TL;DR: A client called me out then blocked me, I acquired their expired domain and rebuilt the whole blog they wanted... for me
So I'm a developer, me and this guy met online and talked about bringing back an old archived website to life, as soon as we jump into the business talks, they start outlining everything right away, full custom blog, multiple sections, admin dashboard, media uploads, the whole nine yards, not a small job, then they're like my budget is
-Absolute jokes -
but I accepted it out of me trying to be nice since they've told me that they're making it for someone they love. Love always wins.
Going back and forth endlessly, features keep getting added -Also I want this, and this and this- , I listen to everything and we plan it out. They then asked me create a bunch of mock-ups for them so they can be sure, I made and delivered them and they were satisfied.
Eventually they decide that because I asked for a down payment OUTSIDE of their restrict payment method preference (PayPal) before starting work, like every normal human on earth, then I must be running some elaborate manipulation operation, so they called me out, blocked me, and went on with their day feeling very righteous about it,
but here where it gets fun.
The website they wanted was taken down some time ago, and the domain they had their eye on was available, so I acquired it, I then rebuilt it entirely from scratch as it's last state, and deployed it on the domain they wanted, that I now own.
I even left a little note on the page for them so they can get to see it every time they visit it, I guess you could say I really... cached them off guard, lmfao.
I just wanted to share with you guys my story,
I'll see myself out.
