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If you don't pay the mechanic, the mechanic doesn't get to put a sign out front saying "BOB DOESN'T PAY HIS BILLS. HE'S IMMORAL!"
by jstalin 14y ago
If you don't pay the mechanic, the mechanic doesn't get to put a sign out front saying "BOB DOESN'T PAY HIS BILLS. HE'S IMMORAL!"
- carterparks 14y agoIf you don't pay the mechanic, you don't get your car. If you don't pay the webmaster, you don't get your website.
- subpixel 14y agoI recently saw a truck with (nice, magnetic?) signs on the doors warning other drivers not to do business with a local mortgage company and calling them out for bait-and-switch tactics. It seemed pretty effective.
- kibibu 14y agoAt the tiny webshop/webhost I used to work at, we would just switch to a plain white page with a header saying "please contact accounts@host". Embarrassing enough to push for payment, but visitors needn't necessarily assume foul play. Enabling people to save face is important - I doubt these fitness guys are going to be particularly cooperative after being shamed.
- drcube 14y agoActually, I see this quite often at shops all over. One posted the full name and amount of unpaid bills on their very large outdoor sign. Others post pictures of bounced checks. If the mechanic is the shop owner, he can do what he wants with his property. And as far as I'm concerned, this applies to the web, too. If the web designer still owns the domain and server, go ahead and deface it to their hearts' content. If the client owns that stuff, however, the unpaid designer should just take back their work and let the client deal with the blank website.
- jchavannes 14y agoI can say from experience that a blank website is very effective in getting a stubborn client to pay. Defacing them is probably taking it too far though, and I don't see how it could be more effective.