anyone experienced problems with buying templates?

I've had heaps of problems with buying templates. such as them not being unique, not be coded correctly and various other problems. Anyway Here is a small story about a theme I'd like to share and get your opinions on.

I bought a theme which was sold as being unique. I found some sites the other guy has made and they look very similar.

Here is a picture of the one I bought off him.



Here is a picture of 2 other themes he has made.

Look @ the sidebar in the first one.



and look at the background and footer..



Here is his profile

Here is the thread.

If you look at the thread it has "FULL RIGHTS" then if you look down he says "it has been sold but not with full rights"

I went on msn and he starting making all these excuses then blocked me..

 

Well it says full rights in the posters first post, so if he didn't sell it unique, I would do a paypal chargeback.

There's no use in trying to win with people like that. Get your money back and move on.

 

The fact that he said "FULL RIGHTS" in title then said it's not full rights after I bought it is bad enough. Not to mention it was not even partly unique apart from a header.

 

He's online. PM him telling him he has five minutes to return your money; if he doesn't, leave a negative iTrader and open a dispute through Paypal.

With some jackasses, there is nothing else you can do

 

Just send him a pm asking for a refund.

 

Okay I'm going to explain this all to you one last time.

1. You bought your theme for a discounted price NOT INCLUDING full rights, I have the PM's saved to prove it.

2. The background on the Weooza theme is a TEMPORARY ONE. I coded that template and it had no background so I used it to demonstrate to the buyer, he tells me he was to use a different one. I did not design that template, I only coded it and it was never sold by me to anyone else.

3. The Forex theme that you think is so similar was a free job to that person, he paid nothing and got what he got.

When you purchased your theme you did not look at the live demo which was clearly visible and you were shocked to find you didn't like some of the elements on it, despite that being YOUR problem I changed them for you free of charge.

I have explained these issues to you several times and this will be the last. If you attempt to sully my name again without being honest with people we may have a serious issue.

You originally asked me to make some changes on the theme you purchased, which by all rights I could have ignored but I didn't, so combined with the fact that I've done additional work because YOU made a mistake and the fact that I at no point misrepresented what you were buying I am not issuing a refund. As I understand you've tried this with at least one other designer which is why I rejected your offer to code another theme earlier today, you're more trouble than the jobs worth.

If you leave a negative iTrader based on your own mistakes and misunderstanding I'll appeal to the administrators.

 

2. The background on the Weooza theme is a TEMPORARY ONE. I coded that template and it had no background so I used it to demonstrate to the buyer, he tells me he was to use a different one. I did not design that template, I only coded it and it was never sold by me to anyone else.

I don't care, as far as I see it you used the EXACT same background with devalues my theme as it's not unique.

3. The Forex theme that you think is so similar was a free job to that person, he paid nothing and got what he got.

So what if he paid nothing? that does not give you the right to give out something I paid for.

I want and expect a full refund.

 

it does not devalue your theme because that theme is hosted on my private site, not publicised anywhere and only linked to as a demonstration for theme buyers. The only reason you saw it was because I linked you to it. I will make this clear, I am not issuing a refund. You are welcome to raise the issue with the board owners if you like.

 

The title of your thread says FULL RIGHTS. If you were NOT selling Full rights, you should have clarified to the buyer - before payment.

As for the issue of the refund; no offense, but when someone asks for a refund and you don't give it, all you're being is a jackass.

 

it's not a demo it was on a website that I don't own. You reproduced what I had rights to. Just issue a refund already, you're the one in the wrong.

 

I spoke with him outside of that thread, he knew it wasn't full rights. And what about the additional work I did for him based on his error?

If he genuinely feels he has a case I invite him to bring it up with paypal or the board administrators, I recommend PayPal. Until I'm contacted by them regarding the issue I will not be getting involved in this again. The boy makes errors and attempts to get work done for free, my time is worth money and the additional work alone would be valued higher than he paid for the theme in the first place.

 

You mentioned I did not have full rights after I paid. The work you did after was making it valid.

I should not have to open a dispute. You should just refund me, it's clear here everyone thinks you're in the wrong, and rightly so.

 

The work was changing the theme's CSS to your specifications and I did not inform you after you paid. I will not be discussing this again, all I have to say is you should stop making false accusations and claims.

 

You should just give a refund, it's clear you have just made all these templates quickly to make quick buck. I don't understand why you won't give a refund. Something I paid for you have made and sold to other people.

Refund thanks.

 

please remove those images, you have no right to reproduce them, it's a copyright violation.

 

I own some aspects of those images so you have no right telling me to take them down. Take the sidebar, footer and background for example.

 

So far this is a lot of he said, she said. As for as I can see Crimsonc didn't give techblog full rights. Crimsonc with your BIN drop you should of mentioned that it doesn't come with full rights. If you have proof that techblog agreed to not accept full rights then post them. But if I were you I would just give a refund and move on.

 

I know what you mean about the he said she said, although you can see how he's clearly reproduced a theme I paid for.

 

He clearly indicates he knows it's not full rights, suggesting I resell it and change it as I please.... Is this enough?

Without FULL Rights, you have absolutely no say in how I use the theme or any of it's elements.