I don't want to discredit anybody. The only fact at hand is the following:
Joe King requested my services as an Independent Contractor in November 07, the services were delivered and he accepted them and he agreed to pay. I invoiced him and he never paid. His associate requested my services as an Independent Contractor in March 08. I stupidly accepted and I didn't get paid for that either.
Joe King wrote:
"1. He stole our clients by offering to work for them directly, without the superision of FMDN staff- yet he still was using FMDN software, tools, servers, and other resources."
This is irrelevant for the November 07 job. I did all the work directly with Joe. I never had contact with the client. But he might be referring to the March 08 job, in which I offered my services directly to the client since I noticed he wasn't going to pay. And that is not stealing.
We never signed a non competition agreement. As an Independent Contractor I'm free to offer my services to whoever I want.
He libelously claims I stole his tools. But all the work was done from my desktop computer, through my business internet connection, with my business copy of FileMaker. I only used his FTP server to upload my work for the November 07 job.
Joe King also wrote:
"2. His time was way out of proportion for the work which was done."
The work done in November 2007 was for two separate clients.
One included consolidating a FileMaker 6 solution with approximately 7 tables in one FileMaker 9 file. And the other building approximately 4 different layouts. The invoice for both clients totals 20 hours at a rate of $30.00, that is $600. I invite any FileMaker developer to give her opinion on this matter. Joe's claim that my hours are out of proportion is unfounded.
In fact, it's a blatant lie. He sent me the following email stating that my hours and his estimate were close:
from Joe King <
svkingpen@aim.com>
to "me"
date Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 5:17 PM
subject RE: time
mailed-by aim.com
hide details 11/15/07
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The XXX stuff looks good so far… I did find that the Value list for the Rolodex file have disappeared, which I didn’t expect; but it should take that long to re-copy those layouts.
I think that your time and my estimates are very close…The March 08 was accepted and paid by the client. I know that because the client sent us the scanned check made payable to FMDN. That means FMDN accepted my hours as billable and the client accepted FMDN's invoice. And Joe didn't pay for that job either.
Joe King also wrote:
"3. He refused to give details about how much time was taken for given tasks."
Another absurd claim. Both of Joe King's outstanding invoices (November 07 and March 08) display the number of hours for each task. I don't understand why hours are suddenly an issue. He never mentioned this to me before.
Joe King also wrote:
"4. He delivered work directly to the client, and refused to have a project manger review his code."
Again, the only work I did directly for a client was in March 08, five months after the November 07 job which Joe King never paid. I started the March 08 job under FMDN and I never got paid for that portion of the work.
I didn't refuse to have an FMDN project manager review my code. There was no attempt by an FMDN project manager to review my code. In fact, I never met an FMDN project manager. Joe must be referring to himself.
But that's not important. The point is: Joe King's client tested my solution, her in-house developer reviewed the code and they accepted the work and paid FMDN for it. And I know that because the client sent me a scanned check made payable to FMDN. And Joe King didn't pay me.
I just want my payments. But that may be impossible, since even his associate confirms he is a dead beat.
from
sales@fmp9.com <
sales@fmp9.com>
to "me"
date Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 3:13 PM
subject More work great job
hide details Mar 3
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Joe and i really had it out the other day
because he is notorious for not getting people paid including me.He is such a space cadette sometimes so we need to be relentless about it.
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