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Complaint Review: Zaki Salehi - Fastdesigner.net - Bristol Connecticut

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  • Zaki Salehi - Fastdesigner.net 1175 Farmington Ave Apt 1-401 Bristol, Connecticut United States of America
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Zaki Salehi - Fastdesigner.net "Graphic Designer" operating bait-and-switch payment scams Bristol Connecticut

*Consumer Comment: Experience with Zaki Salehi

*Author of original report: E-mail/Phone Harassment

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Mr. Zaki Salehi, operating as "Fastdesigns", contacted me via GetaFreelancer.com to help him do some quick e-mail based design work. The GetaFreelancer system runs on a $30 minimum, and he contacted me via e-mail telling me he could only do $10, so just because the project was fairly easy I accepted. Contacting me via yahoo using the ID ny1111, Mr. Salehi gave me the relevant contact info and then let me do my job.

After doing the job, he told me he couldn't do the job "now", then took what I did for him, re-branded it with his name, and told me he could pay me maybe "monday or tuesday" and the $20 could just go do a "different job". After I told him this wasn't acceptable and he could just pay me the $10, he rambled, then told me he wouldn't do so.

Attached is the important excerpt from the chatlog, including some of his threats against me:

ny1111: ah ok ny1111: thanks ny1111: nice job Kirk: Basically, you can just dump what I put in the HTML Kirk: into a .html document Kirk: edit it Kirk: and throw it back in relatively easily ny1111: NICE JOB MAN Kirk: Thanks! [...] ny1111: ok ny1111: i will have work for u ny1111: for SURE Kirk: Great! If you can, close up the project on GAF ny1111: u mean cancel this one? ny1111: and make another one when i have other project? Kirk: Uhh, no, haha, pay me for the job I just did ny1111: oh ny1111: it wont let me pay 10 ny1111: 30$ is minumum ny1111: so once i give u other job ny1111: i will add this to that ok? Kirk: As in you'll pay me now and I'll do another job for you down the road? ny1111: it wont let me pay 10$ right now ny1111: 30 is minumum bud Kirk: Which is why I ask if you're paying ahead of time. ny1111: i will pay u for all when i have other job ny1111: i will have one for u ny1111: by monday tuesday ny1111: for sure Kirk: Sorry, I really can't accept that. I'm trying to be as amicable as possible here, but you're violating the terms of GAF ny1111: can u wait? Kirk: I'm trying to bend as much as possible, but this is pushing it ny1111: gaf wont allow to pay 10$ ny1111: i have been doing this for years ny1111: do u have moneybookers? ny1111: i dont have paypal Kirk: I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you to pay the $30 now. I already have had to pay $5 to accept your job, and frankly I'm not willing to work outside of the GAF framework. ny1111: want me to pay the 10 with moneybookers? ny1111: ?? Kirk: I don't want to have to take this to a dispute resolution, but I will if necessary. ny1111: you said 10$ is fine? ny1111: in your PM ny1111: didnt you???? Kirk: I'm willing to help if you can pay me through GAF and then we can negotiate things later, but I will not cancel the job and trust you to pay me in a few days. ny1111: thats why i accepted u ny1111: do you have MONEYBOOKERS ACCOUNT Kirk: No, I do not. ny1111: lets cancel this job then Kirk: I'm going to report you to Get a Freelancer. Kirk: This is clearly an attempt to scam me. I'm not stupid. ny1111: ????? ny1111: f*** you Kirk: I'm also going to report you to your server hosts and similar groups to inform them. ny1111: i will give you a NEGATIVE right now Kirk: Now, you can hold up your end by paying me for the work I just did, I'll even accept PayPal outside of GAF ny1111: f*** u ny1111: u r getting a negative Kirk: I can even send you a request you can pay via Credit Card Kirk: I'm also reporting your client to ConstantContact Kirk: Look, just pay the money Kirk: I will send you a credit card request Kirk: you can do it via that ny1111: NO Kirk: but I'm not going to wait for you to pay ny1111: JUST LEFT YOU A NEGATIVE ny1111: GO CHECK YOUR REVIEWS Kirk: Doesn't bother me. Kirk: Now, are you going to pay? ny1111: NO ny1111: F*CK U ny1111: GET LOST ny1111: I CHANGED PASWORD ALSO ny1111: FOR CONSTANT Kirk: Look, I don't want to ruin your reputation, but I will ny1111: SO ny1111: U R F*CKED ny1111: U F*CKEN TOLD ME NICELY IN PM THAT U WILL ACCEPT 10$ ny1111: AND U WANT 30$ FOR A 1MINUTE JOB Kirk: No, and I'd even be glad to send back $20 Kirk: but you're holding back on the $10 ny1111: NOPE ny1111: GET LOST [He, from here on out, blocked me]

Kirk Winston-Salem, North Carolina
U.S.A.

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#2 Consumer Comment

Experience with Zaki Salehi

AUTHOR: jluikwan - (USA)

POSTED: Monday, July 18, 2016

I am working with Zaki Salehi on a project now at freelancer.com and so far so good.  It's been 7 years since you filed your original report, so maybe he has changed.  I was not able to access your MP3 recording.

He is doing some additional work that we requested so I can provide a follow-up when that is completed.

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E-mail/Phone Harassment

AUTHOR: Ksigmon - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Friday, March 20, 2009

Unfortunately, this just doesn't die.

Salehi eventually did pay the $10 owed, and I deleted his AOL contact information and all relevant info.

Yesterday (March 19), Salehi e-mailed me with a threatening e-mail demanding I remove this posting (specifically mentioning ripoffreport), stating he was going to sic his lawyers on me for "false accusation". After telling him I intended to do no such thing and I was within my legal right, he offered me $20 to essentially delete the post.

After I refused to both call him (he gave the number 860 921 6614), he called me a "f**ken child" and proceeded to, today, call me at least 10 time on a restricted number (i.e. Skype or something), yelling at me and attempting to force me to remove the post.

Per NC law, if one party in a telephone conversation accepts it, a phone conversation can be recorded. Below is an MP3 format of a call I just received from Mr. Salehi.

http://sigmoninc.com/salehi/salehi_call.mp3

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