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Zebra · 11-29-2002, 01:03 AM

OK, just to clear the air a little on some things since my name was mentioned.

Traci Carson received a wire for $7500 for the winning PrivateGold design on August 29. It would have been a few days earlier but there was some miscommunication on both parties parts regarding the wire info. The contest ended August 20th and every day after that I heard from her multiple times asking when payment would be arriving. The checks for the others winners had already gone out. I personally sent them and if anyone did NOT receive them they never contacted me. I am pretty sure they all cleared.

The week that Traci recieved the wire for $7500 (which she told me she was going to spend at DisneyWorld) she also accepted work for more sites that we needed designed. The first site was a live cam site. The design was never quite right and we had to go back and forth on it for several days. Then one day she quit answering messages and phone calls and we did not here for her for 4 days. The site was a priority so we hired another designer who did it in one day and nailed it on the first try and included alternate designs at no cost. We prepaid them thru paypal so there was no problem. Traci got back several days later and got with me online and said that her grandmother had died and she had to leave in a hurry and had been with family all week and wanted to make things up with us. We decided that we could use more than one design for the live cam site and asked her to make a few more changes to get it right. Some changes were made but it never was right. Things didn't line up right, there were typos and weird phrases on the page (like it was done by someone with bad English skills).

During this time we also contracted with her to do a paysite. The paysite took several days longer than we were told but it came out really damn well so we did not mind.

Traci was paid for the paysite plus some console FPA's she had done for us. Because of the delays she offered to do the next paysite for free. Instead of taking one for free we said we did not want to pay for the live cam design since we were not happy with it and we had to get another design while she was MIA. She said that was OK because she wanted to use the design on another live cam site. As far as I was concerned things between us were settled and she even asked for more work which I declined.

I feel sorry for the designers involved that did not get paid. She DID mention that she had others helping her but it sounded to me that she was doing much of the work herself.
I DID meet her in person at the Internext show in Hollywood in August. She was really cocky and rubbed me wrong but I liked the designs I saw and decided to overlook her attitude. When I met her at the show she said I should just cancel the contest and pay her the $ because she was going to win because she was the best there was. Not that someone ELSE would be doing the work. Pretty misleading if you ask me. I think things backfired on her big time.

FYI - I am no longer affiliated with ICE or IceColdCash.com

11-29-2002, 01:03 AM
Zebra Banned from Kimmy's couch Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Down at Fraggle Rock Posts: 5,091	OK, just to clear the air a little on some things since my name was mentioned. Traci Carson received a wire for $7500 for the winning PrivateGold design on August 29. It would have been a few days earlier but there was some miscommunication on both parties parts regarding the wire info. The contest ended August 20th and every day after that I heard from her multiple times asking when payment would be arriving. The checks for the others winners had already gone out. I personally sent them and if anyone did NOT receive them they never contacted me. I am pretty sure they all cleared. The week that Traci recieved the wire for $7500 (which she told me she was going to spend at DisneyWorld) she also accepted work for more sites that we needed designed. The first site was a live cam site. The design was never quite right and we had to go back and forth on it for several days. Then one day she quit answering messages and phone calls and we did not here for her for 4 days. The site was a priority so we hired another designer who did it in one day and nailed it on the first try and included alternate designs at no cost. We prepaid them thru paypal so there was no problem. Traci got back several days later and got with me online and said that her grandmother had died and she had to leave in a hurry and had been with family all week and wanted to make things up with us. We decided that we could use more than one design for the live cam site and asked her to make a few more changes to get it right. Some changes were made but it never was right. Things didn't line up right, there were typos and weird phrases on the page (like it was done by someone with bad English skills). During this time we also contracted with her to do a paysite. The paysite took several days longer than we were told but it came out really damn well so we did not mind. Traci was paid for the paysite plus some console FPA's she had done for us. Because of the delays she offered to do the next paysite for free. Instead of taking one for free we said we did not want to pay for the live cam design since we were not happy with it and we had to get another design while she was MIA. She said that was OK because she wanted to use the design on another live cam site. As far as I was concerned things between us were settled and she even asked for more work which I declined. I feel sorry for the designers involved that did not get paid. She DID mention that she had others helping her but it sounded to me that she was doing much of the work herself. I DID meet her in person at the Internext show in Hollywood in August. She was really cocky and rubbed me wrong but I liked the designs I saw and decided to overlook her attitude. When I met her at the show she said I should just cancel the contest and pay her the $ because she was going to win because she was the best there was. Not that someone ELSE would be doing the work. Pretty misleading if you ask me. I think things backfired on her big time. FYI - I am no longer affiliated with ICE or IceColdCash.com __________________ Old School