How to deal with a blackmailer

from: RJon Robins
to: RJONROBINS@gmail.com
date: Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 5:59 PM
subject: How to deal with a blackmailer

Hello everyone

‍
I want to share a

lesson with you on how to deal with a blackmailer.  

Here's what happened.  Last year I hired a website

developer to build a fairly complex private membership site for me.

Thecontract called for all kinds of exciting bells & whistles

including a tool I invented to help you set key goals for your law

firmand then log them each week to produce a visual graph that

shows youexactly where your business is and then use that

to diagnose what needsfixing.

To make a VERY long and expensive story short

‍I am now engaged in mediation with this developer as I refuse to

release the second half of his fee from escrow since he failed to

deliver a satisfactory work product.  And in fact I've had to now

spendmore than three times as much to have the whole site built up

from theground-up with my current developer who I have nothing

but good things to say about.

So below is the blackmail this crook tried pull on me.

The lesson of course is that when you conduct your

business affairs in a totally stand-up way, the way you deal with a

shakedown attempt is beat them to the punch by shining the light

directly on the matter.

Just one more of the ways good marketing

& good management go hand-in-hand with ethics and

professionalism.

By the way, if this lunatic does bother you by carrying through on his

threat, please forward his email to me because I am going to

crucify him with this b.s.

Thanks in advace for your patience & understanding,


~ RJON
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from: Reelay Developers <dreelay@yahoo.com>
to: rjon@howtomanageasmalllawfirm.com
date: Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:54 PM
subject: warning

Rjon,

Please

note I have obtined the database of your users, i will definitely be

informing them of how you ripped of the developer. Belive you me,

its never going to be worth it for you. But i will teach an ass like you

what it happens when you mess around and steal other people's money.

Hold

your breath for the mass mail this weekend :)
Good luck trying your lawyer stunts then.

Paul