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General => General Discussion and ??? => Topic started by: whitewater on February 11, 2013, 11:36:37 AM
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One of my contract customers just emailed me...I have been printing for them for 6 years...they have their own product line..iWe do a lot of business together..
They just received an email from someone stating that they came to my shop and I sold them their misprints...and they wanted to know where they could buy more of the misprints?..>WTF!!??!!
They mentioned my name and shop name.they said they came in recently..I have never heard of the person and also I would NEVER, NEVER, EVER EVER do that...
How does this happen? No idea whats going on...
I called the customer right away to talk with them...it really piusses me off that someone would be doing this!!
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Past employee or a competitor that knows you print for them maybe?
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I would talk to him and reassure him what your policies and procedures are. If you have been working with him for a while he will know that you do not take this lightly and do NOT do what you are being accused of.
sam
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Yeah, something fishy is going on.
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have your customer tell them to stop by that shop that you have more. And then when they shop up . . .
It would not hurt if your customer was there when they come in. It would show them what's really going on.
pierre
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Tell your customer that you will buy back the miss prints from this person for $200 each. Then explain that anyone in there right mind would jump at that deal. But say you never sold misprints, this competitor will not take you up on the offer. If you have been doing work with them for 6 years they will believe you. Also tell your customer you want the email and contact info so you can sue them. Take this very seriously.
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Damn, that is DIRTY ! I would flip the F out on a person doing this. :o
Good luck with the resolution, I'm sure everything will be fine. Especially considering the length of your relationship.
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My associates in the "sanitation" industry can help you for a small fee :)
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OK...found the doo-doo head..
My customer did a email facebook search...the persons name was different from the email name.. In her email to them she said she had a husband..on =facebook she was a lesbian...My customer gave me her name...
So i looked it up...saw picture of her and her dogs...a pug...
So then i remembered the persons name..BECAUSE the employee that i had here 2 years ago that robbed my bank account had a pug and a girlfriend with the name..
So i pulled out the police report of the arrest, pout in the girls name that stole from me..only thing online was a youtube video with one of her comments..
Watched the video...well there was the girl that robbed me, the girl that sent the email about buying misprints from me recently and the pugs...
What wonders you can investigate online..holy crap....I called and explained to customer, they are cool..they know the story...they thought something was weird when the email was one name and she was another..
This girl is haunting me 2 years later.....
But all good now..
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OK...found the doo-doo head..
My customer did a email facebook search...the persons name was different from the email name.. In her email to them she said she had a husband..on =facebook she was a lesbian...My customer gave me her name...
So i looked it up...saw picture of her and her dogs...a pug...
So then i remembered the persons name..BECAUSE the employee that i had here 2 years ago that robbed my bank account had a pug and a girlfriend with the name..
So i pulled out the police report of the arrest, pout in the girls name that stole from me..only thing online was a youtube video with one of her comments..
Watched the video...well there was the girl that robbed me, the girl that sent the email about buying misprints from me recently and the pugs...
What wonders you can investigate online..holy crap....I called and explained to customer, they are cool..they know the story...they thought something was weird when the email was one name and she was another..
This girl is haunting me 2 years later.....
But all good now..
I rmember that. Did she go to jail?
pierre
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It's a good thing most criminals are stupid, If they had 1/2 a brain then they wouldn't be so easily caught by 20 minutes of googling.
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Looks like round two to get the cops involved or at least someone to scare the crap out of her......... ;)
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I'm not so sure that fibbing about buying misprints is a high priority crime.
Then again, perhaps there are other statutes about intentionally damaging a business, if in fact, that con be shown to be the purpose.
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I would see if she has a probation officer and pay them a visit.
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I know she went to jail for 2 nights.. not sure what happened after..I assume probation or something..the bank gave me my money back..I was out for $200 in checks she wrote to a vet for her dog, and the $200 shoes she bought..but got everything else back.....I am going to look into it....
not sure how to go about the disparaging a business..I may pay a visit to her with a baseball bat...shes in massachusetts..
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I second the sanitation business men. 8)
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My god people are effing nuts.
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I told you guys our laws ain't worth a dam, crooks can get away with anything...washington is full of them.
Darryl
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I would most certainly be paying her a visit...in person, face to face. You need to explain to her that you don't take any crap like that and more jail time is to come if it happens again. I'm not sure what laws have been broken but I'm sure some have.
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I would get a lawyer that doesn't charge you when you ask questions. Most lawyers will also tell you they will win in court, when in fact they just want a paycheck. So keep that in mind.
Maybe prepaid legal is a good route to look. My friend has good luck with it, the utilities company cracked his driveway after he had it redone, so the attorney drafted a letter and it was handled...no charge because he pays monthly or yearly.
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I would get a lawyer that doesn't charge you when you ask questions. Most lawyers will also tell you they will win in court, when in fact they just want a paycheck. So keep that in mind.
Maybe prepaid legal is a good route to look. My friend has good luck with it, the utilities company cracked his driveway after he had it redone, so the attorney drafted a letter and it was handled...no charge because he pays monthly or yearly.
I should get one for crap like this..
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Sounds like this lady has to much time on her hands. At least you are all square with your customer, that's the most important thing here (the money).
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I'm surprised you were able to say "doo-doo head" and it wasn't bleeped out....
she just wants a piece of that Rob ass, roll in flour, hit the wet spots.... :-X
have your wife kick her ass, then you-tube it as a promo video for the shop. Hell, I'll buy from ya if you have a cat fight on your site.
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;D
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Legal Zoom has a service for this. I think we pay 29.00 bucks a month and you get as many 1/2 hour sessions a month with an Attorney to ask questions to. We did it to ask some stuff and have not canceled it yet. I know you can cancel and sign back up as much as you want and it does not cost anything. It could not hurt to try. Although the bat idea is much more attractive.... but then you would need a lawyer for the aftermath of that.
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Legal Zoom has a service for this. I think we pay 29.00 bucks a month and you get as many 1/2 hour sessions a month with an Attorney to ask questions to. We did it to ask some stuff and have not canceled it yet. I know you can cancel and sign back up as much as you want and it does not cost anything. It could not hurt to try. Although the bat idea is much more attractive.... but then you would need a lawyer for the aftermath of that.
Or at least a hitting coach to go over the video with you!
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Uhgg... we just let a girl go today.
Nothing bad, just couldn't do her job with any competence. We let her down easy and said it was because her position became focused on accounting more and we needed someone that was stronger in that roll. This allows her to save face with friends and potential new employers.
We do fear some backlash, but it ended amicably as far as I could tell. We told her we would still do her wedding invitations and such at cost and they are tenants in my rental unit. We paid her through the end of the week and a few more bucks then gave them a month free rent as well to help them while she looks for new work. The rent doesn't "cost" us anything since we don't ever "count" on that property paying us regularly. :)
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yeah, i would try not to get too involved with folks you know. it's kind of like peeing in your own pool.
I am a hair away from letting a guy go.
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Nothing suprised me anymore with screen printers. There is a guy in this town who I helped tremendously.once I started big idea a couple years ago he started calling marketing company's all over Columbia telling them I was bad news, had a rep for counterfeiting money etc. all of a sudden I started getting calls from some of them saying we don't know you but we thought you should know what this guy is doing. Today 2 of them are regular contract customers. Unbelievable what someone will do to hurt another. After it all I found out it all started with a local tee shirt supplier who received a counterfeit bill and I was one of 8 people that day that paid cash. They were openly talking about it with this clown in there picking up shirts.
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We are meticulous with all things employee. We have cameras everywhere. We have labor lawyer on retainer.
What a sad state of affairs today.
We try real hard to weed before hiring. If we want the hire, but still feel hinky, we have a set of eval tests from a company we give. The tests usually find the flaw.
Where in heavens name do these people have time for this ?
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Wow, that is just sad....I wouldn't let it go though. If she is doing this two years later, who knows what else she could be up to. She is obviously not stable and was meaning to damage your reputation.