What Are You Doing Right Now
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@Dashrender said:
@johnhooks said:
So just left a new client's office. They paid $500 for some Indian scam company to do their IT for 2 years. There was a file on the desktop called scan.bat that when run essentially echoed different percents complete and then at the end echoed you have 5823 issues that need to be resolved (along with some other junk). There was another batch file called reset that added and removed a bunch of registries and deleted some files.
Wow - so what did they say when you wanted $500 a month or more?
Yeah, most likely this would not be a client I want for this reason.
I mean I will give them a chance, but if they try to cheap out like this, they will not likely pay my bill.
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@Dashrender said:
@johnhooks said:
So just left a new client's office. They paid $500 for some Indian scam company to do their IT for 2 years. There was a file on the desktop called scan.bat that when run essentially echoed different percents complete and then at the end echoed you have 5823 issues that need to be resolved (along with some other junk). There was another batch file called reset that added and removed a bunch of registries and deleted some files.
Wow - so what did they say when you wanted $500 a month or more?
I didn't even quote anything. I just charged them for the time I was there and promptly ran away.
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@johnhooks said:
@Dashrender said:
@johnhooks said:
So just left a new client's office. They paid $500 for some Indian scam company to do their IT for 2 years. There was a file on the desktop called scan.bat that when run essentially echoed different percents complete and then at the end echoed you have 5823 issues that need to be resolved (along with some other junk). There was another batch file called reset that added and removed a bunch of registries and deleted some files.
Wow - so what did they say when you wanted $500 a month or more?
I didn't even quote anything. I just charged them for the time I was there and promptly ran away.
Awww, so a one time engagement.
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@johnhooks said:
@Dashrender said:
@johnhooks said:
So just left a new client's office. They paid $500 for some Indian scam company to do their IT for 2 years. There was a file on the desktop called scan.bat that when run essentially echoed different percents complete and then at the end echoed you have 5823 issues that need to be resolved (along with some other junk). There was another batch file called reset that added and removed a bunch of registries and deleted some files.
Wow - so what did they say when you wanted $500 a month or more?
I didn't even quote anything. I just charged them for the time I was there and promptly ran away.
Smart
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@johnhooks said:
@Dashrender said:
@johnhooks said:
So just left a new client's office. They paid $500 for some Indian scam company to do their IT for 2 years. There was a file on the desktop called scan.bat that when run essentially echoed different percents complete and then at the end echoed you have 5823 issues that need to be resolved (along with some other junk). There was another batch file called reset that added and removed a bunch of registries and deleted some files.
Wow - so what did they say when you wanted $500 a month or more?
I didn't even quote anything. I just charged them for the time I was there and promptly ran away.
They'll be back
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@johnhooks said:
@Dashrender said:
@johnhooks said:
So just left a new client's office. They paid $500 for some Indian scam company to do their IT for 2 years. There was a file on the desktop called scan.bat that when run essentially echoed different percents complete and then at the end echoed you have 5823 issues that need to be resolved (along with some other junk). There was another batch file called reset that added and removed a bunch of registries and deleted some files.
Wow - so what did they say when you wanted $500 a month or more?
I didn't even quote anything. I just charged them for the time I was there and promptly ran away.
That's, um, great. How did they take the news that they had been scammed?
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Wasting my time trying to file a phishing complaint with GoDaddy.
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Sounds like fun. It came from their servers?
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@Reid-Cooper said:
@johnhooks said:
@Dashrender said:
@johnhooks said:
So just left a new client's office. They paid $500 for some Indian scam company to do their IT for 2 years. There was a file on the desktop called scan.bat that when run essentially echoed different percents complete and then at the end echoed you have 5823 issues that need to be resolved (along with some other junk). There was another batch file called reset that added and removed a bunch of registries and deleted some files.
Wow - so what did they say when you wanted $500 a month or more?
I didn't even quote anything. I just charged them for the time I was there and promptly ran away.
That's, um, great. How did they take the news that they had been scammed?
They just kind of brushed it off. But if I would have charged them $500 they would have complained and never paid.
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Did you not charge them at all?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Did you not charge them at all?
No I did. I did some other work, but I didn't charge them very much.
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@johnhooks said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Did you not charge them at all?
No I did. I did some other work, but I didn't charge them very much.
No stupidity tax? That seems like a missed opportunity.
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@coliver said:
@johnhooks said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Did you not charge them at all?
No I did. I did some other work, but I didn't charge them very much.
No stupidity tax? That seems like a missed opportunity.
Yes, it probably was. I hate how polite I am.
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@coliver said:
No stupidity tax? That seems like a missed opportunity.
That is one tax that should never go away.
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I'd vote for an increase on that.
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@Reid-Cooper said:
I'd vote for an increase on that.
Some where in the order or 300 to 500% increase for first offense. Second offense should see an additionall 700 to 900% increase.
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There are no stupid questions only stupid answers
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Just back from grocery shopping. Having dinner now.
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Running the update scripts for everything. Now that I've got ZeroTier I don't need to make the 3 mile drive
