WARNING: AVOID Beaver Bob [DRAMA]
Back in beginning of October (2007) I was messaged by Beaver Bob on ICQ saying he would program my site for $1,000. It was a little out of my budget but it was ok because he assured me he was a reliable coder and would get it done ontime.
He told me it would take him no longer than a month, so i gave him a month a a few days deadline (November 14th). I paid him half upfront which was the agreement ($500)
Well the date came around and he was no where near done. I asked him what is taking so long and he said it was a lot of work. I understood i thought it might have been so i didnt complain much. Another month passes by and he persisted to give me unmet deadlines. "It will be done friday, no it will be done sunday"
So i of course told the sponsors i had lined up the dates he gave me the dates. And every time they werent met. I looked like an idiot to them and of course after months of this going on i lost nearly all my sponsors, which was a few thousand dollars over time. Not to mention i paid a few article writers money to write articles that are no not usable because they are outdated.
And what does "Beaver Bob" do? he gets mad at me for me being mad that his job is months late. He has "other projects he is working on." And then he even got mad when i told him mine should be priority because it is months late, but no apparently the right thing to do is take on more jobs after making commitments.. After all the money he lost me he has the balls to be mad at me for texting him which would cost him $0.50 a text tops.
But then of course he started making claims that what i asked him to do "Wasnt part of the original agreement" and he said "Im not going to get all this done i dont have time, i will make it so it is able to launch then you can pay extra for the rest"
Apparently today was the final straw, 5 months of working on the 1 month project he finally decides he doesnt want to finish it. Nearly half a on a project he told me would take one month.
I probably could have articulated my words a lot better but im pissed off. Most of you probably wont read all this so ill sum it up for you nice and simple.
Avoid doing business with Beaver Bob... unless you want to wait nearly half a year for him to tell you he doesnt want to finish the project.
And Beaver Bob if you are reading this..
He told me it would take him no longer than a month, so i gave him a month a a few days deadline (November 14th). I paid him half upfront which was the agreement ($500)
Well the date came around and he was no where near done. I asked him what is taking so long and he said it was a lot of work. I understood i thought it might have been so i didnt complain much. Another month passes by and he persisted to give me unmet deadlines. "It will be done friday, no it will be done sunday"
So i of course told the sponsors i had lined up the dates he gave me the dates. And every time they werent met. I looked like an idiot to them and of course after months of this going on i lost nearly all my sponsors, which was a few thousand dollars over time. Not to mention i paid a few article writers money to write articles that are no not usable because they are outdated.
And what does "Beaver Bob" do? he gets mad at me for me being mad that his job is months late. He has "other projects he is working on." And then he even got mad when i told him mine should be priority because it is months late, but no apparently the right thing to do is take on more jobs after making commitments.. After all the money he lost me he has the balls to be mad at me for texting him which would cost him $0.50 a text tops.
But then of course he started making claims that what i asked him to do "Wasnt part of the original agreement" and he said "Im not going to get all this done i dont have time, i will make it so it is able to launch then you can pay extra for the rest"
Apparently today was the final straw, 5 months of working on the 1 month project he finally decides he doesnt want to finish it. Nearly half a on a project he told me would take one month.
I probably could have articulated my words a lot better but im pissed off. Most of you probably wont read all this so ill sum it up for you nice and simple.
Avoid doing business with Beaver Bob... unless you want to wait nearly half a year for him to tell you he doesnt want to finish the project.
And Beaver Bob if you are reading this..
i just wanted to add in somethin on Banthis's behalf. I am talking to him right now via ICQ, and i normally speak with him daily. AND i wanted to vouch for him. Now, I am sure he was professional at first, but when you agree to a ONE MONTH project and it turns into a FIVE MONTH project, THAT is unprofessional and you cannot expect the site owner to be professional at that point. If you agree to something than you better keep up your end of the bargain. I know if I agreed to do something in one month, and it still wasnt done after 5 months, i wouldnt expect someone to be professional with me. its just common sense. I would never ever do business like that. If i have a deadline, i meet it- end of story. 
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