Michael
Sahuarita,#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Sat, October 30, 2010
"Then I would suggest going to the website @ (((Redacted))) and seeing for yourself the Notice posted by Mike Williams which is holding this website for a Kings Ransom of $31,000."
Mike Williams: When the owner of a company violates the terms of a service contract, and refuses to pay a bill for website development AND website hosting this is what happens. It is similar to a foreclosure. You may buy a house and put $5,000 down. And if the buyer fails to make the payments, the bank has the right to foreclose on the buyer. This is a very similar case. And let's all understand that the website down payment was a mere $500, and I didn't receive a monthly payment for over 3 months before I shut the website down. The REALITY is I would have worked out a payment plan with Richard but he was not interested. The $31,000 was the sum of all development and hosting charges. I certainly did not need this money all at once. But I needed to get paid SOMETHING for over a year's worth of website development work.
Richard Friedberg committed fraud by telling customers he was the SOLE OWNER of a website that was never paid for. I'm sorry for the victims of Richard Friedberg. I was one of his victims myself. He has a long history of this kind of activity and that can be verified through a background search. I resent the fact that Denny is making statement about "what I knew". I don't know him and he doesn't know me. I only "KNEW" what I was told by others when it came to what Richard promised or failed to deliver. As for Richard's history I only KNEW indirectly of a few complaints from the customers in the summer of 2008. And none of the complaints were addressed to me.
I was not aware of the day to day management of the company as I never worked in the same office as Richard and I had very little interaction with Richard's customers.
My customers in relation to website development know that I've been fair with them. I don't "shut anyone down" without a valid reason. I am simply a service provider. It's similar to renting a house to someone and not paying the water bill. Of course the water company is going to turn the water off and you can't blame the water company for this...
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