Don't help other people (update 2).
This is a sad story and it isn't the first time that happens... I am not angry but instead I am sad and disappointed.
Some weeks ago I needed an artwork from an icon designer so I accepted a quotation from an European Icon Artist.
He said me that he needed some time because he needed to finish a big personal project (an icon tutorial web site).
After some weeks he said me that everything was finished but he had a lot of troubles with the final step, the payment processing. I am a developer so it was natural for me to offer my help (for free) and in a couple of days he had a fully working PayPal processing payment system and he started collecting money immediately.
I like the idea to exchange skills with other people, I am a developer so I can help you with some code, you are an artist so probably you can help me with some artworks.
Well ... what's the moral of the story?... he simply disappeared.
He doesn't reply anymore to my emails and he doesn't reply anymore to my chat messages.
That's all.
He is still working because he is regularly posting messages on his blog and I can see him online in iChat every day.
I had full access to his server (no more I think after this post) and I was tempted to just delete all the code I wrote for him... but I can't, there is something inside me that prevents me to do bad actions even if they are fully justified.
So that's all the bad action I can do, just a post on my blog.
You know who you are and you know that relationships with people need more correctness.
Update: After thought a bit more about this very annoying situation I decided to completely remove my code from his web site. That's the end of the story.
Update 2: The name of the icon artist is Sebastiaan de With and the website is http://www.iconresource.net/
Some weeks ago I needed an artwork from an icon designer so I accepted a quotation from an European Icon Artist.
He said me that he needed some time because he needed to finish a big personal project (an icon tutorial web site).
After some weeks he said me that everything was finished but he had a lot of troubles with the final step, the payment processing. I am a developer so it was natural for me to offer my help (for free) and in a couple of days he had a fully working PayPal processing payment system and he started collecting money immediately.
I like the idea to exchange skills with other people, I am a developer so I can help you with some code, you are an artist so probably you can help me with some artworks.
Well ... what's the moral of the story?... he simply disappeared.
He doesn't reply anymore to my emails and he doesn't reply anymore to my chat messages.
That's all.
He is still working because he is regularly posting messages on his blog and I can see him online in iChat every day.
I had full access to his server (no more I think after this post) and I was tempted to just delete all the code I wrote for him... but I can't, there is something inside me that prevents me to do bad actions even if they are fully justified.
So that's all the bad action I can do, just a post on my blog.
You know who you are and you know that relationships with people need more correctness.
Update: After thought a bit more about this very annoying situation I decided to completely remove my code from his web site. That's the end of the story.
Update 2: The name of the icon artist is Sebastiaan de With and the website is http://www.iconresource.net/
posted by Marco Bambini at
5:13 PM
4 Comments:
Good for you, man. He should really be ashamed of himself. If I were you I would have done a little more (or less). I would have obfuscated the code and had all future payments sent to some lucky guy in Pakistan. lol.
Seriously, if he's ripping you off, he's doing it to everyone else and should be stopped cold.
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Anonymous, at 5:41 PM
That's justice. You did good!
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Anonymous, at 6:58 PM
Sorry to hear this. Hope you will still help people even after this.
By
Trausti, at 4:38 PM
Yes Trausti I will obviously continue to offer me help, it simply my nature... I posted the story in my blog because I really felt the need to share this sad story.
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Marco Bambini, at 4:51 PM
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