rtr2006
Active member
A few months ago I posted in the Custom Service/Development requests section of this website (link). Essentially I was looking someone to build some custom mods for me. I have an Alabama Football website and I wanted to add a recruiting section.
After speaking with a few people - even some by phone - @Goodfella reached out to me via private message. We spoke on the phone and he really seemed to grasp what I was looking to do. He said with the help of @Bob's mods he could do this for me. Basically we would utilize 3 of Bob's mods and he would customize one of them to be a fully working recruiting database.
I agreed w/ him on pricing, which was $1,500 up front and $500 upon completition with a 30 day time frame.
The initial work was slow, with him doing most of the work on a test site somewhere. About 2 weeks after I paid the money, things started to happen on the website. Progress was being made. About a week later it stopped completely. I reached out to Sal and he said his wife was in the hospital and he thought once she got out we needed spend about 4 hours together on the phone so he could show me what we needed to finish up. I agreed, told him I was sorry his wife was sick and that I was looking forward to spending time with him showing me what he had done and what we needed to do to complete the website.
A week goes by and I message him that I never heard back. A few days later I get a private message that his wife decided to take him on a trip to Egypt and he has no computer charger. That was the last I ever heard from him.
Now I know he's been active on other sites, and other users have confirmed this for me. But I am out $1,500 and left with a website that doesn't do what I need it to do.
This isn't a bashing thread. This isn't intended to throw shade at someone. This is just the honest truth and I don't want someone to make the same mistakes that I made. I vetted Goodfella out with 2 different people who said they would trust him. And I'm not even mad at those two people - as this is the internet and things happens. I'm just sad I lost the money and still don't have what I need with no additional capital to throw back at it. It's been more than 2 months now, and even after politely emailing, calling, private messaging and texting. I've never heard back from him.
I've been in contact with my lawyer and at this point, we're proceeding in filing charges to recoup my money. I'm obtaining all of my phone, text, email and private messaging records for him. It will cost me more money to have this litigated than what I gave him, no doubt, but at this point it's about principle.
Anyways, hope everyone has a great day and weekend.
After speaking with a few people - even some by phone - @Goodfella reached out to me via private message. We spoke on the phone and he really seemed to grasp what I was looking to do. He said with the help of @Bob's mods he could do this for me. Basically we would utilize 3 of Bob's mods and he would customize one of them to be a fully working recruiting database.
I agreed w/ him on pricing, which was $1,500 up front and $500 upon completition with a 30 day time frame.
The initial work was slow, with him doing most of the work on a test site somewhere. About 2 weeks after I paid the money, things started to happen on the website. Progress was being made. About a week later it stopped completely. I reached out to Sal and he said his wife was in the hospital and he thought once she got out we needed spend about 4 hours together on the phone so he could show me what we needed to finish up. I agreed, told him I was sorry his wife was sick and that I was looking forward to spending time with him showing me what he had done and what we needed to do to complete the website.
A week goes by and I message him that I never heard back. A few days later I get a private message that his wife decided to take him on a trip to Egypt and he has no computer charger. That was the last I ever heard from him.
Now I know he's been active on other sites, and other users have confirmed this for me. But I am out $1,500 and left with a website that doesn't do what I need it to do.
This isn't a bashing thread. This isn't intended to throw shade at someone. This is just the honest truth and I don't want someone to make the same mistakes that I made. I vetted Goodfella out with 2 different people who said they would trust him. And I'm not even mad at those two people - as this is the internet and things happens. I'm just sad I lost the money and still don't have what I need with no additional capital to throw back at it. It's been more than 2 months now, and even after politely emailing, calling, private messaging and texting. I've never heard back from him.
I've been in contact with my lawyer and at this point, we're proceeding in filing charges to recoup my money. I'm obtaining all of my phone, text, email and private messaging records for him. It will cost me more money to have this litigated than what I gave him, no doubt, but at this point it's about principle.
Anyways, hope everyone has a great day and weekend.
