I recently talked to a fellow business owner about a problem she was having with breached contract. Seems she paid this person several hundred dollars to place an ad in their publication. It was never published. When questioned, she was told it is in final prep, and so forth…several times she called and questioned, and several times they continued to put her off. Then in December, another withdrawal of several hundred dollars was taken for the next months publication. And the first one hadn’t been produced. You can see where this is going…she was swindled.
When this happens, the first one we tend to blame was ourselves. We question our thought process and whether there was something that we should have noticed. And when we are put off, we tell ourselves, this is a just a glitch and we don’t want to be the bad guy, it will happen. And how could we be so wrong, I am sure it will happen. Wrong!
Bad things happen to good people. Smart people…look at the way that Bernie Madoff swindled those people. Smart people and they lost millions. Don’t blame yourself, don’t question your ability to make judgements. These people have the ability to convince the Arabs into buying oil…and they choose to use this gift in a bad way.
Don’t take these incidents as a failure, look at them as a way to stand up and fight for what is rightfully yours. Take the appropriate actions so that perhaps another person won’t be taken. What an empowering feeling to help another person!
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Sorry to hear about this. I know it happens more often than we hear about.
Did this person get their money refunded?
Did someone bring charges against this publication?
Is it a publication I read or use? I certainly don’t want to support someone who is pulling a fraud scam.
Purse Stuff – Paula