LeticiaBeyHiveII
So, just as a way to let out some of my frustration, let me tell anyone with time to read this the kind of BS Iām dealing with at the moment. I was excited to come back to write and read some fun stories, but I had the bright idea of trying to get some other stuff done at the same time. That was when I decided to help my father with an idea he had to create a website to launch a business idea he had. Now, Iām a web developer and I have the skills to create the website, but I canāt concentrate enough on my free time to do it. I work a full time job doing that stuff and in my free time I want to do other things. For that reason , we decided to hire someone to do it. After talking to some people I signed a contract to pay the guy about $1,800 to do it. $375 up front.The problem is that as soon as I paid, he disappeared. I even asked for a receipt and he didnāt send me any. He resurfaced almost 2 days later, saying he had been kidnapped and we would talk soon. Then 2 more days went by and I decided to request for the contract to be canceled and for him to return my money. Immediately he said that he didnāt understand why and that he was already working on the website. I told him that he couldnāt be, since I hadnāt even told him how I wanted the website to be and he didnāt even send me the receipt I asked for. He replied that by telling me that his father died and when my father commented that his previous āexcuseā had been that he was kidnapped, he said that his father was killed in connection to the kidnapping - I think thereās a good chance that the guy is in the platform writing stories for yāall.
LeticiaBeyHiveII
All of this conversation took place though a WhatsApp group chat and after that, he left the group. Now he insists that we should keep the contract or Iāll have to pay a fee, because he already started to work on my website. He even sent me emails with his lawyer in copy, basically threatening me to do as he says or Iāll have a lawsuit in my hands. Iām of course fuming, especially since I offered to let him keep the money just so I could end this without getting even more stressed out than I already am - the money came from my father, so when he said that he didnāt mind, I didnāt either. But the guy still didnāt accept taking the money that he didnāt deserve, he wants more. So basically it is possible that Iāll have to deal with a lawsuit simply because I decided to get involved with a project that wasnāt even mine and hire a scammer to work on it.
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