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There are two kinds of clients; one who pay you what you deserve, and one who would not pay you anything and get their project done from you.
The world of business is full of every kind of people; honest ones; professional, greedy and cunning. You have to be very careful while choosing a client especially when you are working as an independent contractor. Well, we all learn with time and from our experiences. If you are a freelancer, you will meet fraudulent clients as well as professional clients. You should know how to deal with fraudulent ones. Today, we have the story of an IT freelancer who spent 5 months on the project of a client whose image was not good in the business market. The client only paid him 5% of the total amount that was decided and tried to outplay the freelancer but here comes the twist of the story. OP used a hidden function in the system in case the client tries to lock him out of the system. The client did exactly what OP was expecting. Scroll down to get into the complete story.
1. There are pros and cons to being a freelancer. You can either get good clients and make good money or you will end up with nothing if you get fraudulent clients.
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2. OP is an independent contractor in the field of IT for over 20 years.
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3. OP heard a lot of warnings about a guy.
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4. OP went into partnership with this guy even though he knew how conniving he was.
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5. OP and the client made a deal, signed the papers and started working on the project.
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6. The client demanded to see the website front.
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7. He damned OP that he should put everything on hold and do the frontend first.
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8. OP agreed on the client’s demand.
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9. The contract included:
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10. OP showed him the frontend within two days.
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11. The client was not impressed and made a list of demands.
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12. OP designed a new layout according to his demands but he was not satisfied again.
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13. The client now wanted to see the backend of the website.
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14. The client gave OP a rude answer.
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15. OP took help from a friend to complete the backend in 12 days.
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16. The client only paid about 5% of the total price till now.
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17. OP decided to add a special function to be safe.
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18. OP completed the frontend and 85% of the backend.
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19. OP showed his client the website in a browser.
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20. OP told his client that he only had 512 Kbit/sec upstream from the server so the website might lag a little bit.
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21. OP saw that the client was happy with both the frontend and the backend.
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22. OP detected that his client is trying to hide his smile.
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23. The client wanted OP to put the code on his prod server.
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24. The client paid OP 50% of the amount.
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25. OP transferred the system to the client’s prod server so he can check it.
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26. OP knew that the client is trying to find another freelancer who could complete the rest of the project.
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27. The email that the client sent OP was fake.
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28. Here starts the pro revenge no 1:
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29. The client tried to lock OP out.
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30. OP forwarded the email to the authorities.
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31. Time for Pro Revenge 3:
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32. OP was only paid 5% for working over 5 months on this project.
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33. OP lives in Europe.
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34. Europe has a government agency that keeps a track of all the companies that register.
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35. In Europe, if you have broken the law in some regard, you will be blacklisted at that establishment.
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Are you a freelancer? Have you ever been outplayed by any of your clients or did the client refuse to pay you after getting the project completed? Comment down to share your story. Don’t forget to let us know if you enjoyed this week’s pro revenge story or not.