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Originally Posted by tluda
Kasey, here are some points you should think about before you take this any further.
1) You could have easily called me to sort out this misunderstanding, but you didn?t. You still to this day have not called me.
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Actually, Francis, I had two phone conversations with Mike because you had asked him to call me to have me lower my rate. As I mentioned in the letter, the first time I said no, because we had agreed on $60 per hour for the project. The first bill, which you guys did pay, was at that rate and I was very clear from the start that is what the project would be billed at. You guys didn't send a check for a couple of weeks, so I emailed to see if it had gone out. Mike called again and told me you guys had not sent a check and that you had requested that he ask me again if I would lower my rate. I believe my response was, wow that's really unprofessional - I can't believe Francis is having you call to ask me that again.
Mike asked if I might be willing to meet somewhere in the middle. I agreed to take 10% off the top of the invoice, and explained to Mike that I did not want to do any further business with Francis.
I sent a new invoice with the discount, and received another call from Mike stating that the check went out, but that Francis did not write a check for the full amount. My response to that was, wow, what a dick.
Had you, Francis, perhaps decided to call me and discuss the fact that you sent out a check for lower than the discounted invoice I sent you, this thread may not have been posted. I believe, however, that you thought that it would just slip on by
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Originally Posted by tluda
2) You admitted above that you had been getting paid $50/hr on prior work. It was clearly a misunderstanding that could have been solved in one conversation.
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Then why didn't you pick up the phone to tell me that you were sending out a check for lower than my *discounted* invoice? Instead of discussing it, you sat and calculated the new number that you determined my time was worth and cut a check for it. Yes, I did work for you guys last year at a lower rate, but it was for print work that I bill at a lower rate and I was more than clear from the start about my rate for the iPorn project. You guys paid the first invoice, but didn't pay the full amount of the second.
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Originally Posted by tluda
3) If you wanted to change your rate, all you had to do was ask. You never once called me to discuss a new pay rate. You simply changed the rate on your bill and sent it in. I probably would have given you the raise in your pay if you would have asked for it before you started the project. Heck, I would have even given it to you after the fact if you were cool about it. Obviously you weren?t cool about it.
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Simply not true. I was more than clear about my rate from the start. Man up, Francis, you made a mistake - hopefully you'll learn from it.
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Originally Posted by tluda
4) You're trying to lay the blame on Mike. You knew Mike joined iPorn only two weeks before you began work on the site. He had no knowledge of our prior arrangements or what you had been getting paid. Again, a situation where a simple phone call could have saved you a lot of grief.
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I had two phone calls with Mike on your behalf. I tried to resolve it by giving you guys a discount and just moving on. By not sending a check for the full amount of the discounted invoice, you crossed a line. I should be clear here - the blame is on you, Francis, not Mike.
Mike is a straight-up, awesome guy who, as your employee acted as a liaison for your regrettable decisions. As for grief, this whole thing has had me laughing for two days straight - no grief here
Though it would be nice to have that $800 bucks. Shucks
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Originally Posted by tluda
The bottom line is that you made no effort to resolve the problem. You just reacted. What you did was unethical. Don?t try to make me look like a bad guy when I?m not the cause of the problem.
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You are the cause of the problem.
Here's a word for you to remember:
Integrity: adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
It's a big word, with four whole syllables, but do your best to try to remember it and apply it to your life and you won't find yourself in situations like this.
Cheers
Kasey