[NTLUG:Discuss] Business Issues - a question

[Greg Edwards]

brian at pongonova.net wrote:
> Stephen--
> 
> I've had the exact same thing happen to me:  Got stiffed on a contract
> from a contact made here on this list.  Some time later (maybe a year
> or more), the same individual posted again, looking for a consultant.
> I felt it was only fair to post a factual response to let other NTLUG
> folks know to use caution with this individual.
> 
> There was no slander or libel involved, since I simply posted factual
> information (and had already filed small claims paperwork, which is
> public record).
> 
> Whether you owe it to the community to let them know about predators
> in our midst is a decision only you can make.  With proper safeguards
> and good legal advice, there are ways to let it be known that a
> company has been less than on the level in the past.
> 
>   --Brian
> 

I had the same thing happen as well.  A member of this list had advertised 
the need for some work to be done for one of their clients.  After working 
for their client for a several weeks, there was an invoice that was not 
paid in full.  Eventually I had to write it off as a bad debt.

Without a doubt, if they post a job again, I will send a warning to the 
jobs board, and the moderator.

Ethical behavior is to be encouraged, not the other way around.

-- 
Greg Edwards