Hi dee_dub,
Thanks for the advice and information! I laughed at the guy when he told me I was blackmailing him, I did not think he had any grounds for that. He was just trying to bully me into putting the web site back up.
As far as the amount of value that I received, we even disagreed...
Thanks again for the feedback and insight, I really appreciate it!
I was also hoping someone else would weigh in on this, but if not I guess I will take the $200 and be wiser for the experience...no more verbal agreements for me. :(
Well I received a call last night from the owner's father who deals with contract law as his business (bummer for me) and he threatened to sue me and have his lawyer go to the attorney general to bring me up on charges of extortion because I took down his web site and was demanding money.
He...
Most of the issue is that he does not understand the value of getting a good web site. He claims that there is no value in what I did and therefore does not owe me anything. While I was designing and developing the site, I told the owner and his pro shop manager (who I bowl with) that the web...
He was far from amiable...I tried to suggest making a new agreement that did not include his pro shop services only bowling equipment in yesterday's meeting and he was not receptive to the idea.
Hi FlaRiptide,
Thanks for the response. He is refusing to pay because he said he did not know there was a problem with our original agreement and that I should not have waited three months to inform him of the problem. He liked the work I did on his website and complimented me in email...
Hello,
I entered into a verbal quid pro quo agreement with a bowling alley owner to develop and maintain a website for his business. In return for the website, he would give me bowling equipment at cost and free pro shop services and supplies. Everything was fine for a few months - he gave...