The Worst Part Of Web Design

[SatanicPenguins]

$1500, $500 paid.

I need to start charging more and designing more websites lolol

Wish there was a middle man that just took a chunk of the money and handled getting me clients and talking to them, I cant stand em.

Anyways, If you think it would be worth it to goto court you should. Looks like a copy

[Cwilk]

I know it's a copy, but when the client says I didn't give him anything that works and he's using what I did verbatim, then there's something wrong.

Here's the email he sent this morning:

The fact of the matter is that you were never able to produce what the
programmer created and you lost contact with him/her. You did not
deliver a functioning site that could conduct business, therefore, you
failed to deliver on your promise. We have no intention to paying any
more money beyond what you have already been paid.

Write it off and move on. Bad business!

Now when you read that I couldn't produce what the programmer created????? What does that even mean? The client got the website and the programming with it and is using what I gave him with no problems.

We've now decided to go to small claims court. But once again, if some of you can email me with your name as a programmer and the fact that the websites are basically mirror copies, I can use that in court. The only difference I noticed on their website is that they didn't post the questions, but that's not my fault. They were approved by the client and are available on the CD I mailed to them. Which is how they got the website.

[SatanicPenguins]

My only guess on what he meant is he didn't get the actual flash files? (though I've never had someone want them lol), Or maybe its just bad wording, hard to read.

One thing that might work in or against your favor, is that i doubt whoever judges will have any idea what either of you are talking about lol., So all you gotta do is prove you sent the data, and that they received it, And that their website has any resemblance at all to yours. (iunno what im talking about by the way)

[Cwilk]

What I'm confused about is he did get the .fla file. Are there other files that are suppose to go with the .fla? It was basically only text. He's using the original .fla file that we created on his current website.

The reason I'm having people (programmers, designers) on here look at the websites and make a statement is because anything that proves the websites match will stand up in court. I have emails proving that I sent the data and he's using it on his website, which proves he got the files.

Would copying the source code help me? Anyone who can answer that?

[SatanicPenguins]

Might be equally helpful to print out 2-4 Snapshots of your site and then theirs to show, People are very visual.

(i know I'm not givin good info but no one else is responding lol)

[Cwilk]

Already thought about that. I took screen shots of his entire website. Hopefully it will help me out. I'm sure once we go to court, they'll have taken down the website. And it's been 1 year!

The guy is just a crook.