[consulting] Failed Outsourcing Job

[Jim Tarvid]

Might be a job for an arbitrator/mediator. Lots of wisdom in this
thread. Probably grounds for a decent article/book chapter


On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Andrew F <andrewfriedman101 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wish I could "like" some of these responses as in a facebook like.
>
> If the tables were reversed what would you expect?  You would expect to get
> paid for your time.
> Pay the man for his work.  If he did 80% pay him 400 dollars (80% of the
> 500) and finish the project up yourself.
>
> The real issue here is communications.   As the project manager how is it
> that you failed to communicate effectively with your contractor.  Your job
> is to recognize problems before they get big.  If someone is asking for
> reviews and not understanding, Then its time to fire up skype and clarify
> things.
>
> Bottom line, a few hundred bucks is not going to make or brake anyone.
> Care a little more, do the right thing and it will come back to you.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Doug Johnson <doug at asknice.com> wrote:
>>
>> Just to step away from the ethical part of this...unless you have a work
>> for hire agreement (and the for hire part would include paying) the copy
>> right for that work is, at least in the US, assumed to live with the
>> creator.
>> In the beginning it did sound like there might have been an agreement, but
>> not a contract. If you have nothing that says that you have the right to use
>> his work, you actually don't have the right to use that work. Interestingly,
>> even if you paid him in full, if you didn't have something in writing that
>> gave you the rights to use it, you still wouldn't be able to use it.
>> So, for better or worse, you are on the short end of this stick UNLESS you
>> have a written agreement that states that you get the rights you need on
>> "such and such" a date, regardless of the payment. I'm guessing you don't
>> have that.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:47 PM, James Porter <jameslporter at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sounds like spec / expectations were not clear.
>>>
>>> On Feb 28, 2013 12:37 PM, "Marty Rynearson" <marty at rynearson.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> +1 on what Jeff said. If I ever made a 100% payment upon completion
>>>> contract ( which I would never do) I would make it on my own server. Upon
>>>> approval and payment the theme would then be transferred.
>>>>
>>>>
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