Hi people! im here to warn you about a designer called Joseph Berthelot (also known as TaeKwonJoe). He has scammed a lot of people (me included) in forums like WebHostingtalk, etc. There are a lot of people scammed by him. He offers you to hire him for a very little price, but when you pay him the 50% of the project's fee, he never answers you again. Stay AWAY from him! Btw, more information and proofs of this, can be found here: www . webhostingtalk. com/showthread.php?t=999102 Thanks.
I dealt with the guy some days ago bought from him a $15 design, never actually used elements of the design.... he's not THAT great of a designer. I would really suggest, if you want a good designer, hire some of the $500 - $1000 mark trust worthy designers out there, for example http://www.markoprljic.com/
No wonder, people after cheap stuffs/service might get ended with a bad experience; quality stuffs and service comes with a quality price.
Yep, i purchased design services sent 50% downpayment and never heard from him again. He is a scammer.
It's such a shame, as people who scam people are just ruining a perfectly good site where honest and talented website designers can assist honest buyers. Makes you wonder why more sites don't have an Escrow payment system in place to prevent scams like this taking place.
100% agree ==> Escrow services are useful in these situations to help protect the freelancer and the buyer..... True, not all situations can be resolved by using escrow, but many of the pay and run fly-by-nighters can be weeded out by suggesting that they use escrow... Cheers!~