Cam - that is what I am doing. I am not pursuing the payment - it was not a whole lot of time anyway.
I just was nto sure if there was any obligation (even a perceived one) for me to report the situation. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> He sends me an email late Friday afternoon asking me to not start >> working as it will cost more than he wants to pay (I had already put >> in a few hours which he already said he will nto pay me for). >> >> My question is, I know the credit card information this guy's >> customers are supplying to him is not secure, do I have an ethical >> obligation to report him? > > No. ...and doing so invites bad karma. I ran into a situation like > this about 10 months ago and walked, no RAN away... > > I would even suggest that you not pursue payment for any initial > services rendered since it leaves a paper trail that can be followed > back to you in the event that he does have a massive card theft or > identity theft problem in the future. > > Alot of small companies, particularly ones that are run by > non-technical people, are in a situation right now where their > business model does not pay enough to be able to afford to upgrade to > PCI compliance. The owners simply have no ability to become PCI > compliant. They can't afford it, period. Their only real choice is > to go out of business, which they also don't want to do. Most of them > are going to keep limping along till they get caught, at which point > they will go out of business. > > In the meantime they are desperately looking for someone to help them > become PCI compliant within their budget. I would stay away from > anyone in this situation. There is a high likelihood that the owner > has no idea what is involved in PCI compliance, doesn't want to know, > and has their head in the sand. They are also at increased risk of > non-payment. > > Bad Mojo all around. > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321665 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
