How Would You Handle This?

She even posted crap from my email where the signature clearly states:

Confidentiality Notice: This transmission and any writings sent with it constitute confidential information, which is intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error and delete it. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action concerning the contents of this communication or any attachment(s) by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited.

I'm going to make an example of her.
 


argh01 said:
If your client had approved her work, pay her, whether the contract / paperwork was signed or not. However, the client did not approve her work. The contract and paperwork is just there to make sure she understands what she's supposed to provide for you. She was stupid for forging ahead without knowing what you needed.

I'd offer to have her redo her work to the client's specs, and then pay her (probably not use her again since she's behaving so unprofessionally).
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If it wasn't for her egregious actions I would of. BUT: She started harassing me demanding my "paycheck". Saying that I owe her a paycheck. Take care of your employees.

If I never had you sign tax docs, never contacted you more than once or twice a week with work, and paid you per job how the hell are you an employee?
 
Soupyone said:
Website Copywriting Contracting Issue.

You notify a freelancer that you use often that you're going to be sending them the docs to sign and links to reference for a copywriting job and you give them a good five minute description of what the job going to be is.

You say that the project will be due in about 15 days.

They say "okay, I won't be available until next week though"

You say "fine".

Three days later you contact them saying "hey, I have the contract and links ready for you to review".

They say "I'm already done with the work!".

You say... "Umm... Okay? If the client approves it I'll pay you for it."

They say... "great"

Three weeks later the client never approved the work.

Now, you're stuck with a freelancer bitching to get paid over a writing job they did without signing any agreement or using any directions outlined (no agreement in writing AT ALL, not even email).

The freelancer is blowing up your phone calling you nearly every five seconds demanding "my paycheck". Since they have bills to pay and apparently haven't done any work (in 30 days) at all minus that one day of freelance writing... (which I don't think is my issue)

How would you handle that situation?

Personally, I looked over the work and decided that since the client hasn't been available to approve the work (they're out of town) I'm not going to use it and told the freelancer NO THANK YOU via long cordial email.

I haven't received a reply yet, but I'm curious... How would you handle that situation?

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If you can afford it and like their work pay it. If you really can't afford it and like the work say "lets do this --- blah, blah, blah" and offer to split the cost. Choice C is tell them to fuck off.

Dare Devil said:
Yeah, it's definitely time to move on.

In other, self-serving news, I'm personally offering copywriting services for the content service website I'm launching so if you need someone, feel free to shoot me a PM or just post in my thread.

/shameless self promotion
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Dare Devil good luck on your new venture dude -- I think you've got talent judging by some of your posts.
 
I chose, sorry we cannot use this: good luck.

She responded by posting on facebook to all my old highschool classmates that I'm the worst thing since sliced bread. Since they don't know my side, they agreed.

I had two cease and desists emailed out + one phone call asking for her mailing address to send one there...

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Done.

Too bad she burned her bridges (by misrepresenting our agreement to the general public at large on facebook)... and the boats (by writing me some long bs about owing her a pay check when she's a freelancer).

Now she has to swim to shore.
 
Soupyone said:
I chose, sorry we cannot use this: good luck.

She responded by posting on facebook to all my old highschool classmates that I'm the worst thing since sliced bread. Since they don't know my side, they agreed.

I had two cease and desists emailed out + one phone call asking for her mailing address to send one there...

Comments removed.

Done.

Too bad she burned her bridges (by misrepresenting our agreement to the general public at large on facebook)... and the boats (by writing me some long bs about owing her a pay check when she's a freelancer).

Now she has to swim to shore.
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Holy fuck, imagine if you just dropped teh $300 to pay the psycho and never used her again, none of that would have happened...
 
Probably a better way to avoid all this shit, when she sent you her work, you should have sent her the materials she needed, then called her to explain that she needs to rewrite it before it became a huge cluster fuck. This way she would understand why her work is unusable, rather than making her think you just wasted her time.

Don't send shitty emails, call people, particularly when you have to explain to them why they are retarded.
 
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yeah either way you lost in this situation. I think you probably should of paid her anyway. Look at it from her side. She did the work and you in a sense accepted the work and passed it on to your contact.

And now since your contact never responded to the content its on you now, because your the middle man here. Either way she did the work and you passed it on. Pay her the money and then go after your contact.

From her point of view it looks like she did work and now nobodies paying her because you say that your contact hasn't approved it yet. After 3 weeks.

Just pay up before she turns this into a bigger shit storm than it needs to be. Shes obviously attacking your personal life and thats something you don't need. Especially over 350$.
 
mGrunin said:
If she is spreading shit about you, then don't give in and pay her. You'll set a bad example, and she'll feel as though she can always go this route with our clients and "extort" the money from them. Exact reason why the US gov. "technically" never negotiates with terrorists.

Instead, post her information here and well, an eye for an eye :).

For the other posters here, not sure why the OP should be held responsible for ANY of the work done by the freelancer. It was not even agreed that the freelancer was going to do the work, and that alone is enough to not pay for the work.
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lol +rep.

It's her fault. Like others have said, she never received the green light to begin working. She likely has bills and thought that she could get away with doing the work ASAP despite not having the green light so that she could get paid faster.

I really don't think you were obligated to pay her, as she didn't complete the work per your instructions.

However, knowing where these things typically go, I probably would have paid her just to get her the fuck out of my life.

With that being said, once she went the defamation route, I would have shit a storm on her face.

Good luck bro.
 
Jeeeez dude... what are you 2 years old? You've wasted a shitload of time just writing here about it.

Pay the bitch and get over it you whiny little bastard.
 
Most of the threats these people make are complete interwebs bullshit, I recently had some guy from Romania tell me to expect a letter from his "team of lawyers" and that he turned over 6 figures in the last annum... funnily enough I never received anything.
 
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stmadeveloper said:
Wait - the freelance did the work with out a greenlight.... with out all the details... and when they said they weren't available.

They did the work WITH OUT the links of the reference material.......... so they were just shooting in the dark.

Would you pay someone for not following your directions and giving you something that you didn't need?

Kinda like asking for a website to be designed, and telling the designer - Hey I've got my examples for you like we discussed - and they say "I'm done - I just figured THIS is what you would want.

If the OP is being straight it sounds like he's just working with a nutter.
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^^ This

You have nothing to apologize for. Tell anyone who calls you a scammer you never ever pay for work without greenlight.

Forget about using this freelancer and pick next one with better communication skills.

mGrunin said:
If she is spreading shit about you, then don't give in and pay her. You'll set a bad example, and she'll feel as though she can always go this route with our clients and "extort" the money from them. Exact reason why the US gov. "technically" never negotiates with terrorists.
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^^ This
 
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