JB Life

  • First conversation with aurent, janna + marc + ben

  • Estimate sent

  • Down payment

  • Janna asks questions about design choices, requests content, development is well underway

  • Janna reiterates that site is mostly ready and waiting on content and feedback

  • Ben says 'site looks good so far!... no concerns yet'. content is delayed due to partner's father being sick. begins discussion of name/branding change.

  • Marc bumps requesting info about branding

  • Ben is still trying to figure out copywriter & logo

  • Benjamin: "sorry about the long delay", have most of pages built & will be forwarded (never does), got broker status

  • Benjamin gets back in touch, wants to restart development, Joe has left

  • Respond, offer to meet

  • Ben is on the road for a couple weeks, suggests week of 8/15

  • Katie met for first time, discussed switching to jupiter

  • Peyton introduces self, requests content and feedback

  • Benjamin acknowledges, says 'we're on the right track', soft request for meeting

  • Peyton bumps content / feedback request

  • Ben acknowledges, says he'll follow up early december - last contact on his part prior to dispute

  • Janna pings, asks for feedback, warns that we're 'racking up a lot of hours'

  • Final invoice sent

  • jess sends initial ping - views invoice that day

  • first response from ben, expressed concern about 'new designer'

  • demand letter sent

  • ben emails in response to demand letter, asks for explanation of charges

  • Chris speaks with Ben, main arguemnts are: took too long, didn't get all deliverables (was hourly anyway), work exceeded estimate (estimate is estimate, many revisions)