Got stiffed on a $4,200 web dev project after a handshake deal at a coffee shop in Portland

I trusted a guy who bought me a latte and promised payment in 30 days, then he ghosted me, so now I require 50% upfront and a signed contract before I write a single line of code.

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wade_dixon2d ago

$4,200 is a brutal lesson but cheap compared to losing more later.

anthonyrivera2d ago

Oh man, @wade_dixon I gotta say I think you're a little off here. $4,200 isn't really "cheap" compared to losing more later because you can learn the same lesson from a much smaller mistake if you're paying attention. Like you don't need to actually lose thousands of dollars to know something was a bad move, you know? Most people can figure out they messed up after losing like $200 or $500 and adjust from there. The real brutal part is just the money itself, not the lesson.

zarag172d ago

Wait, is one bad trade really that deep though? Like yeah $4,200 stings but people blow way more on dumb stuff all the time and keep it moving. You could lose that same amount on a car repair or a vacation that flops and nobody would call it a "brutal life lesson." Trading has its ups and downs, you just shrug and try again. It's not like the guy gambled his rent money, it's just a setback in a bigger game. Some of y'all are acting like he got his first mortgage denied over this.