@ricardo said: Fairly sure userids/invoiceids on WHMCS are quite a clear giveaway on how much business a site has done, but those don't require any payment TBF.
I'm sorry but, regardless of the end result: I am now uncomfortable doing business with Stripe with the awareness of employee and their actions.
Knowing the employee is open to breaking clauses they agreed with a provider does not give me any confidence about their work ethic - even if they haven't committed the specific allegation made it makes them open to other immoral or unethical actions. It 100% adds definition to their existence as a human being which can't just be limited to one scenario and extends to define the company they represent.
I am sad that eventually I will just not use anything or do anything because people are just.. dick heads.
@SmallWeb said:
I'm sorry but, regardless of the end result: I am now uncomfortable doing business with Stripe with the awareness of employee and their actions.
Knowing the employee is open to breaking clauses they agreed with a provider does not give me any confidence about their work ethic - even if they haven't committed the specific allegation made it makes them open to other immoral or unethical actions. It 100% adds definition to their existence as a human being which can't just be limited to one scenario and extends to define the company they represent.
I am sad that eventually I will just not use anything or do anything because people are just.. dick heads.
I once met a dishonest human, and stopped doing any business with humans ever since!
@SmallWeb said:
I'm sorry but, regardless of the end result: I am now uncomfortable doing business with Stripe with the awareness of employee and their actions.
Knowing the employee is open to breaking clauses they agreed with a provider does not give me any confidence about their work ethic - even if they haven't committed the specific allegation made it makes them open to other immoral or unethical actions. It 100% adds definition to their existence as a human being which can't just be limited to one scenario and extends to define the company they represent.
I am sad that eventually I will just not use anything or do anything because people are just.. dick heads.
I once met a dishonest human, and stopped doing any business with humans ever since!
@ricardo said: Fairly sure userids/invoiceids on WHMCS are quite a clear giveaway on how much business a site has done, but those don't require any payment TBF.
To be fair it's pretty well discussed that it's a mostly "1 man operation" that doesn't mean it's bad and is something I have faith in also. But I've been able to establish this from just forum discussion so ya that's definitely possible
@ricardo said: Fairly sure userids/invoiceids on WHMCS are quite a clear giveaway on how much business a site has done, but those don't require any payment TBF.
To be fair it's pretty well discussed that it's a mostly "1 man operation" that doesn't mean it's bad and is something I have faith in also. But I've been able to establish this from just forum discussion so ya that's definitely possible
In fairness, I’ve seen quite a few companies be able to be operated as a 1-person team. If your product is pretty much automated, and support isn’t crazy (and you know when to say no & charge people extra for support if they’re opening 100 tickets an hour), then it’s entirely plausible to run it sustainably as a single entity.
@SmallWeb said:
I'm sorry but, regardless of the end result: I am now uncomfortable doing business with Stripe with the awareness of employee and their actions.
Knowing the employee is open to breaking clauses they agreed with a provider does not give me any confidence about their work ethic - even if they haven't committed the specific allegation made it makes them open to other immoral or unethical actions. It 100% adds definition to their existence as a human being which can't just be limited to one scenario and extends to define the company they represent.
I am sad that eventually I will just not use anything or do anything because people are just.. dick heads.
Good old bank transfers and no automatic setup. Provisioning within 24 hours. Those were the days :P
@Ympker said: Good old bank transfers and no automatic setup. Provisioning within 24 hours. Those were the days :P
Haha 24 hours? Bank transfers in US are in weeks for personal ones, the system (ACH) does not have error handling or exceptions, the receiving bank needs to check their folder every day for a while (depending on how much they trust the customer to have good funds) for the sending bank to upload a "insufficient funds" message
@Ympker said: Good old bank transfers and no automatic setup. Provisioning within 24 hours. Those were the days :P
Haha 24 hours? Bank transfers in US are in weeks for personal ones, the system (ACH) does not have error handling or exceptions, the receiving bank needs to check their folder every day for a while (depending on how much they trust the customer to have good funds) for the sending bank to upload a "insufficient funds" message
@poppz said:
How did this pan out, or is it still on-going?
No new word. You know how these things are, largely dick measuring contests. He played his first hand and I played mine, if it ends with an unspoken “good game” I’m good with it.
Do everything as though everyone you’ll ever know is watching.
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No, there was an additional tweet.
EDIT: I thought it was the account of the employee but it's not.
Yeah that's sort of an info leak. If I used their product I'd want them to patch that.
Entirely plausible.
Ty for the tip!
Do everything as though everyone you’ll ever know is watching.
I'm sorry but, regardless of the end result: I am now uncomfortable doing business with Stripe with the awareness of employee and their actions.
Knowing the employee is open to breaking clauses they agreed with a provider does not give me any confidence about their work ethic - even if they haven't committed the specific allegation made it makes them open to other immoral or unethical actions. It 100% adds definition to their existence as a human being which can't just be limited to one scenario and extends to define the company they represent.
I am sad that eventually I will just not use anything or do anything because people are just.. dick heads.
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To be fair it's pretty well discussed that it's a mostly "1 man operation" that doesn't mean it's bad and is something I have faith in also. But I've been able to establish this from just forum discussion so ya that's definitely possible
In fairness, I’ve seen quite a few companies be able to be operated as a 1-person team. If your product is pretty much automated, and support isn’t crazy (and you know when to say no & charge people extra for support if they’re opening 100 tickets an hour), then it’s entirely plausible to run it sustainably as a single entity.
Good old bank transfers and no automatic setup. Provisioning within 24 hours. Those were the days :P
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Haha 24 hours? Bank transfers in US are in weeks for personal ones, the system (ACH) does not have error handling or exceptions, the receiving bank needs to check their folder every day for a while (depending on how much they trust the customer to have good funds) for the sending bank to upload a "insufficient funds" message
Really? Didn't know that lol. Interesting.
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How did this pan out, or is it still on-going?
No new word. You know how these things are, largely dick measuring contests. He played his first hand and I played mine, if it ends with an unspoken “good game” I’m good with it.
Do everything as though everyone you’ll ever know is watching.
Has his resume updated recently? ;-)