I am a scammer.

I had a client that did not receive his article. he is now convinced that I am a scammer and a terrible person etc. et. My paypal acconut is limtied access so I can't give him a refund. So: NO ONE ORDER ARTICLES FROM ME. I am a scammer. Thank you!

Ah dude, don't let one bad seed ruin what you enjoy doing and did you try talking to paypal (yeah I know how they are, but just had to ask) so you could clear up the refund? Send him a money order if you can and that will change his opinion of you ... well maybe. But honestly don't let him get to you.

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AmandaT

13 years ago

I've had this happen... maybe they didn't get it. Sometimes emails fail. Send it again, offer some free work to make up for it. When providing services it really is important to try and keep your customers happy.

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Kyle Stankiewicz

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ArticlePrince

I had a client that did not receive his article. he is now convinced that I am a scammer and a terrible person etc. et. My paypal acconut is limtied access so I can't give him a refund. So: NO ONE ORDER ARTICLES FROM ME. I am a scammer. Thank you!

Work it out with him, did you write his article?

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Isaiah Jackson 13 years ago

Yeah don't let him bring you down, did you contact him via email and tell him why you haven't been able to give him the article or even better you can send the article to him via email. He should change his opinion about you real quick.
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Clara H

13 years ago

Run ins with customers do happen, I go above and beyond for my customers and I've still had one or two accuse me of being a scammer, etc etc. It happens. Please don't let this experience stop you from writing! A customer accusing you of something doesn't make it so.

My advice is to contact the customer and try and make it right. Show them that you can see things from their point of view and that it must be frustrating for them that they paid for an article and haven't received it. Give them the article as quickly as you can, either by writing it, or if you can't, pay someone to write it for you. If it was me *personally*, I would even throw in a second article free for the trouble.

I've treated complaining customers this way and they end up being the ones praising and raving about me the loudest! So you can turn this around.

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Cali16 13 years ago

Maybe I'm missing something here, but why not just resend the article and apologize for it not getting to him the first time. Offer to write an extra one for free. Not sure if your post here is just to be sarcastic, but if you're being serious, you're clearly overreacting. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
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mytoy78

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Clara H

Run ins with customers do happen, I go above and beyond for my customers and I've still had one or two accuse me of being a scammer, etc etc. It happens. Please don't let this experience stop you from writing! A customer accusing you of something doesn't make it so.

My advice is to contact the customer and try and make it right. Show them that you can see things from their point of view and that it must be frustrating for them that they paid for an article and haven't received it. Give them the article as quickly as you can, either by writing it, or if you can't, pay someone to write it for you. If it was me *personally*, I would even throw in a second article free for the trouble.

I've treated complaining customers this way and they end up being the ones praising and raving about me the loudest! So you can turn this around.

I couldn't agree more with you. It is always the customers that come across as being pedantic, that will the reward you with great reviews or quality feedback on completion of a good job.

I do however, find being called a scammer irritating and offensive...but it is often a word banded around by newbies, who have got scared because they have been told that everyone on the net is out to rip them off.

I suppose that if you look at that word being just an expression of their innate fear of being 'conned', the word loses its emotional charge.

I agree with the above posts...don't dig your heels in...do all that you can to make your customer happy...if that's on the form of a free article,or re-writes of existing articles...do it.

Don't see it as kissing arse, but see it as a way of helping the client to place trust in you...which will hopefully allow them to be more confident when ordering from people in the future

Good luck matey

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JennSpencerIM

13 years ago

In the subject of this post you are positioning yourself in a negative light. Don't let anyone do that to you. And remember if you want to see yourself positively you need to talk to yourself positively!!

And ps - I get called that at least once a day. I'm over it. Crazy people can't get me down. I know what I am.

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neodarth

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ArticlePrince

I had a client that did not receive his article. he is now convinced that I am a scammer and a terrible person etc. et. My paypal acconut is limtied access so I can't give him a refund. So: NO ONE ORDER ARTICLES FROM ME. I am a scammer. Thank you!

whoa Sean! nice rant.

if you are a scammer then I'm a scammer too!

is valid point to not argue with your client, "if you say that I'm a scammer then whatever you say..." because I know I'm not and my other clients knows that I'm not a scammer.

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Fazal Mayar

13 years ago

Hah dude dont say that, you have to be honest to yourself. Are you really a scammer? No you dont seem to be it according to what you state.

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sbucciarel

Banned 13 years ago

For every problem there is usually a better solution than giving up. Get that article to the customer or send him a check as a refund and get another payment solution together. Seems a lot simpler than throwing in the towel.

I've had customers that are real jackasses and I've refunded customers who did get the product so that I no longer had to respond to their emails or talk to them or provide support. Life is too short for jackasses.

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jgchess

13 years ago

I think something is missing here also. Unless the customer is a complete nut there must have been some communication more than once. It seems there was at least one communication where he called you a scammer. I am sure you sent him his article and if he didn't recieve it you would have sent it again. I am sure if you sent your communications to paypal and you acted properly with the person they will put your account back to the way it was.
Also don't let one nut of a person get you down. Good luck.

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kpaulmedia

13 years ago

Well, I was about to place a $4,000 order ... If you're a scammer, though, I'll keep looking.

Venting in public, huh?

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Laurie Rogers 13 years ago

What's the matter with venting in public? He's not naming names, he's not slinging anyone through the mud, not resorting to childish antics, he's just venting, sometimes you gotta vent man!

Originally Posted by kpaulmedia

Well, I was about to place a $4,000 order ... If you're a scammer, though, I'll keep looking.

Venting in public, huh?
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cripperz

13 years ago

Relax OP, take a deep breathe, take a break. If you really cant reason to him out then let him be. We cant please all the customers. Fail to entertain one doesnt mark you as a scammer if overall you have a good base of customers that likes you.

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sscot

13 years ago

You're article writer and I'm indirect taker.

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yukon

Banned 13 years ago

Are we supposed to assume you wrote the article?

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Caspir

13 years ago

You should try your best till the last time to contact him if you were not a scammer.

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Joe Mobley

13 years ago

That has not been my experience.

I contacted you to write some articles for me. I paid you. You delivered the articles when you said you would. I was happy with the articles. What more could you ask for?

If you are a scammer, then you must have started that after you and I did business together.

But hey, I'm just saying...

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I had a client that did not receive his article. he is now convinced that I am a scammer and a terrible person etc. et. My paypal acconut is limtied access so I can't give him a refund. So: NO ONE ORDER ARTICLES FROM ME. I am a scammer. Thank you!

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Kurt

13 years ago

If he/she paid you and you didn't deliver or refund, why are you NOT a scammer in the eyes of the person that paid you?

A Paypal refund isn't the only way to pay someone back.

Sorry, but I don't understand your point. You got the customer's money and the customer got nothing and you're offended because he/she called you names? I tell you what, if it will make you feel better, send me some money and I won't do anything, then you can call me all the names you want. Deal?

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sbucciarel

Banned 13 years ago

I really don't understand this thread. Op starts rant thread and then disappears and doesn't even respond to questions about well ... did the buyer get the article(s) or not? If not, did the buyer(s) get a refund? It's either one or the other.

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seasoned

13 years ago

Normally I would offer it, but Kurt already did, so I guess I will leave it at that.

Did you go in KNOWING your paypal was limited access? It is NOT a good idea to accept payment in a given way unless you can pay in that same manner. It is kind of a law in the US, and probably other places also.

If you are paid, via paypal, for instance, and refund via a check, paypal has no real proof that you paid back, and may refund the customer if they dispute it, etc....

If you simply credit their account on paypal, paypal will say "WHAT charge are you disputing? You have ALREADY been credited on THIS one.

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Steven Wagenheim

13 years ago

WTF? Hey dude...if the customer paid and didn't get his article and you didn't
offer a refund you ARE a scammer.

Some people shouldn't be allowed to breed.

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Laurie Rogers

13 years ago

Dude that's really harsh man and "breeding" is totally irrelevant to this discussion and that statement was pretty immature on your part.

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

WTF? Hey dude...if the customer paid and didn't get his article and you didn't
offer a refund you ARE a scammer.

Some people shouldn't be allowed to breed.

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Steven Wagenheim

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Laurie Rogers

Dude that's really harsh man and "breeding" is totally irrelevant to this discussion and that statement was pretty immature on your part.

Some people need to be spoken to harshly. Think about the absurdity of
this whole thread.

Customer pays for article.
Writer doesn't deliver and doesn't refund.
Customer calls writer a scammer.

Duh!

Sorry, but this is as absurd as it gets and the OP is lucky I didn't really
tell him what I think.

Sheesh.

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Jonathan 2.0 Banned 13 years ago

I wouldn't say you're a "scammer" necessarily. It depends on what you do now: Refund his money or deliver the article. (Or, come to some arrangement with your client.)
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Laurie Rogers

13 years ago

Oh so just because YOU feel that they need to be talken to harshly, that gives you the right to talk about "breeding?" Why don't you think about the absurdity of your comments.

Another class act not to do business with.

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Some people need to be spoken to harshly. Think about the absurdity of
this whole thread.

Customer pays for article.
Writer doesn't deliver and doesn't refund.
Customer calls writer a scammer.

Duh!

Sorry, but this is as absurd as it gets and the OP is lucky I didn't really
tell him what I think.

Sheesh.

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Jonathan 2.0 Banned 13 years ago

I think Steven W. was just speaking his mind Laurie. No need to write people off without getting to know them personally.
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  Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0
  
  I think Steven W. was just speaking his mind Laurie. No need to write people off without getting to know them personally.
  
  Thanks Jonathan, but it's no skin off my nose.
  
  And yes, I speak my mind and nobody is going to stop me from doing that.
  If they don't like me or what I say, too bad.
  
  Life is too short to walk on egg shells around people.
  
  Every once in a while when I read somebody the riot act, it makes a difference
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  I'll take that any day of the week...even if it means half the world doesn't
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Steven Wagenheim 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Laurie Rogers

Another class act not to do business with.

How will I ever survive? :rolleyes:
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  Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim
  
  How will I ever survive?
  
  (Haha) I'd lend you a couple of bucks Steven W. You can live with me in my parent's basement if you like.
  
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moonnew

13 years ago

If a scammer modified the background, changed parts of a photo, or superimposed an image on the photo, the edits would be easier to pick up.

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Charlotte Jay

13 years ago

So just send the article again. Walla. Problem solved.

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Ofthemix

13 years ago

Wow, it's hard for me to believe that this thread is even real. Looks more like someone high jacked your account. O_o

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gbarrows31

13 years ago

For real , this is on bad seed. If you do business long enough you will be had, scammed, picked on, talked about, belittled , watched, admired, loved, hated, and even banned !

Its all part of the Game just don't "Do Wrong" Let "Wrong" be done to you and all will be good.

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JDArchitecture

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ArticlePrince

My paypal acconut is limtied access so I can't give him a refund.

Is this true? Makes no sense. Have you even tried? Did you call paypal?

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mattlaclear

13 years ago

I once spammed a nun in 1998 who replied back stating she was praying I would die in a car crash. So don't feel bad.

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Laurie Rogers 13 years ago

No, there's a method of being firm and getting your point across without taking shots like that and yeah making snippity remarks such as those, show volumes about personal character. The ability to breed has nothing to do with business. But hey if it makes you feel good about yourself, by all means.
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sbucciarel Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by mattlaclear

I once spammed a nun in 1998 who replied back stating she was praying I would die in a car crash. So don't feel bad.

lol ... oh nos ...not a nun. And she was praying you would die in a car crash.? Very bad nun.
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HeySal

13 years ago

Originally Posted by mattlaclear

I once spammed a nun in 1998 who replied back stating she was praying I would die in a car crash. So don't feel bad.

Seriously? LMAO - Now that's funny. I don't care who ya are. That lady had some serious convictions about the strength of her social connections - with a chip on her shoulder to match.

BTW -- what happened to the OP? Did someone ask a question that was uncomfortable to answer or did he just get lost when this was dumped in the OT?

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sylviad

13 years ago

Originally Posted by mattlaclear

I once spammed a nun in 1998 who replied back stating she was praying I would die in a car crash. So don't feel bad.

Originally Posted by HeySal

Seriously? LMAO - Now that's funny. I don't care who ya are. That lady had some serious convictions about the strength of her social connections - with a chip on her shoulder to match...

Hey! Watch it!
You'll get this important thread deleted. We aren't allowed to talk about religion here.
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sylviad

13 years ago

Someone called me a scammer once - when he didn't get the right download link in the email. People have absolutely no patience or tolerance sometimes.

Talk nice. Show them that you are professional and courteous, despite their accusations.

Maybe the guy never received the article, if you sent it. Maybe he lost it. Send it again, with a note of apology that he did not receive it.

What I don't understand is, what do you mean you can't refund him because your PayPal account has limited access? Surely a refund could be squeezed out of it somehow.

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Roaddog

13 years ago

Feel better?

I'm glad that you cleansed your soul.

Now go forth and sin no more.