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Charles,
I was reading your post and my gosh son! you are a mad individual! would you really go as far as making a video, just to trash him? Come on now... be real!
I don`t know about you being a tube video pro... it sounds to me like you`re more of a "Tube Stake Pro" - Wink, Wink,  If you read Fafa`s Question... it says that he can launch if he wanted to! so what is holding him back? is his web developer supposed to hold his hand as well and tell him how to launch his emails? or how to market the site?

My question to Fafa is? So you can launch the site correct? Ok so if you had the username and password, how would that help you? if you just stated that "He is my technical person" He is the one that is supposed to talk for me" sorda scenario... My advise would be Launch your site.... and in the midst of it all contact your developer and request that he gives you the username and password That is all.... There is no need to get your panties in a bunch...

You know this is my second posting... hopefully not my last, but I`ve visited over 100 profiles, and my GOSH it seems like alot of fellas here like to hold their buttocks tight in hopes that, it will produce a smile on their face.... Be real! I think Charles Clit just made my day... Funny fella he is.... He is going to go out of his way to produce a video? where he is going to rip somone else? I think that is called defamation of character? doesn`t that fall under "Cyber Bully"? Didn`t this lady just go to Jail for that?
Charles, I would re-think things over, and try taking some anger management classes. I think the only one with good advise was "Patentandtrademark"

Webs,
As much information that is out there... It is hard to find lawyers that specialize on Internet Laws... and the ones that I know charge $350.00 an hour and if it`s a matter of getting a Username and Password, the web developer might feel betrayed, and just to be spiteful, he might just sit on it.... From the time Fafa signs the hire agreement, to the time the developer decides to say... Ok, today I will be nice and give him the username and password, it might be 10 to 15 days... The lawyer will probably set Fafa`s file to the side, meanwhile, the hours are ticking...  so regardless, the lawyer is going to charge for his time.. or for as long as it took him to get the username and password... so here is a quick example.... 8 hours x $350.00 = 2,800.00 OUCH! times this by 10 days... Fafa... Just be nice, talk to your developer and take it from there, Honestly.

Patentandtrademark,
You`re the only one with common sense, How can Video advise someone to Lie? or Tubestake Pro, making a video to trash the other person? Hats off to you patent, you`re the only one that make sense... BBB is a Joke... even if you never have had a bad review, unless you pay BBB $250.00 a year you will always be a B - minus.

You`re trying to help someone by telling them to lie? Some Joke you are Video.... I think its time you go clean the fog off your glasses... I think the fog is not letting you see the whole picture... or perhaps you`re reading things backwards... You are telling the man you want to help him? and you make a comment to lie? well gee! Fafa, why not give your developer the ol` cement shoes and throw him in the Hudson river? Foooget about it!
fafaflo? Cool username, are you into Howard Stern?

diachedesigns,

QUOTE -- My God, Don`t we all sound like experts here... This is what I hate most about forums... you get all these clue-less people trying to give other`s advise.... How funny that is... a clue less person giving another clue-less person advise... isn`t that like "Calling the tea kettle black"... -- ENDQUOTE

No, it is not. You are using the expression incorrectly.

Back to the topic, the OP has invested considerable money in someone who has already proven himself to be incapable of following through on deadlines and returning calls. You think it’s smart to give this guy *more* money? The guy who, if sick, doesn’t have a backup? The guy who, if not sick, doesn’t return calls from a panicking client?

I agree that hiring a lawyer would be an expensive undertaking and that the designer may react, like you, in an entirely destructive manner.  No one undertakes a lawyer lightly. That doesn’t mean he should document everything to build a case nor resist consulting with a lawyer.

Remember, this designer has the administrator role over the site. That means, should he want to OR IF HE MERELY DID NOT PAY THE RELATED BILLS FOR THE SITE REGISTRATION OR HOSTING, he could kill the site.Can you imagine what the OP would be faced with if he went ahead with developing the site and then THAT happened?

While you are right that the SuN forum is made up of amateurs, we are all in the same place. It`s called peer advice and, to my knowledge, no one here has posed themselves as an expert. We`re smart, we have our own experiences to draw from, and having heard a call to help we responded. There is no need to name call (“Tube Stake Pro”? Good lord, that was bad enough without the repeat misspelling!), bash or decry your peers here, especially since you are aware that this is the very nature of a forum-based community.

So, OP, you have been presented with a number of suggestions by your business startup peers. We do look forward to hearing of your decision and -- judging from the enthusiastic response this has generated -- wish you all the luck in the world in seizing back your potential from this horrible situation.

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Let`s see - both diachedesigns and  the OP are anonymous; neither signing their post nor having any profile information.  Diachedesigns has apparently not read all the posts, but just joined SUN and launched into criticism right away.

Dia - the OP had stated two facts that are important to the discussion: First, the designer has disappeared and second, the domain name is owned by the designer. 

We can`t offer much more help without more details, but none of us know where or if the website is currently hosted.  The OP may only have a preview of his site on the designers server, and without control of his domain name, he can`t move it to a publicly accessible host.  Without knowing more details, this is one scenario where the site can be "ready to launch" but unable to do so.

It is imperative that the OP first get control of his domain name.  Without that, he is truly screwed.

Steve Mann

P.S., I never claimed to be an expert.



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Tube and Video,
I don`t think you read Fafa`s concern correctly.... He stated two things....

1. The web site is 99% complete. Meaning the developer delivered the project completely. and that the only thing he doesn`t have is the username and passwords. So the site is 100% Complete basically and not 99%.
   
2. That he can launch his email campaign but that he`d rather have the developer hold his hand and walk him through it... (this shows you that Fafa to some extent trusts the developer) which is fine. Obviously, I see trust. on both parties.
   

See Tube, your situation was a little bit different, you were lied to from the begining, and you were taken for a sucker right out the door. I hope you learned a valuable lesson. but Fafa`s situation is not the same... All he is waiting for is the username and password, so things do have to be addressed a little  bit different, because if the web site is complete and Fafa decides to bash this company or person, he can face serious charges. You can`t always jump to conclusions and try to treat everyone the same.

You have to give people the benefit of the doubt until proven other wise. That would be like me treating all my customers the same just because one customer can`t pay me on time. 
The key to Life is watch and learn and don`t make the same mistake twice.

As for Video? What else should we lie about?

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