Perhaps you might have a friend of yours who lives near his place, try getting in touch with him before you think of doing some backdoor entry into the site. People go through loads of financial and personal problems , perhaps he isnt getting your emails ..perhaps he's no longer in the business.
do you think i should sign up at the site as a visitor and then make sure he is getting my emails? sounds like some sort of spy work lol
Why don't you just take a day off and pay the guy a visit just to take this off your chest Too much hassle around nothing I think, what you could win at least is a good lesson.
If you have the person's contact number you might try to call him/her. It happens sometimes the people don't check some of their email accounts. From the domains whois info, you can get the phone number(if fake not provided).
Good idea. I didnt think of that - Rather ironic, after everyone I meet who has a domain, I tend to look up their contact details registered with the NIC! (just as a matter of interest - or more usually to tell if they're telling the truth or not about where they live).
Thats why you should ask for half of the money before you start. After its finished you get the rest. - Prilep
For this type of small deal it's just part of the risk of doing business IMO. I mean, asking for an advance on 50 dollars is really petty. That means they have to go through the administrative hassle several times. Also: don't beat yourself up over this. You had good reason to trust him, as you did business before. I guess they aren't interested in hiring you again after you are back from studying, or they would not be treating you this way. Do call. That's certainly a good plan of action. If the site through which you know each other has a rating system like DP does, threaten to use that to give him less 'points'. If nothing else works - you have to let it go. This is not the type of amount to go legal on, IMO.
He finally got in contact with me, after I contacted the person who I mentioned is actually running the website for him. Ive been promised the money in my bank account by Wednesday! (Its is easter weekend, so cant expect sooner, lol!) Thanks all who've posted for their advice on the matter...it paid off (literally!)
Is he dead? He doesn't seem like the kind of guy that would just stiff you. Do you have another e-mail address? Maybe his whois e-mail. [I've got domainbyproxy but if someone sends an e-mail to that address I will receive it.]
I know its been resolved but no one answered your question. Him asking you to do the work, then you responding by saying yes and then completing the work does count as a valid contract. Youve got the offer, acceptance and consideration on both sides of the parties. Hes just in breach by not paying. But it looks like you have solved things now. You dont need a written contract to prove a contract existed. You do the work could count as proof, plus the conversations. If you wanted you could file a small claims court proceeding. Im about to go through with one in the UK in the next 7 days for around 700GBP unless the guy pays me.
How do you meen you have a backdoor into this application? Do you normally put backdoors in templates you create and install for people?
I also installed the site which the template runs on, lol (and wrote it) He paid me for that ages ago, but now wanted a new look for his site. Kalyse....thats quite interesting. How would you prove it: just by showing email conversations? PS: Im still waiting for payment to come through!