a bit different. I think this is a guy with a high opinion of what he does, a poor opinion of too many others, a very judgmental person with prejudices and a way way short fuse and anger issues.
See, a scam artist would be off feeling good about what he pulled over me (and maybe a little bummed I didn't totally give it up). But I'm almost certain this guy is out there sincerely fuming and feeling mistreated and inadequately paid. And thus justified for all his behavior and maybe even for retaliatory behavior.
Make no mistake that I'm mad at him for the mess he left and I thought he was a complete jerk and inexcusable ... had he been a con man he would do well to keep a smoother tongue ... I can't imagine heaping insults on clients pays off.
Actually it doesn't bother me at all to pay 30%. I would rather get it out of the way than defer it as it can be more painful farther down the line of a project.
I am still not convinced this guy is a scam artist. I have dealt with enough scam artists before and their hustle is a bit different. I think this is a guy with a high opinion of what he does, a poor opinion of too many others, a very judgmental person with prejudices and a way way short fuse and anger issues.
See, a scam artist would be off feeling good about what he pulled over me (and maybe a little bummed I didn't totally give it up). But I'm almost certain this guy is out there sincerely fuming and feeling mistreated and inadequately paid. And thus justified for all his behavior and maybe even for retaliatory behavior.
Make no mistake that I'm mad at him for the mess he left and I thought he was a complete jerk and inexcusable ... had he been a con man he would do well to keep a smoother tongue ... I can't imagine heaping insults on clients pays off.