@Solobeton: A real man is someone who keeps his promises. If you don't pay @emzdesign then you won't be a real man - and it's better you stop wasting the designers/coders time - And remember: Stealing is a shame... so Shame on you!
I doubt he'll ever pay but I didn't send him any files so the design I did can be used for something/someone else. I see he's making a mockery of quite a few people on here. I guess you just don't know who you can trust.
hello everyone.... In regard with my previous post about the rip off.... i PMed him again regarding my money...as i saw him active again. as it is hard earned and i did not rip off anybody like he did...($50 is not a small amount for me atleast, it makes about 2500 INR) I may not get my money back but i can help others save theirs.... The pictures speak for themselves. (notice the dates) MY HUMBLE REQUEST TO MODS TO PLEASE BAN THIS MEMBER THANK YOU
OMG - I don't know how long this has been going on but he has used my design even though I watermarked it! Here is my design: http://emzi.dreamhosters.com/contests/verocallemz.jpg - and here is his website: www.verocall.com !!! If it wasn't brought to my attention by another poster I wouldn't have known. Guess I was too naive to think you couldn't copy someones design even if it has watermarks on it! Now - I'd like my money please - the full amount - $150. If you don't I plan on taking some action that doesn't involve negative itraders or getting you banned - just action that will get my money back. Thanks!
Also, you can tell he's photoshopped it to get rid of the watermarks cause you can still see the istockphoto lines on the photo of the girl. Not only has he photoshopped it, but he's done a bad job of it.
@emzdesign better take some action to get your moneys. At this moment this site is inactive but as I can see looking at their domain they gonna make some bussiness with it because domain is registered for 5 years already. If you can't find contact with contest maker maybe person who own domain (and probably that website) would be good to try?
LaFonda - That was going to be my course of action if I don't receive the money by the end of the day. I've already PM'd him to tell him I want it by the end of the day, and if I don't I will contact verocall. Thanks
I just hope that Verocall is site of his client not his own. The owner of domain is Mike Vampal (marketing3002@yahoo.com). Verocall itself seems to have no contact data as yet :/
The website doesn't, but the domain registrant does (like you've said ) - if solobeton is a part of verocall then so be it. I have another idea if he is. But solobeton seems to have contests for all sorts of websites so I think they're all just clients of his. If only they knew what a scam artist he was....
There are scams around but unfortunately many buyers who take websites/graphic from them have no idea about it. It's always good to check does seller have rights to content which he's selling but if you buy something very very cheap it's tactlessly to ask... and solobeton lives from it.
Well, what do we have here: http://www.scriptlance.com/projects/1221565529.shtml?ref=mistersoft You posted a project on this website for someone to recreate my design! Down to the last pixel! And you paid someone $125 to it when you could have paid me the extra $25 to have it straight away! Attempts to find contact details for verocall are failing but trust me, I can dig deeper and I will find a way of contacting your "client". If it turns out to be you, then my bad. I'll just have to find another way of getting the $150 back what you owe me. And trust me, I'll find a way.
I am not sure if that was solobetron or his client posting that link on scriptlance, but either way there is foul play at hand somewhere along the line. I had written a long post here but because there's no evidence that the poster on scriptlance is the contest holder here, I don't think there is any point in myself blaming him. You can though, since you're the one out of pocket!
Hi Davey - I saw the longer post Thanks for that. Well, it could be VeroCall posting the project at scriptlance. I checked the Whois for both verocall.com and verocall.net verocall.com is registered under the name Mike Vampall, but verocall.net is registered under Alain Saamego. The username of the person at scriptlance is alain. verocall.com and verocall.net are registered at the same address using the same email address. Funny thing is, this address and email address are used for 2 of the domains in Solobetons signature, only they're registered under the name Frank Delarue. Solobeton could simply have registered these domains on their behalf - I don't know. Regardless of who posted that project on scriptlance, I'm not going to stop until I get what's owed to me. Personally, I think Solobeton and alain are one and the same, but I guess we'll have to wait and see what Solobeton has to say - if he says anything at all.
Here are some quick steps you can take. First Whois all the domains - http://whois.domaintools.com works well. If these are all hosted at the same place, I would send a DMCA Notice to the Service provider citing the template used is your work and is being used without your express permission. Immediate take down action is required. Service providers will act on this immediately. Second, since I noticed that these are all registered to the same email address but have different names, send an email to the domain registrar citing the information in false. (if any luck, he will have to correct the information and you can track him, or he will lose the domain names)
Look at this pleasent PM what Solobeton has just sent to me: He thinks I'm trying to scam him! Look Solobeton, I created a design for you. You declared me the winner but when I wanted a little extra $ for coding it (as you hadn't expressed coding in the description) you insulted me by offering me $75 for the PSD. I refused as I'd designed something worth $150. I didn't hear back from you after numberous PMs. Now, I am alerted to this post once again, and see that what's up on verocall.com is MY DESIGN. After much digging I find that you actually paid someone $125 to RECREATE this design down to the exact pixel. And you're accusing me of SCAMMING YOU? Are you out of your mind? Just give me the $150 or take down the site. I don't care. I'm just frustrated that you're using MY design without paying for it.
YOU SAID YOURSELF HERE YOU NEVER SEND ME ANYTHING. AND THE TEMPLATE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT USED ANYWHERE. YOU REFUSED TO COMPLETE THE JOB (I STILL HAVE YOU MESSAGES TO ME AND I WILL POST THEM SOON). I LOOSED THAT CLIENT. THE CLIENT IN QUESTION NEVER FINISH HIS PROJECT. WTF YOU WANT SCAM ME. YOU CAN GO TROUGH ALL MY CONTESTS, THEY ARE ALL PAID THE SAME DAY THE CONTEST IS CLOSED. I'M A VERY HONNEST PERSON but i don't like when people try to scam me. I NEVER EVER AND WILL NEVER USE ANYONE ONE WORK WITHOUT PAYING THE PERSON. I RESPECT EVERYONE AND RESPECT EVERYONE WORK
That's right - I didn't send you anything because you refused to pay. So what did you do? You saved the WATERMARKED JPG of MY DESIGN and paid someone else to RECREATE it. IT'S MY DESIGN - MY THOUGHTS - MY HARD WORK What gives you the right to completely rip off MY DESIGN? You said you will never ever use anyones work without paying the person - well that's wrong because you are using MY WORK. Just because someone else recreated it doesn't stop it from being MY WORK. I don't care if you lost the client. If you lost the client delete MY WORK from the site. Otherwise PAY ME.