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benliong

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Originally posted by: slycat
shoot...let me put it this way...my initial bond is $19k.
i am maybe able to get back 80% if i'm lucky. so what amt payment are you suggesting?
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So when the project begins, his salary was not really factored into the cost / expense of this proposition? Your $19k invest ment does not cover his salary?

I don't know about anyone else, but this sounds really shady to me.

And I would think that if you've lost a client, all you need to do is find another one that's interested and eligible, and maybe lower the price tag to cut the loses. Can't that be done?
 
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everman

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I'd rather be told sooner than later, letting him continue to waste time on it while you know it's a waste is bad.
Are you sure you can't find another buyer for whatever he's doing?
 
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Sketcher

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Originally posted by: slycat
i'm so fvcked..i know. i'm at work now too pretty far away from him if not i would have gone to tell him.
if so much harder coz ever since this started we have been hanging around so much he's like calling me or regarding me as one of his 'own', like a family buddy. its so screwed. It was an honest mistake, he didn't ask, and i didn't volunteer the 'extra' info. So it seems that extra is gonna kill this deal. I so wanted him to get the money and all i wanted was the project done. Now, i get to play assholle.
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"Honest mistake"? Nothing honest about lying to your friend. If he was your friend, you give him the information and let HIM decide to take the risk or not. You took the option out of his hand so you when you say that you now get to "play asshole"; it's really not all that much of a stretch. You really are the asshole.

For his sake, tell him right away when you see him. Let him decided whether to spit roast your innards over a conciliatory dinner or not. Not telling your 'friend' right away in person is just more indication that you're the type of friend that a person can do without.
 
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Tal

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Originally posted by: Sketcher
Originally posted by: slycat
i'm so fvcked..i know. i'm at work now too pretty far away from him if not i would have gone to tell him.
if so much harder coz ever since this started we have been hanging around so much he's like calling me or regarding me as one of his 'own', like a family buddy. its so screwed. It was an honest mistake, he didn't ask, and i didn't volunteer the 'extra' info. So it seems that extra is gonna kill this deal. I so wanted him to get the money and all i wanted was the project done. Now, i get to play assholle.
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"Honest mistake"? Nothing honest about lying to your friend. If he was your friend, you give him the information and let HIM decide to take the risk or not. You took the option out of his hand so you when you say that you now get to "play asshole"; it's really not all that much of a stretch. You really are the asshole.

For his sake, tell him right away when you see him. Let him decided whether to spit roast your innards over a conciliatory dinner or not. Not telling your 'friend' right away in person is just more indication that you're the type of friend that a person can do without.
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Nah. I don't know that it's that cut and dried. If Sly knew for awhile that this wasn't going to happen, then it's a different story. I would want to know right away, and I am sure his friend would too. But if this just came out, then I guess there isn't much you can do. Try to get him a nice AMD 64 3200 combo from AMD. :) That always makes people feel better.
 
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benliong

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Originally posted by: Sketcher

"Honest mistake"? Nothing honest about lying to your friend. If he was your friend, you give him the information and let HIM decide to take the risk or not. You took the option out of his hand so you when you say that you now get to "play asshole"; it's really not all that much of a stretch. You really are the asshole.
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I agree. If everything's up front and all cards on the table at the beginning, you wouldn't have to feel that you're screwing him. I imagine there must be something crucial about the project that he didn't know about when he should.
 
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benliong

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Originally posted by: Tal
Try to get him a nice AMD 64 3200 combo from AMD. :) That always makes people feel better.
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Not if he's seriously expecting the 30K. You'll have to get him a lot of computers for that.
 
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DaiShan

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Hope you didn't have a contract with him. BTW if he didn't get you to sign a contract for a project like this he is an idiot, sucks that you have to tell him, but ya gotta look out for #1.
 
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Tal

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Originally posted by: benliong
Originally posted by: Tal
Try to get him a nice AMD 64 3200 combo from AMD. :) That always makes people feel better.
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Not if he's seriously expecting the 30K. You'll have to get him a lot of computers for that.
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Let him have your wife for the night? Week?
 
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Grey

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Originally posted by: Sundog
Update!!!
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The OP was brutally murdered and found with a $5 bill stuffed in his mouth. No suspects were named.
 
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element

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Oct 9, 1999
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ok who's going to start the parody thread that reads something like:

wtfomg!!! so I'm working on this project for MONTHS! I'm supposed to get paid 30k at the end of it and my stupid partner tells me the deal fell through.....wtf?! now I have the massive car payments to make every month and no income! wtf wtf wtf.... So my question is: what's the best way to get rid of a body?
 
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slycat

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OK FINE! OMGASSBBQWATERMELONANANDTECHMEMBERSBITCHESFROMHELL!!!...

we had dinner...still talking to me about the fvcking projek. i changed subjects...had to.
after dinner i suggested starbucks coz restaurant was noisy and we couldn't talk. went to SB
and after some more small talk i laid it out for him. he digested it for a while and then said
he was actually gonna stop me before i began because he sensed i had something 'bad' for him.
anyways, we broke it down and he gave me some suggestions on how to salvage the project
so as not to incur any losses. I gotta say...

well, its gonna be illegal. there. only way to salvage is to take some VERY high risk moves and
are illegal. I know plenty who do similar stuffs and get away with it fine. Its not very hard, something
like running a red light. I'm no saint and am not particularly worried about that part of it but its the risk
part that is real scary. I mean we're talking about more than 1/2million dollar risks here. I told my SO
and she said HELL NO! I dunno...

1) Lose maybe 10k and forget it

or

2a) Take huge risk and maybe lose nothing(break even)
or
2b) Take huge risk, FVK up royally and maybe lose much more(worse case scenario= declare bankruptcy)

What would u guys pick?
I know many will say (1) but sh1t, u know how fvking long it takes to friggin make back that $10k after taxes?! its like flushing it down the drain. With (2) we get a fighting chance.

Looks bleak either way. Time to pray hard. :(
 
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Mik3y

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i say go wtih #1, because its better safe then sorry. if u mess up on the risk, then all that work u've done in your life is now gone. u spend your whole life getting somehwere and then u screw it over. u will lose ur reputation, money, and a life of living happy. its not worth gambling with stakes this huge.
 
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