claiming he was the CTO one would think he had signed employment papers.

did you?

40 hour per week salaried employee without benefits. We started it as a contract, but when we engaged, we decided that I'd assume the CTO title and be an employee. It was worse tax-wise, but I felt like a part of the team.

This was interesting.

Initially I have to admit I thought you were a sucker when you first replied in the other thread about the $ owed.

However, standing back watching and reading - you come across as a very level headed guy (to not have completely lost your shit about this money). :thumbsup Perhaps that is how the mma part of your life has helped out :winkwink:

Everyone who runs their own business has experienced clients/customers not paying - it fucking sucks, but it does happen to everyone.

it wouldn't hurt to call the ministry of labour and ask about how long you have to file for non payment, they may be able to do something

http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/...de/paywage.php

Putting this in court is a total waste of time. $38k does not make any sense to go in court! Mark from GTS can be called scammer on what he did! He likes the project and he did not pay! What do you called in that kind of attitude isn't it scammer?

I even done a project with Php100k above from the people I work in the office for 4 months with no salary at all times! I even not sue them as its a total waste of time! Maybe one thing to do is to ruin his reputation in some other ways! LOL

dramatic bump

Thanks, I appreciate that. I balance everything and approach things methodically. I feel like it's better than flying off the handle randomly. It's a skill I've had to develop over the years.


That was a very interesting conversation. They said that because I am not a national (meaning, I live in the U.S.), the standard statute of limitations does not apply to me. I am afforded a five year period in which to file a claim. That means I'm still in the time frame. They're sending me a packet to fill out and send back. In most cases, they said the maximum they can recover at one time is $10,000, but they asked me to file each pay period's claim separately, and they'll open one case for each one.

Fantastic -- thanks for the link! There really isn't any way to defend against it, and since Mark has never denied the debt, it should go a long way toward showing the basis for owing it.


I agree, which is part of the reason why I never sued him. The other, of course, being that he kept promising to pay, and I kept falling for his lies.

No comment from Mark yet?

Sleazy comes through with the info :thumbsup

I believe the ICQ conversation summed up Mark's thoughts, which were that he wasn't going to pay me now that I've made a thread, after four years of not making one. Oh, and he was going to continue being a sleaze by claiming the software had some sort of problem, when three ex-employees have already said it didn't have any issues and was what they wanted. :thumbsup

I'll get the ball rolling, Mark.

Here are some settlement offers:

All of these offers include 100% debt clearance. Choose any one, and we're done here.

1) Donate $10,000 to a charity of my choice.
2) Get a tattoo of "I <3 Edgeprod" anywhere on your body.
3) Barter some traffic to a program of my choosing -- no ref code.
4) Wear a sandwich board sign at the next major show saying "I am sorry for not paying Edgeprod".
5) Show up to the next major show in a chicken suit and a button of my avatar pinned to it. Must be worn all days and to all parties, events, dinners, etc.
6) Shave your head, and keep it shaved until the end of 2012.
7) Make one post per month for a year where you include a poem about your undying love for my coding skills.
8) Adopt a puppy, and permanently name it Edgeprod.
9) Post an unobstructed full frontal nude shot of yourself to GFY, and keep the picture up for at least a year.
10) Volunteer 10+ hours/month at a local charity for a year, and post monthly updates with pictures to GFY.


I'll also consider any counter-offers you may have.

I don't owe you money but...

5) Show up to the next major show in a chicken suit and a button of my avatar pinned to it.

sounds better than my usual wearing a pig nose and toilet seat!

You don't owe me money YET. Weren't you talking about running up a $90k bill and then ducking out because it is under my six-figure "sue you" threshold? :winkwink: I'll come up with good settlement offers, don't worry. We'll have you on YouPorn sucking off a giraffe in no time.

shit Id do that for a lot less. LOL

thats cheapest way out right there. hell I could tattoo it on myself for free got the machines and ink HAHAHA

Haha. And to clarify: we're talking about a PERMANENT tattoo here. Although, I don't care if he gets it on the bottom of his foot or around his ass crack. A deal is a deal, and I'm standing by these settlement offers. He's totally off the hook if he chooses one.

hah!

fyi though, ive tattooed bottom of my foot, it wears off quit4e quickly. ive tatted a few peoples feet and palms.

If I were you id state no feet lol

Hehe. Well, I'm a fair guy -- I'll allow anything reasonable. It's worth $38k to me to have any of those things listed above done.

Do not settle for 10K of charity, are you crazy? Even if you are rich its still a matter of principles. Man who does not honor his debts is not a man. Plus you said he screwed other prople. If all will let him go he will continue scamming.
So file a lawsuit or take whatever legal action!


As for this quote:

Even failed MMA competitor would be scary for average folks (non fighters) :)

I'm personally fine with any of the options on that list, including the charity. I lowered the dollar amount to $10,000 to be reasonable. I'm all about compromise and trying to do the right thing. I'm not rich by ANY means, by the way. Anyone who suggests otherwise is trying to push an agenda.


Well, HE called me failed. My record is 6-3, but I will admit that those three losses have come very close to each other. I'm slowing down in my old age (I'm 32, LOL), which probably accounts for at least two of those losses. The latest loss (which was for the heavyweight championship) put me in the hospital because I wanted to go all "karate kid" on the guy instead of just fucking punching him in the face.

I know I am not saying that you are failed. I am saying that even if you were failed you would be scary to fight for most of the regular people :)
Anyway good luck with all this situation.

Halimah says Number 8

Haha, thanks. I enjoy fighting ... it's a rush that's hard to explain to non-fighters.


And we'll choose the breed? How's a Great Dane sit with you?

you wont help your case with this shit. shut up now.

congrats to the winners

Nice ideas but please scratch off 8, don't ruin the life of a poor puppy.

Mark sounds like an ass.

You'd be surprised (or maybe not) how many ICQ messages said the same thing, LOL. One mentioned "The Hurson Experience" being detrimental to said puppy's life.

They have this new invention called Civil Court... check it out!

Understanding why this doesn't apply would require that you read the thread. Cliff notes aren't my specialty, but I'll try: got strung along with promises to pay until the statute expires, and this amount isn't worth investing the court costs in.

I have contacted the local government, though, and they said that this isn't the first complaint, and they're very excited to help out. We'll see how that goes. I don't put much faith in the government of any area, but they may well prove me wrong.

That is true. :2 cents:

I doubt they'll help you with the bonus situation, they might try but in the end I think that's that's contract issue (2 year limit for court) and not wages - something I kinda think Mark might win on a technicality in court, although you probably deserve it, I'm betting you loose there, but the wages I'd say you have about a very good chance of getting. Our governments here go ape shit over wages if Mark deducted taxes and such from your payments as an employee or claimed you in any way as an employee and not as a contractor. Go for it, they usually don't require you to get a lawyer either, they represent you so it's no cost to you to ask and look into it.

didn't know it was 5 years for non canadians.... phone call was worth it :thumbsup

let me know what happens, curious


advise - file separate claims for the wages and bonus - do not include them together. too risky to loose the wages on a bonus technical issue.

edgeprod, thanks for sharing the information!

I know where I will not be purchasing anything..

I'll suck off a giraffe for $90K..... cash upfront

FUck that would have hurt!

Bottom of your feet are so sensitive, what did you tattoo on them?

See, you're normal when not blindly taking up for people. Why do it?

Dom,

what's your e-mail?

I have some information on Mark that you might be interested in.

Although the offer makes my dick twitch in very disturbing ways, I'm going to pass at this point. Unless of course I can "Mark" pay you.


I was thinking the same thing ... which is why I cut him so much slack in the early pages of this thread. Seems like there was something real under there.


Feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] -- you'll have to verify via Spam Arrest, but it isn't too much hassle. Thanks for the heads up, whatever it ends up being.

Dom,

just fired you off a detailed e-mail about that information.

Give us a reply and let me know what you think. All of it can be backed up.

Verified the spam arrest to, so you should have it now.

.... my jaw hit the fucking floor. My shit with Mark is peanuts compared to that. I can't even believe someone would treat another human being like that, let ALONE a customer. Thumbs so fucking far down it's ridiculous.

Ugh, I am so sorry I ever worked for the man. I feel bad I ever even helped him make money.

Well I'm not sure about peanuts, but it is definitely VERY condemning being the unique position of trust he is in with customers, their websites, and their sales tactics.

I'll talk to my buddy tomorrow and see if he wants to go public on the matter.

I think a lot of people will throw up in their mouths reading that ... and honestly, I don't see any reason to doubt what you're saying, especially with the ICQ logs, the continuity, and knowing how Mark operates. I'd imagine every ex-employee would know exactly what happened there ... and I'd be surprised if the thread wasn't brought up every time someone asked about GTS or Mark in the future.

LOL. bad ass.

Now I am curious what was in that email.

I'd settle for any of those. They're all valuable to me, in their own way.


I have to respect their right to privacy, but if it comes out, it will be a very scary prospect for people to do further business with GTS. Or, at least it would be that way for me if I were still a client.

You've already posted ICQ convo... email is no different.

But... I will say that 38K is a nice chunk of change... you are down playing it like it's nothing except the moral of your story. But..

....

The moral of your story is 38K so please stop passing it up as small potatoes. It is big potatoes... hence this thread. ya know.

Go get your fucking money you idiot!

Dom was well justified in posting those icq chat logs. If my partner decides to let his icq chat logs go public he will be well justified too. Bit of a difference posting a helpful email prematurely before Dom or myself has my partners permission. As it happened to him and it's only meant to help.

+1

if it makes $38k look like peanuts? wtf.

From what I gather, it is being implied that Mark bit the hand that feeds him... that of a customer.

Add that to some things dom said earlier about being requested to do some questionable stuff...

I can't see no sign of anyone from GTS posting in this thread.. go figure.. :pimp