This other post was old…
So Im not a programmer or a super technical designer person. I just like to design. I answer an ad on CL. I asked for $500 ended up going down to 4 whatever. Im not really experienced so…you know how it is. I make some forms with google docs and I find a contract that states basically…the client agrees to pay.
In the begining I asked for a %50 deposit, I didnt get one and of course i just let it slide and continued(mistake one maybe). This is a very simple site. As i said I’m not very technical or experienced. Its 5 pages plus a form-to-email. Contract states all that. After all the revisions(i wont even go into the revisions that were made) they said they liked it and everything worked to their satisfaction. “We are ready for everything to be uploaded” we just have to wait for one of our vendors to arrive. It was the holidays so they assured me that after the holidays we would move forward. After the holidays they sent me an email that basically said dont contact us any more…What do I do? I want to get a lawyer but im not even sure whats going on.
I know i should have made a better contract.
I probably should have collected the $$ up front.
I shouldnt have let them see so many proofs because i think that was their intention, to steal my proofs and use them.
Please help. I’m a rookie I know but i feel like these guys knew exactly what they were doing. I feel like I have been preyed upon and these folks prey on others…