Steve hired me to optimize his website. He was giving off red flags immediately, I was very hesitant to work with him at first. After refunding his e-check that did not fit my payment criteria, I finally got his $100 deposit via paypal. I spent many hours optimizing his site trying to earn the additional $100 we had agreed to upon completion. After finishing the website, he tells me some lame excuse about how the site isn't loading (when it loads fine) and demands his deposit back. As far as I'm concerned, Steve Hirsch owes me $100 for completing his work. I spent over 5 hours working on his site. We have about 50 emails of back and forth. Several text messages. And he has the nerve after all that to demand his $100 back. This guy is crazy. He seems like something out of an episode of Ozarks, as shady as people come. Every time I spoke with him I felt like I was talking with Pure Evil. That's what this guy and his operation is, he probably doesn't even have a wife. It's probably all a scam his Mom and Pops operation to try and steal people's information. He found me on Craigslist and after I gave him my proposal this was his most unprofessional response:

"Got this part.
I want to know about after that is done. We discussed other things including LinkedIn Posts blogs. Give me a plan. What you think needs to be done for me to generate leads and what the cost will be."

I had just given him a 10 point outline of immediate improvements I could do to his site for the low cost of $200. And his response was to berate my professionalism and demand a plan without any collaboration. I need to get a feel for a company before I can devise a plan right off the bat. I don't know what this guy was expecting, but I have very affordable rates. As a freelancer, I do for $200 what SEO companies charge $1000. And after all that work, this guy wants his money back. He's a con artist. A fraud. And nobody should trust him.