Now Wash Your Hands RIPPED ME OFF.
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- Leigh
Well not me ..... but i've just come across this l post about a flash developer who got burnt by them.
- tank020
yikes...
- tank020
..but its hard to judge when you don't know how the project went of course...
- chossy0
If you didn't do what they wanted then they don't owe you a penny. If however you got half way through and they went in a different direction and things changed from the original brief then they owe you some folding money.
- flashbender0
The finished product is pretty nice, that represents a lot of work, to get paid nothing for that does not seem right. But as tank said - it is hard to say without hearing both sides and seeing what was promised
- Mimio0
The "kill fee" suggested from the comments on that blog site seem like a good idea.
- Point50
"...a bunch of wide-boy media dicks I was actually dealing with."
what does that mean?
- I was wondering about "wide-boy" as well. Fat asses?flashbender
- http://news.bbc.co.u…detritus
- wheeling and dealing gobby types. related to charlie boy media types.vespa
- aawright vespa daaarlin.skt
- ah, thanks guv'naflashbender
- awight skt swee' arrrrr! ows fings?vespa
- white boy?Anders
- mimeartist0
The NWYH appears to be about a year out of date? February 2007... don't think this guy should of just flamed them like that though...
- listingslab0
um... that would be me :)
Actually, I think mimeartist is right.... I shouldn't have flamed them like that, but I was very angry.To clear up the wide-boy thing..... http://www.urbandictionary.com/d…
Wide boy ususally refers to a working class male who lives in London, and who lives by their wits and wheeler dealings....
- skt0
having looked at the flash on his home page, i'm not really surprised they didn't like his flash coding.
also, buring bridges publicly can never be a good idea.
- listingslab0
Actually, it wasn't the flash coding they had a problem with, skt, it was the fact that the deadlines and project management didn't work out.
I totally admit that I screwed the job up on my end, but the evidence is there on my site - the game was built, and they ripped me off.
I accept the point about burning bridges too - it's not a good idea & I wouldn't do it again.
- I got a job offer there about a year ago but turned it down. Think i made the right choice.Leigh
- I agree :)listingslab
- Leigh0
There site has been down for a while
http://www.nowwashyourhands.com/…then i found out they merged with cleara
http://www.cleara.com/ClearaMerg…- Cleara, sounds like a pimple medication.robotron3k
- haha!!Leigh
- Great, blame a pimple company. Wide-boys!Anders
- rafalski0
So you screwed up, they didn't pay and you got angry? You better call that thing off before they unleash their lawyers. Can you back up your claims? Did the project scope change as it went on or what?..
- skt0
i was just stirring things about the code listings... the quiz itself looks solid enough.
"I totally admit that I screwed the job up on my end"
yet you still create a blog calling them dickheads? i wouldn't be hiring you as a freelance any time soon based on that.
- funny you should say that... my next client did ask me to expain it. He was happy with my explaination and hired me. Don't mess with freelancers is the lesson - you have no idea who you might be dealing with :)listingslab
- skt, what's crackalakin'? NY misses you, its all rainy here today...!robotron3k
- not a lot dino, working away, waiting to find out if LA is still happening. hows things yourself?skt
- things very good, wow LA that would be cool... keep me posted!robotron3k
- shall do, will be making a trip over to the east coast at some point if i move for sure.skt
- listingslab0
Yes I can back up the claims, and bring on the lawyers!
Nah - seriously, I'm over it now, but as the little guy getting shafted by a company what are you going to do? In my case I decided to test out my newly learned SEO skills to rank for 'Now Wash Your Hands' with my blog post. Did quite well as it goes.I dunno - I could rehash the job in detail and explain my side of the story, but don't think it's very healthy and to be honest, I'd just be flaming them on this site again eh?
- mistermik0
why are you going on about it know?
- mistermik0
'now' even
- listingslab0
it's all good for SEO, and it's driving a lot of traffic to my site.
- mistermik0
well done.
you still look a cock though.
- listingslab0
hehe - I do, don't I :)
