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Lost $4,000 to a scam development firm

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by Bluesfear, Apr 22, 2007.

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  1. Kalyse

    Kalyse Peon

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    #21
    Have they been in contact with you since the carbonon site has gone up?

    Do you know if they are full time? I imagine this could damage their reputation greatly if they are full time developers.
     
    Kalyse, Apr 24, 2007 IP
  2. paladin1

    paladin1 Member

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    #22
    Do you have any find of FTP or control panel access to the site? If you have access to both a decent deloper should be able to move the site of fix that error relativley quickly.
     
    paladin1, Apr 24, 2007 IP
  3. exponent

    exponent Peon

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    #23
    If you need the DB fixed, its probably pretty simple. I could probably tell you how to fix it if you pm me (wont cost you anything)
     
    exponent, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  4. moneyspeaks

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    #24
    wow those guys really know how to take people for a ride. I wonder how many others have been duped. hm, too bad you fell for it at the time i'm sure it seemed to valuable.

    love the site bashing them.
     
    moneyspeaks, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  5. syedwasi87

    syedwasi87 Active Member

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    #25
    so terrible...

    recently one of my friends back in cali wanted to develop a VoIp site with some new ideas..and was planning to get some programmers from chjina or india..

    now this really shocks me even tho i am also from there..well did u hire them frm getafreelancer.com? coz thats where my friend usually goes to..
     
    syedwasi87, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  6. TomN

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    TomN, Apr 25, 2007 IP
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    #27
    Sad to hear, but now you've learned your lesson, I never would pay companies that I doubt in, I rather pay more to a well respected one.
     
    dog_24, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  8. tesla

    tesla Notable Member

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    #28
    Did you review these guys before you started the project? Did you find out if they had a good reputation?
     
    tesla, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  9. dudes

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    #29
    with that money you can get a social network script and just paid for the modifications
     
    dudes, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  10. dannbkk

    dannbkk Well-Known Member

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    #30
    That's an expensive lesson, im sorry to hear that? But you know what you could do is contact a legal solicitor in India, and you could get the solicitor group to conact them by phone and also send them agressive letters Carbonon
     
    dannbkk, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  11. Bluesfear

    Bluesfear Well-Known Member

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    #31
    Yes, I have access to the site and DB. It looks like they just deleted the user from the db, although the actually db is still there. I suppose recreating the user would fix the error, but I don't know what password they used.

    I went through Guru.com, and they had pretty good feedback so I didn't bother doing any more research. Big mistake on my end.
     
    Bluesfear, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  12. AllyWalker

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    #32
    I know legal action might not be worthwhile, but surely the threats are better than nothing...?
     
    AllyWalker, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  13. newhen

    newhen Banned

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    newhen, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  14. lawrenceq

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  15. m0rtal

    m0rtal Well-Known Member

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    #35
    That really sucks that Carbonon scammed you. Hope you have some luck getting your money back.

    If I were you I would look into Indias laws and whether they could be tried there or where you are located. Depending on the country you are dealing with you may be able to take them to court in your country. Sure that might not help much but if they ever decide to visit where you are from they will have problems.

    Again sorry to hear Carbonon scammed you.
     
    m0rtal, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  16. ruby

    ruby Well-Known Member

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    #36
    How did you pay them? If by credit card/PAYPAL then request a chargeback.

    This is partly the reason I find it very hard to outsource development.... you can't trust anyone. I am in Australia and I must admin I am very reluctant to send any development work overseas to any country especially a small firm.

    Good luck with it... hope you can somehow get some money back.
     
    ruby, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  17. exponent

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    #37
    If you'd like to PM me an article about how carbonon scammed you, I'll be glad to add it to Links-to-Your.com with all the anchor text you want =)

    Sorry to hear that carbonon scammed you.
     
    exponent, Apr 25, 2007 IP
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  18. Holy Devil

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    #38
    damn sorry to hear what happened to you, can you send me details about this company so i can have a look and see if i can help you out and also aware other people in India too not to use Carbonon..
     
    Holy Devil, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  19. MarkusJ_NZ

    MarkusJ_NZ Well-Known Member

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    #39
    Yeah, thats so unfortunate about what happened to you. I am sure that other indian development firms not related to carbonon could be upset that the quality of work that carbonon did for you may reflect on them.

    :)
     
    MarkusJ_NZ, Apr 25, 2007 IP
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    #40
    Unless I am not much mistaken, you are the man behind Bluesfear.com? Very sad to hear that you have been scammed, Your website was the one which I used to use when I started designing.

    Do you have some contract docs? You can take them to court.
     
    designcode, Apr 26, 2007 IP
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