Hi GFY, I need your help on a forum member possibly trying to rip me off.
 

Hey everyone..

Here is the story.

I sent money to a board member on here back in early February for some content. He has a good reputation so I've been very patient. He also owns a site which he's sent the first video and model records from.

Back in February, he agreed to create some videos for me. 3 days after we spoke he had already created and sent me the first video, and asked for payment up-front for that video and the remaining videos. At that time he told me the videos would take a week to complete. Well after I sent him the money he started to disappear for weeks at a time. :(

He logs on to ICQ and GFY everyday yet ignores my emails for weeks at a time and sends me a short email stating his "cable was broken", his computer got formatted, he's sick, he will finish the videos in a couple days, etc. :disgust

Anyways, his domain is registered through Enom and I was able to get all his information. I also have his SMS and other information.

My question is, how long would you guys wait until you call this guy out on a bunch of public forums to get what was promised? What are the rules on posting all his personal information? At the rate he's responding I have a feeling he doesn't intend to ever complete the videos. :helpme

Thanks in advance/ :thumbsup

You can't post his personal information but you can post his whois info.

If he's ignoring and doing nothing but feed you excuses, he's ripped you off already and has little or no intent on paying it back.

:2 cents::2 cents:

yup, just out him, I'm sure I know who it is anyway :)

Spill the beans...

Thanks for your reply.

I'll give him one more week, then I'll out him in a separate thread.

Did I mention I will never pay for content upfront again? :disgust:disgust

What difference do you expect another week to make?

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th@ sux, gl man :)

Probably nothing, I will send him this thread and give him one last chance to refund me the money or finish the videos.

Thanks..

try to call him out in public, that approach fix few my problems in past

Yeah i'd recommend a new thread about it

this thread does not deliver

let us know who he is!

:upsidedow

:2 cents:

typical idiot asks for advice then ends up not using any of it.

Geez, just tell us his gfy nick and we'll tell you if you're ever gonna get the content. I can assure you that if he's doing this to you he's done it to other people here also.

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Good luck buddy!!

tough economic times!

fuck the rules
spill all the info, and see what happens
Anyone who supports privacy of a thief, raise your hand :):)

For FIRST next time if you will be need some content than contact with me !! :)

You got scammed.

Your payment went to the drug dealer so no money to do the shoot.

Pretty good chance after this amount of time and the fact he still goes on ICQ and GFY.

You will never see your money or vids.

Outting him will just save someone else from making the same mistake. You wait a week and it just gives him a chance to rip off more people before you out him.

But I doubt he will EVER pay you back.

funny name you have

Just tell us who already!!! Waiting a week from now is only hurting you and others here...

March 1st.

You're late. Shoulda hired me. :2 cents:

well thats shitty

Exactly...

Although it IS a 'Jerry Springer' bit of advice, let me give it to you anyway...

People will ONLY TREAT YOU... How you ALLOW them to TREAT YOU...

Believe me... Thats so true, it almost fucking hurts...


See quote above...

If he ends up delivering then you STILL need to out him, so some other poor schmuck doesn't get scammed...

Good luck. I could have outted someone for never paying me from their affiliate program, but never did. Didn't want to start anything, but wish I would have a little.

As naive as you sounded in the "Soloconverts" thread, its no wonder you got taken.

what is this crap about 'outing' somebody - if somebody has ripped you off or isn't delivering products/services you paid for in part or in whole you are an idiot for not bringing it to GFY - why would you worry about somebody's reputation or feelings after treating you like shit or ripping you off?

only time i wouldn't do it is if the person is well liked in the industry and you don't have great evidence that you can back up your claims with.

How long does it typically take to get content shot? (wondering how long is too long to wait, im almost getting to the point that I think im in the same boat lol)

buy from reputable content producers like me and you won't have any issues. and you must pay some up front, enough to cover model fees after we've done business for a bit until then you must pay all up front.

had to start that after losing 17.5K one year to a client and the slow pay of other clients. -bmb

I say in contact with my clients letting them know the progress of the productions. there is a pretty standard 40% shoot failure on custom content so I need to stay in contact to apprise the clients of any changes. usually within 2-3 weeks from order to delivery in most cases.

it's always best to select a handful of talent to choose from and let then me do what I can to shoot them.... when you say "I want this model with that model" it could take months if ever to get a shoot done.

He'd probably prefer to have the content delivered, rather than a 7 page calling out thread and the payment written off as unrecoverable... :2 cents:

That's probably how a lot of scammers are able to ride so long, they keep alive a small hope that the victim may eventually get what they've paid for.

Like I said, even if this guy ponies up and delivers, you still need to out him.

Like you know everything about everybody..you = tool :2 cents:

it has??

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