Re: FN-FORUM A Question of Ethics

date posted 21st May 2001 18:39

Thats a bit harsh, and it doesn't do much for the image of our profession in
general. Our industry is already riddled with snake oil salesman, amateurs,
and just plain rip-off merchants, we really don't need this sort of thing
happening.

No-where in Darren's original email did he say that his friend wanted a
"highly secure, custom made payment processing system designed, installed
and tested for £100", he just wanted the ability to take credit card orders
online. If he was already paying a few hundred quid for a site then it
might not seem that cheap to pay an extra £100 for online ordering.

At the end of the day he's been ripped off. It might not technically be
fraud, but morally it is. If I was him (or a friend of his), I'd rip the
site, stick it on a different server, transfer the domain and tell 'em to
stuff themselves.

Norman



----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Allen" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM A Question of Ethics


> On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 05:13:30PM +0100, Darren Spink wrote:
> > I was talking to a friend who I helped with a web site (re-design) for
his
> > hotel. He was also telling me of a conversation that he had recently
had
> > with the original site developers regarding taking on-line payments
etc....
> > He said that he wanted to be able to take the payments on line and would
> > need a page creating by them to do this. He agreed a price of £100 (I
> > thought was a little cheap) and paid for it with his credit card.
> >
>
>
> I wonder why people think that they will get a highly secure, custom made
> payment processing system designed, installed and tested for £100.
>
> Sounds to me like he got what he deserved, even if it wasn't what he
> was expecting...
>
>
>
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