Web Development

From: sam@websolutionstoday.com [mailto:sam@websolutionstoday.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 20 January 2010 5:23 PM
To: Nick Buick
Subject: WEB Development

Hi,

I am Sam, Manager – Online Marketing

To introduce, we are an Indian Web Design and Development firm and have over 6 years of experience. We have been partnering various digital agencies all over US, UK, Australia and Europe.

As you offer Web Design and Development Services to your clients may I propose an association between the two firms. In these tough times, where it is hard to maintain the top line, we can help share the bottom-line for you.

Our Primary Services includes:

• Web Design and Development
• SEO
• Ecommerce
• Web Copywriting
• Flash Designs
• Adwords

Do let me know if you are interested and I would be happy to share our Methodologies, past work details and client Testimonials.

I look forward to your mail.

Kinds Regards,
Sam
Marketing Manager
E-Mail: sam@websolutionstoday.com


From: Nick Buick
Sent: Thursday, 21 January 2010 9:16 AM
To: 'sam@websolutionstoday.com'
Subject: RE: WEB Development

Hey "Sam",

Thanks so much for contacting us. That's amazing that you guys specialise in Web Development. As a matter of fact, so do we! Small world isn't it?

Now, excuse my ignorance "Sam", but I'm a curious, why exactly are you contacting a web development company, offering services in web development? I'd hate to reveal any of my trade-secrets, but I find when *I* offer web development services to companies, I have more success with companies who aren't, themselves, web developers. I know, it sounds crazy, but it actually works. You should give it a go some time.

I’m also a little curious: don't you think it's rather arrogant as a citizen of an impoverished, 3rd-world toilet such as India, to be contacting educated, successful, 1st-world businesses offering to do their job for them? I mean, I wouldn't dream of calling your people up and offering to build call-centres, curry cooking classes, 7-11s. But perhaps I'm just more open-minded and culturally sensitive than you?

I was particularly impressed with your kind offer to allow us to "share our bottom line" with you. I'm not sure if you've ever studied business, “Sam”, but I believe the general objective is to maximize as much bottom line as possible - sharing the bottom line isn't typically smiled upon in capitalist circles. I read somewhere that India is one of the poorest countries on earth - with business strategies like yours “Sam”, it's little wonder.

I hope I've helped clarify a few things for you to get you on your way... remember, companies that *DONT* offer web development themselves, generally, offer greater demand, and NO ONE likes to share their bottom line. Particularly not with strangers who spam them from third-world countries.

All the best to you "Sam", have a great day, and remember, don't drink the water!

Kind Regards

Nick Buick
Web Developer

More Tenants Ask Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: Lauren
Sent: Thursday, 31 December 2009 1:10 AM
Subject: Rent Australia Web Site Query

name : Lauren
comment : Hi I was wondering if you can advise what happens if the real estate never competed their part of the entry inspection? We filled in out part but they never did their part at all. We are worried they are going to try and blame us for things as the house is quite old. There was also a few things that we missed in the entry inspection because we didn't have theirs to go off

eg behind a door some of the skirting boards are chipped. If you can please assist with this they would help very much.

Regards

Referer Page: http://www.rentaustralia.com.au/content/fetchFiles/contact+Us/contactUs.htm/365/

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Buick
Sent: Thursday, 31 December 2009 9:48 AM
Subject: RE: Rent Australia Web Site Query

Certainly happy to help you with free legal advice, Lauren, as a web developer its what I was trained to do :).

Basically what happens, according to the Residential Tenancy Act of 1992, is that it is always the tenant's responsibility to have this form fully and correctly completed. Any failure of either party to complete the form results in automatic forfeit of all bond monies.

Further to this, the agent may, at their discretion, choose to add you to the nation-wide "tenant didn't ensure agent completed entry condition report" blacklist which keeps track of all tenants who failed to ensure their agent completed an entry condition report.

This data is regularly exchanged with local and federal law enforcement and tenants can often find themselves on ASIO watch lists with white vans parked in front of their houses for weeks, even years on end, as a result of this simple mistake. It's not uncommon for tenants to be subjected to renditions where they are kidnapped by federal intelligence agencies bound, gagged and transported in secret to countries such as Egypt where they are imprisoned indefinitely and subjected to unspeakable torture such as water boarding and the dreaded 'jumper-leads-of-torment'.

My best advice to you is to trawl the births-deaths-and-marriages archives for a deceased person of roughly the same age as yourself, steal their identity and use it to start a new life for yourself.

Alternatively, you may wish to seek professional legal advice from a qualified lawyer, rather than contacting a website development company with legal questions.

Good luck with your new life, Lauren.

Kind Regards,
Nick Buick

From: Paul Brennan
Sent: Wednesday, 6 January 2010 1:55 PM
To: nick
Cc: b.cooper; 'Terry Cooper'
Subject: Website

Hi Nick

This website is absolutely atrocious,

It’s a disgraceful CMS system that offers nothing for the 4k.

I have someone who knows what to do and they told me that we won't be allowed to use it as its custom made by refreshweb.

Do you own the rights to the CMS, Have you just sold us a bad product that plugs into a website.

We will like our money back for this product but we don’t mind paying for the hosting of the website up until this time!

Please contact Ben Cooper ASAP to finalise balance owed to us or we will take matters further as get our legal team involved!


Paul Brennan - Fitness Director

From: Nick Buick
Sent: Wednesday, 6 January 2010 3:33 PM
To: 'Paul Brennan'
Cc: 'b.cooper'; 'Terry Cooper'
Subject: RE: Website

Hi Paul,

RE: ****.com.au

Thank you for your email, I can appreciate as a fitness instructor your advanced knowledge in the field of website development must be both credulous and considerable. I should imagine it would make a pleasant and stimulating substitute to your vocation of doing star-jumps all day. Unfortunately, unlike fitness training, the topic of website development does hold a distinct disadvantage to you in that on-the-whole, it lacks books with pictures. Perhaps this is the root of your confusion?

When I deal with organisations I've never even personally spoken to before, who've undertaken quoted and approved work, and followed an exact scope of said work which has then been fully reviewed and approved by my superiors, I tend to avoid citing ambiguous advice provided from 'someone who knows what to do' and vague threats of groundless 'legal action' as basis for a totally random refund. I find that approach would tend to make me look like an idiot, but then, I don't wear spandex pants and run on the spot for a living.

I should point out that prior to launch, the site was fully tested in Internet Explorer 7.0 and Mozilla 3.0 and reviewed with your organisation and any issues identified and fixed, so if there are further issues, it is news to me. Despite being fully approved by your superiors, if there are any glitches, let me know and I'll see if our system is responsible for these and is so, fix them for you right away, despite exceeding the original review process for the project, I would hate to have your organisation feel unhappy with their finished product.

If you have problems, please let me know what these are so we can actually fix them - this may be a more constructive path forward than ranting idiotically about what your friend told you. I look forward to receiving more sparkling repartee from you soon, and thank you for your time, Paul, it’s been most enlightening.

Kind Regards

Nick Buick
Web Developer

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