I'm done playing games with this fuckwad, I gave him ample time to make things right. It's time to:
OPEN A BIG ASS CAN OF WOOP ASS!!!
I must admit I did like what he had to show in the terms of work he's done before. He had a few good reviews, and even though he had shit for posts I gave Ryan a chance. Hell I even pre-paid him. $35, but still.
The job was a logo design for a new 'news' style site I was working on. I gave him the url of where he could find the template I was using and said I wanted a logo that would fit well in the theme. We chatted a little and he told me the turn around time would be within 48 hours (this took place on Thursday 2/18/10) so Saturday 2/20/10 we agreed it would delivered.
Saturday rolls around, no word from him, no logo. I PM him and ask him where it's at, he tells me he's having a "rite shitty weekend", but that he'll have it over to me ASAP.
OK no worries, happens to the best of us. Sunday comes and I wait until the afternoon my time (which is evening over there) and still nothing. I hit him up on AIM saying I still didn't have it, he says he sent it, so he's either lying or doesn't know how email works. It finally hits my inbox at 6:30 AM Monday morning.
The logo is very generic to say the least (nothing like in his samples), but on top of it, it's designed for the site that sells the theme and not for the theme itself! I'm like WTF?! I shoot him an email back, explaining the situation. A whole day goes by, still nothing, no response. Are you starting to see a problem here?
At this point I've lost patience, I fired up Illustrator and did my own logo at least to serve as a placeholder for the time being. I hit him up on AIM, we talk about it, tell him that's not what I'm looking for. I still wanted to give him a chance and not ask for my money back, he does after all offer unlimited revisions (or so he says).
Four more days go by, it's now Saturday 2/27/10, no logo, no communication. I shoot him a PM saying I still have nothing, which is all fine and good as long as he refunds me my money. I tell him I no longer want the logo and would prefer my money back. In his reply he tells me he already designed a logo for me (referring to the one he already sent me), that he's fitting it to the new theme and tells me to give him a day or two.
I make one last PM to let him save face and do the right thing. I warned him it would the last time I asked nicely. You guessed it: no logo, no response, nothing.
Ryan I know you where on AIM today and I know you where active on WF. Is not refunding me my money worth losing out on all the business you're going to lose out on? I'd hardly think so.
I can't believe I'm the only one that has had an issue with this guy. Do not do business with him, or at very least, do not pay him up front. I'm really not sure how someone can say he did a bunch of images for him in under 10 hours and I can't get a logo from this guy in 10 days.
In conclusion,
eat a dick.