David H. - 40 minutes ago
I have dealt with this type of person before, and it sucks that so many people get taken by this sort of, well let’s be honest, sociopath.
Reading your exchanges in their entirety after the fact, it is easy to see the warning signs, and they are identical to an experience I had with another individual.
My thoughts, for what they’re worth-
1. I am immediately leery of anyone I don’t know who starts of a potential business transaction with me with “Hey.”
2. I try to sense if the person is thinking about me as a customer, or I’m just a sounding board for them to brag about themselves. Here, this is clearly all about him and his ego. Look how everything he writes is something that is designed to point back at him (I particularly love how he deflects by bringing up the traffic his story brings to your site, like that has anything to do with anything).
3.Verbosity. He is very in love with his “bro-pro” writing voice. So much so, that it is clear (from one of the links with another stiffed customer) that his ‘secretary’ is really him because they write in identical voices.
4. At no point, ANYWHERE, with anyone that I could see, does he attempt to defend himself, and certainly not in the way a professional business person wold defend themselves. When called out or challenged for his foul practices, he defaults to the typical sociopathic “Who me?-How COULD you?!-You’ll be sorry.” response.
I am for sorry you (and everyone else) who got taken by this loser. Thank you for sharing.