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Old 04-22-2008, 04:04 PM   #51
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time for damage control, bring in the plummer and flush him... oh wait thats only in the movies..
in my business of producing content, if there is a money problem with a model, an agent, a customer i pay the money, only way to do any kind of damage control in the real world.
it is much more important to you that there is no bad talk about you than the money, trust me on that..
So just refund him and forget about it is what I should do... What about the files he has that we did...?




So if you did a shoot for me and I was not happy and after getting all the raw files I ask for a refund you will give me one?



Even though you know that I will use the files you have giving me...?
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Old 04-22-2008, 04:06 PM   #52
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If someone gives me a good price on something, I expect no frills and maybe less personable service, not poor quality.

For a premium price on something, it is the opposite.

If you are comparing apples to apples, though, the issue should be more on how they are served and less on whether one is rotted.

I think we'd all have to see what the Flash looks like to have a sense of it. For a lower price, I think a client should expect less animation, maybe less original art, but not low quality.
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Old 04-22-2008, 04:07 PM   #53
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It was never agreed he would get 500 in work...

It was agreed he would get what he paid for!

And that is what he got..


The four .fla files he recieved are worth more then the 100 bucks he spent...

He can take them files to the next designer and he can have them tweeked to his specs...

Or he could pay us to do it...

But this guy has done nothing but curse me and talk down to me about this situation..
So working with Banthis are we.....

Some peoples kids....



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Designer just logged on for the day and here is what he has to say about this...

Ken2: what!?
Ken2: really?
Ken2: http://twinkguy.com/tour02.htm
Ken2: that one is also pixelated
Ken2: besides if i made them any better in quality the filesize would reach 1mb or higher
Ken2: it's a 20 second clip
Ken2: that would load like forever on some people's connection
Ken2: and the colors look fine on my screen, do they look different on your screen?
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Old 04-22-2008, 04:17 PM   #55
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So working with Banthis are we.....

Some peoples kids....



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Banthis is me bro mang.... We do not do anything on a business level, we stick to friendshipp... So no it is not Banthis..
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Old 04-22-2008, 04:22 PM   #56
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http://barelylegalguys.com/tour1up.htm Page 2
http://barelylegalguys.com/tour2up.htm

The four flash pieces you see on them two pages are what we did for a hundred bucks...
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This thread has a lot of stupid ass replies in it.. a lot of you people who are saying "why are you bitching about $100, get over it!" have posted similar threads over the years.. and don't act like you have not..

Funny shit.. The hypocrisy knows no bounds!
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Not sure why anyone would do poor quality work for any price. You are judged by your portfolio, by the work you have done, if someone sees crappy work then they will not contact you for work. Simple as that. You need to take the loss and redo them, or return his money.
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Ken2: he must either have an ancient crt monitor or he's really meticulous
Ken2: he exported a different set of slices there
Ken2: not my slices
Ken2: that is why they don't match in color
Ken2: and that is not our problem anymore, their fault
Ken2: they must be using different color profile in photoshop
Ken2: i'm using web standard srgb profile
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Not sure why anyone would do poor quality work for any price. You are judged by your portfolio, by the work you have done, if someone sees crappy work then they will not contact you for work. Simple as that. You need to take the loss and redo them, or return his money.
If Max will talk to me instead of yell at me this could be worked out, I am more then willing to take a loss to make him happy...

I have already tooken a loss by having this done a second time....

I pay my designers no matter what...

So I had to pay twice for this project which put my cost of having it done over what he paid, I am more then willing to pay for it to be done a third time also...

But this guy wants to do nothing but act like a child on the matter!
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So just refund him and forget about it is what I should do... What about the files he has that we did...?




So if you did a shoot for me and I was not happy and after getting all the raw files I ask for a refund you will give me one?



Even though you know that I will use the files you have giving me...?
yes, i would ask them not to use my content as they have asked for a refund but i could not prevent them from being cheaters and liars. most people are pretty honest.
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Old 04-22-2008, 04:42 PM   #62
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yes, i would ask them not to use my content as they have asked for a refund but i could not prevent them from being cheaters and liars. most people are pretty honest.
Thanks for taking the time to answer me...

I will weight your thoughts and advice on my final decision...
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http://barelylegalguys.com/tour1up.htm Page 2
http://barelylegalguys.com/tour2up.htm

The four flash pieces you see on them two pages are what we did for a hundred bucks...
Your pixilated/mosaic flash vids are crap!

Can't blame the guy for being pissed at you and wanting his $$$ back - I'm pretty damn sure that he wouldn't use them if you refunded him in full, and told him he could still use them.

Your company should really stay away from flash until you learn how to use it...

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Your pixilated/mosaic flash vids are crap!

Can't blame the guy for being pissed at you and wanting his $$$ back - I'm pretty damn sure that he wouldn't use them if you refunded him in full, and told him he could still use them.

Your company should really stay away from flash until you learn how to use it...

ADG

I am not a designer or Flash expert but I do know about encoding video including to flv, and the quality of the flash video I see there would be unacceptable to me. It could be tweaked to make it a lot less pixelated. Something about that has to be tweaked and that doesn't cost money per se. Unless the source video is crap, then it's the designers fault.
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Your pixilated/mosaic flash vids are crap!

Can't blame the guy for being pissed at you and wanting his $$$ back - I'm pretty damn sure that he wouldn't use them if you refunded him in full, and told him he could still use them.

Your company should really stay away from flash until you learn how to use it...

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With all due respect ADG...

The guy wanted a hundred dollar job...

The same designer that did his flash did the header on affordablesitedesign.com, you can see by that header and all the movements he has skills...

But he is not going to spend a day a piece on flash pieces he is not getting paid to spend a day a piece on...
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Screen your clients it will give you way less head aches.

1: Can they afford you?
2: Can you deliver what they expect?
3: Is it really worth your time?
4: Does the potential client have a good grasp of what they want?

Do those 4 things with anyone that hits you up with business.
They miss one, refer the work out. I actually decline over 80% of people wanting me to design for them.

Of those 80% they act all insulted and bust attitudes once figuring out I do not want to work with them...
Which pretty much indicates to me I made the right decision.

My system works.

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30 seconds in I say I'm not interested..... They wonder why.... I don't care.

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I am not a designer or Flash expert but I do know about encoding video including to flv, and the quality of the flash video I see there would be unacceptable to me. It could be tweaked to make it a lot less pixelated. Something about that has to be tweaked and that doesn't cost money per se. Unless the source video is crap, then it's the designers fault.
Thanks for your input on the matter Jim...

The source files can be found here http://barelylegalguys.com/flashguys.htm

The quality of the wmv that were the source were good quality...




My designer can and will fix the issue... Client will not communicate with me on the matter...


He has two choices here...

Video can be cut from 20 secs to say 10 secs

Or the next setting would make it 1mb or more, right now it is compressed to 600kb... So if he wants the page to load slow we can beef up the file.. No issue!
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1: People that expect work to be finished before Payment.
Tell em to fuck off and referr em to someone that does not mind those terms.

2: Stick with what you know, do not extend beyond your knowledge just to make money. 9 times out of 10 you will be sorry.

These are just things I stick to and live by. Everyone handles thier business differently though some work for less, some for more.
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Screen your clients it will give you way less head aches.

1: Can they afford you?
2: Can you deliver what they expect?
3: Is it really worth your time?
4: Does the potential client have a good grasp of what they want?

Do those 4 things with anyone that hits you up with business.
They miss one, refer the work out. I actually decline over 80% of people wanting me to design for them.

Of those 80% they act all insulted and bust attitudes once figuring out I do not want to work with them...
Which pretty much indicates to me I made the right decision.

My system works.

Thank you Alien, I will use your formula on that matter... I like it!
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What would you do in this situation?
I'd have refunded him $100.

What you got by not refunding?

1. A state of mind, little anger - cost: $100+

2. Wasted an hour in a cheap ass thread like this .. and would probably waste some more time, once that client comes here - cost: $100+

3. A handful of little skeptical clients - cost: a handful of hundreds.

4. Even if you didn't get bad name to your company, you still got something not good - cost a couple thousand bucks, or more.



Now, if you would have refunded him. And then started this thread telling us story that some broke fuck wasted your 3-4 hours .. received original files, and then said he is not satisfied with the quality of work .. so you refunded him $100 because you didn't want an unhappy customer. And then told us that, our satisfaction is what your company is all about.

Trust me, you would have got at least 4-5 replies in thread saying, Clark, hit me up .. I have some work for you. Jon, I need some banners done, talk to me on ICQ. etc ... and probably 2-3 orders.

Well, its your business .. you chosen what you wanted for it.

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Thanks for your input on the matter Jim...

The source files can be found here http://barelylegalguys.com/flashguys.htm

The quality of the wmv that were the source were good quality...
WMV means you are starting with an already compressed source, but that's not your fault. Not sure what version of Flash you used or what software, but I would only encode to Flash video using the ON2 VP6 codec, and that may help the resulting quality a lot if you do.
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Thanks for taking the time to enlighten me a bit Vick...

In the end the matter will be settled one way or the other and I will be at loss...



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WMV means you are starting with an already compressed source, but that's not your fault. Not sure what version of Flash you used or what software, but I would only encode to Flash video using the ON2 VP6 codec, and that may help the resulting quality a lot if you do.
Thanks Jim...

That is all french to me, but I gave it to my flash guy and hopfully he learns something from it...

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Jon you are such a tryhard.

Your not hunting for work ? yeah right, you are so full of shit.
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i see the guy's thread, its $130 not $100 and complaining for 14 hrs work for 2-4 hrs work agreement

lesson of the day: stay away from a designer who are "you got what you pay for"

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i see the guy's thread, its $130 not $100 and complaining for 14 hrs work for 2-4 hrs work agreement

lesson of the day: stay away from a designer who are "you got what you pay for"
Who are you again...?


The price was $100... Show us where it said any different?
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Who are you again...?


The price was $100... Show us where it said any different?
well, for the next designer its $130

and how kindly you are to say this to your client?

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My guys can do this job perfect if you are willing to pay for it, but you told me you are broke and can only afford to pay $100, we gave you what you paid for!
you accept the job and your client are expecting so much for it. you must tell him in advance that he will get what he paid for.
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well, for the next designer its $130

and how kindly you are to say this to your client?



you accept the job and your client are expecting so much for it. you must tell him in advance that he will get what he paid for.
Hello Max,

Nice fake nick you have here... You knew in advance that you would get $100 worth of work, you failed to give me all details the first round, so when the first drafts where not correct at your own fault we were nice enough to do it all over again to meet your needs...

I am sorry we could not make you happy, there is a first time for everything...

We gave you what we could for what you paid, I am sorry you expected more, and if you would have contacted me like a gentelman I would have had the designer do it a third time...

But instead you send me a book by email telling me how you really felt, I tried to calm you down, but you would not stop and be a gentelman for two minute so I could handle your problem...




Again, I am sorry...



I am done with this subject!
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So this guy needs four flash peices done fast...

He only has a hundred bucks though, I figured what the heck, I will help the guy out....

So first thing that happens is he give me bad directions...

Leave very important details out...

So the first designs he recieves are not correct...

So I say no problem, I will take the loss and have it done all over again to your new directions...


Well I delivered all the files and everything is done they way he asked... He still is not happy!

There is a quality issue now...

But he never said they need to be top quality, he said they needed to be cheap and fast...

If he would have said he needed them top quality then I would have charged him five times what he was charged!


Anyway, that is my side of the story...

I won't issue a refund and I will not do the work over unless he pays what it is worth!



What would you do in this situation?
Are you saying that you would have charged more to change settings in Flash and give him a higher quality movie clip?

that's bonkers.

What could you have done to give a better quality clip? Worthy of increasing your cost to him?

I don't even see why the quality was soo low.. I can see the quality being destroyed by being put on an angle like that.. but not to the point you have them saved out... Unless the quality of the source was extremely low..

Refund him the $100.. To people on smaller budgets money is more important.. And we both know how long you likely spent on the work... You didn't *earn* that $100.. Use good business ethics.. even if you think you are right it will hurt you in the long run..
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Are you saying that you would have charged more to change settings in Flash and give him a higher quality movie clip?

that's bonkers.

What could you have done to give a better quality clip? Worthy of increasing your cost to him?

I don't even see why the quality was soo low.. I can see the quality being destroyed by being put on an angle like that.. but not to the point you have them saved out... Unless the quality of the source was extremely low..

Refund him the $100.. To people on smaller budgets money is more important.. And we both know how long you likely spent on the work... You didn't *earn* that $100.. Use good business ethics.. even if you think you are right it will hurt you in the long run..
We would have tweeked the settings free if the whole approach he made would have been different.... He went bizerk right away... We had the project for all of 48 hours... The was no solid deadline missed.. Nothing, there was no reason for this guy to react the way he did...

He wanted the video on its side like that btw... This job was done to his specs...!




I have tried to reach him on ICQ to make arrangements to satisfy his issues, but he has not reponded..
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We would have tweeked the settings free if the whole approach he made would have been different.... He went bizerk right away... We had the project for all of 48 hours... The was no solid deadline missed.. Nothing, there was no reason for this guy to react the way he did...

He wanted the video on its side like that btw... This job was done to his specs...!




I have tried to reach him on ICQ to make arrangements to satisfy his issues, but he has not reponded..
Your thought process should have been do whatever to keep the quality high and file size low. It doesn't add time to the process. No cost on your end..

He went bizerk because he felt like you were washing your hands of him. Leaving him with clips he can't use and $100 poorer.

The way you communicated with him likely lead to this..


On a side note..

No reason why the clips should have been 20 seconds long especially with how boring they are..
The clip on the posted tour are originally 5 seconds long..
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I'd love to know what this project was exactly?

Sounds like..

Take photoshop slice import to flash, encode video to flv, layer flv behind slice, export to swf.

repeat 4x.

That should take an hour?

$100/hour sounds good to me?
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Your thought process should have been do whatever to keep the quality high and file size low. It doesn't add time to the process. No cost on your end..

He went bizerk because he felt like you were washing your hands of him. Leaving him with clips he can't use and $100 poorer.

The way you communicated with him likely lead to this..


On a side note..

No reason why the clips should have been 20 seconds long especially with how boring they are..
The clip on the posted tour are originally 5 seconds long..
Here is the work order http://barelylegalguys.com/flashguys.htm

I had said nothing to him today before he went bizzerk, the last thing I communicated to the guy was a email sending him files and I will quote,
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He spent 7 hours today on this... I hope you like it!
Now all he had to do is tell me he would like the quality a bit better and it would have been done...

He had no reason to feel we would not do it again because we actually already done it twice...

In the directions he gives he never says he wants page to be 1024 wide...

And he did not give us the full psd, it was his lack of directions that caused problem one, but I fixed it at no extra charge for him..
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I'd love to know what this project was exactly?

Sounds like..

Take photoshop slice import to flash, encode video to flv, layer flv behind slice, export to swf.

repeat 4x.

That should take an hour?

$100/hour sounds good to me?
I am not the designer so I do not know what the proccess is...

The first day my designer spent 5 hours and the second day he spend 7 hours doing the job twice for this guy, we were willing to go the extra mile and make him happy, but he flipped out on me before he even talked to me by email, by thread and by icq...

I started my day to this guy flipping his wig... lol




And you will not let it rest so I will end my day with this shit...
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That work order doesn't make any sense and why does it discuss text changes?

The project was more than just updating those small clips in the player window?

Ahh doesn't matter.. I give up..

you are both in the wrong
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That work order doesn't make any sense and why does it discuss text changes?

The project was more than just updating those small clips in the player window?

Ahh doesn't matter.. I give up..

you are both in the wrong
At least now you know I was not the only idiot in the matter... lol
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Nice fake nick you have here...
excuse me?

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if you got upfront money for work and started - do your work untill your customer will be happy!

this was happen with you cose you are not professional in taking details from customer. Ask 1000+ questions before you'll say "yes" and will name a price, or work with per hour payment.

You wanted fast bucks for easy work, but live gave you pain in ass ;)
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I'd have refunded him $100.

What you got by not refunding?

1. A state of mind, little anger - cost: $100+

2. Wasted an hour in a cheap ass thread like this .. and would probably waste some more time, once that client comes here - cost: $100+

3. A handful of little skeptical clients - cost: a handful of hundreds.

4. Even if you didn't get bad name to your company, you still got something not good - cost a couple thousand bucks, or more.



Now, if you would have refunded him. And then started this thread telling us story that some broke fuck wasted your 3-4 hours .. received original files, and then said he is not satisfied with the quality of work .. so you refunded him $100 because you didn't want an unhappy customer. And then told us that, our satisfaction is what your company is all about.

Trust me, you would have got at least 4-5 replies in thread saying, Clark, hit me up .. I have some work for you. Jon, I need some banners done, talk to me on ICQ. etc ... and probably 2-3 orders.

Well, its your business .. you chosen what you wanted for it.

Best reply I've seen yet. Funny thing is I had this design website bookmarked as well - you know being new and all, and this month/next month I am going to look into getting a design done.. not flash mind you but a placeholder type page done for a mainstream site I'm looking at developing. Since I can expect that if you can not resolve your differences and flog it all over GFY first.... well I think I'll pass.. permanently. Ive spent thousands of designs for my site over the years... stuff like this just reeks of immaturity - and god help me if for some reason you think I'm not paying you enough for whatever reason.

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if you got upfront money for work and started - do your work untill your customer will be happy!

this was happen with you cose you are not professional in taking details from customer. Ask 1000+ questions before you'll say "yes" and will name a price, or work with per hour payment.

You wanted fast bucks for easy work, but live gave you pain in ass ;)
You are a few weeks late for that post... Look at the date..!




As far as running my business'... I now own two design companies and I am having no problems at all...












































This thread is over folks... And the issue was resolved... Back then.... So let it go!
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Best reply I've seen yet. Funny thing is I had this design website bookmarked as well - you know being new and all, and this month/next month I am going to look into getting a design done.. not flash mind you but a placeholder type page done for a mainstream site I'm looking at developing. Since I can expect that if you can not resolve your differences and flog it all over GFY first.... well I think I'll pass.. permanently. Ive spent thousands of designs for my site over the years... stuff like this just reeks of immaturity - and god help me if for some reason you think I'm not paying you enough for whatever reason.

For the record...


The client went to the board first..

I tried everything I could to make him happy..

He was just one of them people that are not easy to work with and flipped out when I showed him drafts versus tell me what he liked and did not like...

In the end he apoligized to me for not being level headed in the situation and it is all resolved..

I don't even know why this thread was bumped..







Ask any of my clients what it is like to deal with me on there projects..

You will find out I am one of the best when it comes to handling your design orders and getting things done the right way and on time!
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if you got upfront money for work and started - do your work untill your customer will be happy!

this was happen with you cose you are not professional in taking details from customer. Ask 1000+ questions before you'll say "yes" and will name a price, or work with per hour payment.

You wanted fast bucks for easy work, but live gave you pain in ass ;)
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Speed - Quality - Cheap

Pick two.
in show biz they throw money at problems until they go away...
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A $100 lesson learned. Myself, I'd refund it and never EVER do anything for him again. Problem solved.
I agree, let it go and move on...
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