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Complaint Review: Andrew R Szczygiel - Naugatuck Connecticut

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I had a horrible experience with this individual. He is a floater between Naugatuck valley CT & Georgia. He responded to a craigslist post I had for some internet work. He claims to be a computer/graphic designer; His actions proved otherwise. He is about 5'7", a little heavy in the belly. He distinguishing factor is a sleeve tattoo going up I believe it is his right arm. Upon a first meeting he will most likely be wearing a long sleeve shirt to cover this. He has scammed me out of nearly $14,000 in services not rendered. He also stole a 15" Macbook Pro from me along with a host of other items. I have two suits against him;But he is hard to track down being a floater. He has quite a few other suites against him as well as domestic violence charges.



I know I may not be able to recoup my losses from this individual but the best I can do is help protect others from such a malicious individual. Anyone is welcome to call me as I would be open to give any details of my encounter 203.xxx xxxx (((REDACTED))) 



For renters his social is 282-xx-xxxx(((REDACTED)))

 
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#7 Consumer Comment

Andrew has passed away

AUTHOR: Kathleen - ()

POSTED: Wednesday, July 26, 2023

  Yes. This is the ex-girlfriend. The one that was spoken about so lovingly by Mike. Thank you for that Mike. I am just updating everyone to let them know that Andrew has died. He died in Naugatuck Connecticut in August 2022. Feel free to stop bashing him online now. He is payed up for all his sins on earth. He’s with God now. He truly wasn’t a bad person. He had very serious demons that he could not overcome. I hope people can find it in their heart to forgive him.

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Supreme court found Andrew guilty for both suites against him

AUTHOR: Mike - (United States of America)

POSTED: Saturday, May 28, 2011

Hello all following this thread. I am pleased to say that I won both lawsuits against this crook. The court has ordered him to pay back nearly 10k of stolen money; With an option to press forward with more suites to reclaim the remainder of my stolen funds.

Unfortunately there are three others on the collection list that have judgements against him.

Thanks everyone for viewing; Hopefully no one else will fall victim to this evil man. 

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Supreme court found Andrew guilty for both suites against him

AUTHOR: Mike - (United States of America)

POSTED: Saturday, May 28, 2011

Hello all following this thread. I am pleased to say that I won both lawsuits against this crook. The court has ordered him to pay back nearly 10k of stolen money; With an option to press forward with more suites to reclaim the remainder of my stolen funds.

Unfortunately there are three others on the collection list that have judgements against him.

Thanks everyone for viewing; Hopefully no one else will fall victim to this evil man. 

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The Real Truth & Nothing but it.

AUTHOR: Mike - (United States of America)

POSTED: Thursday, December 30, 2010

For those viewing this thread; I would like to share with you the real truth. After consulting with a few of my peers as well as my significant other I have decided it would be worth while to invest 30 minutes out of my busy day; if it means I can help another individual prevent the costly mistakes I have made with Andrew Szczygiel.

Andrews quotes are in "parenthesis"

"I am very sad to see the lengths of which an individual who is clearly unsecure and emmotionaly detached from reality will go to in order to cause trouble for a person like myself. I believe that nothing comes from negative energy so I will not lower myself to the level of an unsatisfied customer."

Let me first start off by saying your just as good as the day I unfortunately met you. Brilliant at deflecting the matter at hand. Just remember for every one finger you point at somebody three are pointing back at you. On to the stuff that matters most.

"As a professional with years of experience and many happy customers from medium to large business I can say that my track record speaks for itself. I believe there are appropriate measures for customers and contractors to collaborate and communicate to ensure both parties are satisfied and successful"

Sure and can you provide a list of happy customers? scam dot com shows otherwise?

"I replied to a craigslist ad to Mike Lieto to build a social media solution for business primarily focused to deliver video advertisments. I took his vision and created www.ibizit.com a fully functional social media solution started in June and delivered in October."

What Andrew is actually trying to say is he downloaded a free trial script of a template provided by a company called social engine. which of course expired and left me with nothing. Yes people; That is what I ended up with after all those months and all that money spent. Please people due your diligence on people prior to a business engagement. Up until last month I did not have a website for my company.

Now as far as credentials go and who really helped me through this crisis.

I would like to acknowledge Brandon at Impact Branding & Design in Wallingford, CT. When I arrived at his office; He and his team were the bearers of bad news. They pulled all the records up for my site or "not site" and calmly told me everything that I needed to know or wish I hadn't known. It felt like a kick in the stomach. Once again; Anybody may call me as the details are to much to list here.

Thanks to Vincent Van at radcodes dot com a custom developer from California. He helped put the finishing touches on ibizit.

Special Thanks to Arixe web hosting. They worked tediously by my side for a week to help get my site up and running. I highly recommend this company for any of your web hosting needs. they are very knowledgeable and supportive, especially after I had informed them of my situation. I Can't speak highly enough about them.

And of course myself. After getting 5x my budget for my website confiscated by Andrew. I have since learned basic computer coding as I did not have the funds to risk another financial blow such as I received from Andrew. Sometimes if you want a job done right, do it yourself; This seems to be the trend these days. On to the next topic.

"Not only did i design and implement the solution based on SocialEngine.net and customized code I also in good faith designed the studio, implemented his production environment and outlined production procedures for his company. In addition I established many key accounts and reseller relationships for him to save and help his start up company while reducing overhead."

I think I elaborated enough about the first part of this statement. I haven't a clue what reseller accounts you speak of? Please explain. I contracted you to build me a website which did not get done; Nothing more.

"It is very difficult in the web development and the media industry to define a scope of work which can be agreeable and understood by laymans or people without experience in this field. This gentlemen came from Brick and Mortar into New Tech media solutions. I did the best I could to bridge the gap and I was 100% dedicated to the project."

I disagree and have had a wonderful experience with those individuals/companies listed above. The relationship was very transparent. They charged me for work to be rendered; I paid, the work got completed in a timely manner. It was a win win for everybody. This is the way the business world is supposed to work.

"Once the initial development was completed the Owner Mike offered me a full time position as the Creative Director and this is where things went wrong. His expectations were far beyond our agreements and understandings. Expectations are hard to manage and I determined that our relationship would need to end due to the constant mood swings and threats of legal action and at one time the individual actually showed up to my personal home impersonating a neighbor."

This is where it really gets interesting. Why would I offer you a full time working relationship; Yet in the same breathe you admit I have been pursuing legal action against you? Seems contradicting as to why an owner of a business would want to sue an employee; Which you never were by the way.

Yes; I did show up at your house with a police escort to collect my belongings in which I lent you. Only to find out by your girlfriend? that you have a restraining order to not come onto to the property for domestic violence charges filed against you by her for physically abusing her. Real class act you are.

"This individual is very smart, aggressive and I believe will be very successful however I also believe he is dangerous,"

This is were it gets really good people. A nice cheap shot at to trying to defame my character.Please understand; I have flawless reputation. A great inner circle of friends,peers,customers of my services, business partners,etc... I have Owned successful companies and so on. Unlike you; I am not lurking through bottom feeding Craigslist ads looking for my next unsuspecting victim.

"owns a small arsenal and his personal interests and beliefs are some what scary and this is one of the major reasons I think we had grown further apart."



If you call a .22 caliber target pistol and a pocket knife a small arms; Then you and your girlfriend must be running a pharmacy out of your house?

Its called the second Amendment of United States of America. It is an earned right as an honest, hard working, criminal record free United States citizen I have. A right you will never have with 2 felony records for beating your girlfriend. To those viewing; Look up the Naugatuck Police Blotter. This will explain it all; No need for me to elaborate. You very well be the dangerous one my friend in the eye of the law?

As for my pharmacy comment above please refer to scam dot com to see what Andrew does with the money he scams from people. I find it very ironic that a few individuals that posted on that site were once friends of yours? I find it even more ironic in the fact that they took the time out of their busy day to sign up to the website just to be sure the community is aware of your devious intentions to your unsuspecting victims. Watch the bridges you burn it can come back to haunt you.

And how about the other couple that posted on the site for the deposit on work that never got done? View the site people "scam dot com".


"As an independent contractor (I do not mislead people into thinking i am the owner of a large business; Interactive media solutions... is a tagline and for a brief period of time I was contemplatingstarting my own LLC called Imagine That Media until i determinedthere was already a company with that name in NY). I believe the value of relationships and following through. A man is only as good as his word and I am not perfect but I make sure that I do the best that I can regardless of the issues at hand."

You stand for none of these ethics and principle you state above. Your actions speak louder than words. With Four judgements against you and two felonies that I know of; That surely rings a different tone than what you state above? To anybody viewing; Give me your email or fax and I will gladly forward over check stubs given to Andrew for work that was never done. Everything has been diligently documented.

By the way; How is my companies shopping cart coming along? How about my mobile app? This is just the tip of the iceberg folks. I cannot stress enough on how much of a gut wrenching experience this has been.

"To all who is concerned I never stole any equipment from Mike. This was part of my payment as credit became is only form of payment and I need to be paid for my efforts. I trusted this person with personal information and it is clear he has no moral ethics."

This is the best... $2000 laptops are falling from the sky, and I am giving them away.

Now here is the truth; Two months into my project and roughly $7000-8000 invested into a site that never was in the first place. Andrew calls me up and tells me he cannot complete my project due to the fact that his computer had got stolen. Me being a nice guy and wanting to get my project done; Decided to lend him my brand new macbook Pro in which I use for video editing.

Mind you this is roughly two weeks after he called me up because "he was getting evicted" and needed money to pay his rent. Yep folks another $1500 check out the window. Isn't it great to be a nice guy in these times?

The serial number on the computer isW80303QXAGV. If he is doing a project for you; Politely ask him if you can see the serial number or better yet call Apple support and give them the serial number and see who's name the property is under.





If I had intentions of "giving" a piece of my equipment away wouldn't it make sense that I call Apple and have the item's serial number issued to the person in which I gave the property to?



Once again thanks to the posters at scam dot com it all makes sense. It seems as though Andrew has some extracurricular activities and in fact my computer may be at a local pawn shop. It Just doesn't make sense to me to buy my own stolen computer back again.

When I had went to repossess my items for the second time with another police escort. "many thanks to Naugatuck Police Department they really went to bat for me,". Andrew insisted the computer was his. The officer and I actually found him walking down the street; Says he was catching a bus... But was lingering in front of his girlfriends apartment building. He is not allowed at his girlfriends apartment but she lets him in against the restraining order she has. Maybe I should give the Naugatuck Police Department a polite call sometime to inform them of your living situation..?

After the altercation; The police officer, which I won't mention his name to protect his privacy, said and I quote his words exactly. " This guy is under the heavy influence of drugs and your best shot at recouping anything would be through a court herring as it is a civil matter now." Once again refer to the thread on scam dot com for details. All the pieces are seaming to fit now, aren't they?

"Since then I have seen many defects and errors and simple coding issues that do not reflect my work in any way. Any person with common sense can see that the product is innovative and revolutionary."

I don't see any errors now that the site is fully functional? Maybe I am missing something. Thanks again to everybody mentioned above that made this site possible.

"Summary... www.ibizit.com, consultation on audio visual services, account and business development, all company branding, flyer design, support and setup of many reseller accounts and countless hours of programming, support and driving around to establish sales opportunities is received less that $14,00.00 over 6 months. That is close to minimum wage for premium services."

Summary... None of this ever happened; Driving around? You don't even own a car. But it is a fact that he did indeed take every bit of that money. Every check was cashed for "cash". Seems weird? I never realized bills were paid with "cash". Connect the dots and you'll clearly see why he "needed cash". You were never an employee of my company. You were hired out to build a website; Which you did not do and you got paid for.

Andrew does not have a bank account because I will be the forth person with a judgement against him to collect on it. "My attorney pulled his records, chuckled and said grab your ticket and wait in line. "Thats was very reassuring to hear".

Disclaimer... This obviously has been detrimental to me and has been a great learning experience. I would have never come to a public website to post about my experiences and more importantly take valuable time out of my busy day if I did not feel that others would not benefit from my experience with Andrew Szczygiel. I would have never thought in all eternity I would find myself posting on a site such as this.

With that being said; I feel it is my duty as a hard working individual that understands the value of a dollar, to share my story my other individuals like myself.

Thank you to everybody that called and had similar experiences with this guy. I understand you do not want to come forward to post in an effort to protect your privacy. I have worked hard to earn the money that was stolen from me; And I want to make a stand and be heard. More importantly I want to protect and educate others; If I never get a dime back but get the opportunity to possibly help another hard working fellow citizen; Than this was sincerely all worth while for me in the end.

To the young man that called me about the untitled, possibly stolen car that Andrew sold you; I am not an attorney nor a legal advisor. As I told you on the phone; it would be best to contact your local police department. They should be able to steer you in the right direction.

Thank you again to those on scam dot com that came forward to post. It shines a new light on this whole situation that I was previously blind to.

To those editing this page; I know you usually don't allow links. But if you can make an exception; (Since you did list a link to my website link; Which i rather have not had) Please post this link; I think it would be highly beneficial to those viewing. http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?p=1001208.

Thank you kindly to all that viewed this to the end. As my situation progresses; I will be sure to post any and all updates.


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The Real Truth & Nothing but it.

AUTHOR: Mike - (United States of America)

POSTED: Thursday, December 30, 2010

For those viewing this thread; I would like to share with you the real truth. After consulting with a few of my peers as well as my significant other I have decided it would be worth while to invest 30 minutes out of my busy day; if it means I can help another individual prevent the costly mistakes I have made with Andrew Szczygiel.

Andrews quotes are in "parenthesis"

"I am very sad to see the lengths of which an individual who is clearly unsecure and emmotionaly detached from reality will go to in order to cause trouble for a person like myself. I believe that nothing comes from negative energy so I will not lower myself to the level of an unsatisfied customer."

Let me first start off by saying your just as good as the day I unfortunately met you. Brilliant at deflecting the matter at hand. Just remember for every one finger you point at somebody three are pointing back at you. On to the stuff that matters most.

"As a professional with years of experience and many happy customers from medium to large business I can say that my track record speaks for itself. I believe there are appropriate measures for customers and contractors to collaborate and communicate to ensure both parties are satisfied and successful"

Sure and can you provide a list of happy customers? scam dot com shows otherwise?

"I replied to a craigslist ad to Mike Lieto to build a social media solution for business primarily focused to deliver video advertisments. I took his vision and created www.ibizit.com a fully functional social media solution started in June and delivered in October."

What Andrew is actually trying to say is he downloaded a free trial script of a template provided by a company called social engine. which of course expired and left me with nothing. Yes people; That is what I ended up with after all those months and all that money spent. Please people due your diligence on people prior to a business engagement. Up until last month I did not have a website for my company.

Now as far as credentials go and who really helped me through this crisis.

I would like to acknowledge Brandon at Impact Branding & Design in Wallingford, CT. When I arrived at his office; He and his team were the bearers of bad news. They pulled all the records up for my site or "not site" and calmly told me everything that I needed to know or wish I hadn't known. It felt like a kick in the stomach. Once again; Anybody may call me as the details are to much to list here.

Thanks to Vincent Van at radcodes dot com a custom developer from California. He helped put the finishing touches on ibizit.

Special Thanks to Arixe web hosting. They worked tediously by my side for a week to help get my site up and running. I highly recommend this company for any of your web hosting needs. they are very knowledgeable and supportive, especially after I had informed them of my situation. I Can't speak highly enough about them.

And of course myself. After getting 5x my budget for my website confiscated by Andrew. I have since learned basic computer coding as I did not have the funds to risk another financial blow such as I received from Andrew. Sometimes if you want a job done right, do it yourself; This seems to be the trend these days. On to the next topic.

"Not only did i design and implement the solution based on SocialEngine.net and customized code I also in good faith designed the studio, implemented his production environment and outlined production procedures for his company. In addition I established many key accounts and reseller relationships for him to save and help his start up company while reducing overhead."

I think I elaborated enough about the first part of this statement. I haven't a clue what reseller accounts you speak of? Please explain. I contracted you to build me a website which did not get done; Nothing more.

"It is very difficult in the web development and the media industry to define a scope of work which can be agreeable and understood by laymans or people without experience in this field. This gentlemen came from Brick and Mortar into New Tech media solutions. I did the best I could to bridge the gap and I was 100% dedicated to the project."

I disagree and have had a wonderful experience with those individuals/companies listed above. The relationship was very transparent. They charged me for work to be rendered; I paid, the work got completed in a timely manner. It was a win win for everybody. This is the way the business world is supposed to work.

"Once the initial development was completed the Owner Mike offered me a full time position as the Creative Director and this is where things went wrong. His expectations were far beyond our agreements and understandings. Expectations are hard to manage and I determined that our relationship would need to end due to the constant mood swings and threats of legal action and at one time the individual actually showed up to my personal home impersonating a neighbor."

This is where it really gets interesting. Why would I offer you a full time working relationship; Yet in the same breathe you admit I have been pursuing legal action against you? Seems contradicting as to why an owner of a business would want to sue an employee; Which you never were by the way.

Yes; I did show up at your house with a police escort to collect my belongings in which I lent you. Only to find out by your girlfriend? that you have a restraining order to not come onto to the property for domestic violence charges filed against you by her for physically abusing her. Real class act you are.

"This individual is very smart, aggressive and I believe will be very successful however I also believe he is dangerous,"

This is were it gets really good people. A nice cheap shot at to trying to defame my character.Please understand; I have flawless reputation. A great inner circle of friends,peers,customers of my services, business partners,etc... I have Owned successful companies and so on. Unlike you; I am not lurking through bottom feeding Craigslist ads looking for my next unsuspecting victim.

"owns a small arsenal and his personal interests and beliefs are some what scary and this is one of the major reasons I think we had grown further apart."



If you call a .22 caliber target pistol and a pocket knife a small arms; Then you and your girlfriend must be running a pharmacy out of your house?

Its called the second Amendment of United States of America. It is an earned right as an honest, hard working, criminal record free United States citizen I have. A right you will never have with 2 felony records for beating your girlfriend. To those viewing; Look up the Naugatuck Police Blotter. This will explain it all; No need for me to elaborate. You very well be the dangerous one my friend in the eye of the law?

As for my pharmacy comment above please refer to scam dot com to see what Andrew does with the money he scams from people. I find it very ironic that a few individuals that posted on that site were once friends of yours? I find it even more ironic in the fact that they took the time out of their busy day to sign up to the website just to be sure the community is aware of your devious intentions to your unsuspecting victims. Watch the bridges you burn it can come back to haunt you.

And how about the other couple that posted on the site for the deposit on work that never got done? View the site people "scam dot com".


"As an independent contractor (I do not mislead people into thinking i am the owner of a large business; Interactive media solutions... is a tagline and for a brief period of time I was contemplatingstarting my own LLC called Imagine That Media until i determinedthere was already a company with that name in NY). I believe the value of relationships and following through. A man is only as good as his word and I am not perfect but I make sure that I do the best that I can regardless of the issues at hand."

You stand for none of these ethics and principle you state above. Your actions speak louder than words. With Four judgements against you and two felonies that I know of; That surely rings a different tone than what you state above? To anybody viewing; Give me your email or fax and I will gladly forward over check stubs given to Andrew for work that was never done. Everything has been diligently documented.

By the way; How is my companies shopping cart coming along? How about my mobile app? This is just the tip of the iceberg folks. I cannot stress enough on how much of a gut wrenching experience this has been.

"To all who is concerned I never stole any equipment from Mike. This was part of my payment as credit became is only form of payment and I need to be paid for my efforts. I trusted this person with personal information and it is clear he has no moral ethics."

This is the best... $2000 laptops are falling from the sky, and I am giving them away.

Now here is the truth; Two months into my project and roughly $7000-8000 invested into a site that never was in the first place. Andrew calls me up and tells me he cannot complete my project due to the fact that his computer had got stolen. Me being a nice guy and wanting to get my project done; Decided to lend him my brand new macbook Pro in which I use for video editing.

Mind you this is roughly two weeks after he called me up because "he was getting evicted" and needed money to pay his rent. Yep folks another $1500 check out the window. Isn't it great to be a nice guy in these times?

The serial number on the computer isW80303QXAGV. If he is doing a project for you; Politely ask him if you can see the serial number or better yet call Apple support and give them the serial number and see who's name the property is under.





If I had intentions of "giving" a piece of my equipment away wouldn't it make sense that I call Apple and have the item's serial number issued to the person in which I gave the property to?



Once again thanks to the posters at scam dot com it all makes sense. It seems as though Andrew has some extracurricular activities and in fact my computer may be at a local pawn shop. It Just doesn't make sense to me to buy my own stolen computer back again.

When I had went to repossess my items for the second time with another police escort. "many thanks to Naugatuck Police Department they really went to bat for me,". Andrew insisted the computer was his. The officer and I actually found him walking down the street; Says he was catching a bus... But was lingering in front of his girlfriends apartment building. He is not allowed at his girlfriends apartment but she lets him in against the restraining order she has. Maybe I should give the Naugatuck Police Department a polite call sometime to inform them of your living situation..?

After the altercation; The police officer, which I won't mention his name to protect his privacy, said and I quote his words exactly. " This guy is under the heavy influence of drugs and your best shot at recouping anything would be through a court herring as it is a civil matter now." Once again refer to the thread on scam dot com for details. All the pieces are seaming to fit now, aren't they?

"Since then I have seen many defects and errors and simple coding issues that do not reflect my work in any way. Any person with common sense can see that the product is innovative and revolutionary."

I don't see any errors now that the site is fully functional? Maybe I am missing something. Thanks again to everybody mentioned above that made this site possible.

"Summary... www.ibizit.com, consultation on audio visual services, account and business development, all company branding, flyer design, support and setup of many reseller accounts and countless hours of programming, support and driving around to establish sales opportunities is received less that $14,00.00 over 6 months. That is close to minimum wage for premium services."

Summary... None of this ever happened; Driving around? You don't even own a car. But it is a fact that he did indeed take every bit of that money. Every check was cashed for "cash". Seems weird? I never realized bills were paid with "cash". Connect the dots and you'll clearly see why he "needed cash". You were never an employee of my company. You were hired out to build a website; Which you did not do and you got paid for.

Andrew does not have a bank account because I will be the forth person with a judgement against him to collect on it. "My attorney pulled his records, chuckled and said grab your ticket and wait in line. "Thats was very reassuring to hear".

Disclaimer... This obviously has been detrimental to me and has been a great learning experience. I would have never come to a public website to post about my experiences and more importantly take valuable time out of my busy day if I did not feel that others would not benefit from my experience with Andrew Szczygiel. I would have never thought in all eternity I would find myself posting on a site such as this.

With that being said; I feel it is my duty as a hard working individual that understands the value of a dollar, to share my story my other individuals like myself.

Thank you to everybody that called and had similar experiences with this guy. I understand you do not want to come forward to post in an effort to protect your privacy. I have worked hard to earn the money that was stolen from me; And I want to make a stand and be heard. More importantly I want to protect and educate others; If I never get a dime back but get the opportunity to possibly help another hard working fellow citizen; Than this was sincerely all worth while for me in the end.

To the young man that called me about the untitled, possibly stolen car that Andrew sold you; I am not an attorney nor a legal advisor. As I told you on the phone; it would be best to contact your local police department. They should be able to steer you in the right direction.

Thank you again to those on scam dot com that came forward to post. It shines a new light on this whole situation that I was previously blind to.

To those editing this page; I know you usually don't allow links. But if you can make an exception; (Since you did list a link to my website link; Which i rather have not had) Please post this link; I think it would be highly beneficial to those viewing. http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?p=1001208.

Thank you kindly to all that viewed this to the end. As my situation progresses; I will be sure to post any and all updates.


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And what do your own neighbors speak of you

AUTHOR: Mike - (United States of America)

POSTED: Wednesday, December 29, 2010

If you found this website; Hopefully you can find the court papers at your front door.

And what do you neighbors & personal friends speak of you?(((Redacted)))

You are a horrible person Andrew and in time it will catch up with you. Many nights I lay awake wondering what I have done so bad in my life that I deserved to be taken advantage of by a person like yourself.

It is sickening to think of the fact this guy cleaned me out of my life savings in a period of 6 months of which it took me 5 years of hard earned work to make.

I should have done my due diligence beforehand and I admit it is my fault. This is the result of not going with a professional establishment in the first place; Shame on me.

Most of what he writes above is not true.To those that are viewing this thread I wish to not debate with this individual. I have all the evidence; The truth is like science; In that facts do not lie.

If you would like to give me a call; Feel free to do so 203.627.1768. I feel it is the best I can do is let others hear about my experience and the most positive use of my negative emotions towards this individual.

I would also be happy to send any emails of promises from Andrew that were not fulfilled and/or any check stubs for services not rendered.

CLICK here to see why Rip-off Report, as a matter of policy, deleted either a phone number, link or e-mail address from this Report.

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To Mike i wish you the best.

AUTHOR: Andrew - (United States of America)

POSTED: Saturday, December 25, 2010

I am very sad to see the lengths of which an individual who is clearly unsecure and emmotionaly detached from reality will go to in order to cause trouble for a person like myself. I believe that nothing comes from negative energy so I will not lower myself to the level of an unsatisfied customer.

As a professional with years of experience and many happy customers from medium to large business I can say that my track record speaks for itself. I believe there are appropriate measures for customers and contractors to collaborate and communicate to ensure both parties are satisfied and successful

I replied to a craigslist ad to Mike Lieto to build a social media solution for business primarily focused to deliver video advertisments. I took his vision and created www.ibizit.com a fully functional social media solution started in June and delivered in October.

Not only did i design and implement the solution based on SocialEngine.net and customized code I also in good faith designed the studio, implemented his production environment and outlined production procedures for his company. In addition I established many key accounts and reseller relationships for him to save and help his start up company while reducing overhead.

It is very difficult in the web development and the media industry to define a scope of work which can be agreeable and understood by laymans or people without experience in this field. This gentlemen came from Brick and Mortar into New Tech media solutions. I did the best I could to bridge the gap and I was 100% dedicated to the project.

Once the initial development was completed the Owner Mike offered me a full time position as the Creative Director and this is where things went wrong. His expectations were far beyond our agreements and understandings. Expectations are hard to manage and I determined that our relationship would need to end due to the constant mood swings and threats of legal action and at one time the individual actually showed up to my personal home impersonating a neighbor.

This individual is very smart, aggressive and I believe will be very successful however I also believe he is dangerous, owns a small arsenal and his personal interests and beliefs are some what scary and this is one of the major reasons I think we had grown further apart.

As an independent contractor (I do not mislead people into thinking i am the owner of a large business; Interactive media solutions... is a tagline and for a brief period of time I was contemplatingstarting my own LLC called Imagine That Media until i determinedthere was already a company with that name in NY). I believe the value of relationships and following through. A man is only as good as his word and I am not perfect but I make sure that I do the best that I can regardless of the issues at hand.

To all who is concerned I never stole any equipment from Mike. This was part of my payment as credit became is only form of payment and I need to be paid for my efforts. I trusted this person with personal information and it is clear he has no moral ethics.

Since then I have seen many defects and errors and simple coding issues that do not reflect my work in any way. Any person with common sense can see that the product is innovative and revolutionary.

Summary... www.ibizit.com, consultation on audio visual services, account and business development, all company branding, flyer design, support and setup of many reseller accounts and countless hours of programming, support and driving around to establish sales opportunities is received less that $14,00.00 over 6 months. That is close to minimum wage for premium services.

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