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HOne of the reputed mid sized organisation from Bangalore asked me to develop a software 8 months ago. Signed up budget was 55k and I delivered it within a month. The problem is that the MD of the company asked me to develop the software without paying me any advance amount and he promised me to pay one shot after it is delivered. I agreed to this condition assuming they are a pvt ltd company. They were happy with the provided software and started using it. When I started following up for payment, they kept promising that the payment would be done today from last 6 months and I never get the amount. They have been using my software till date. They even sent me a cheque without signature over WhatsApp guaranteeing that the payment is underway. After frustration, I recently sent a lawyer notice and they did not budge. Finally, yesterday that MD blindly said that my software does not work and take any legal action you need. Now I am completely lost. I spoke to couple of advocates and they said that filing a civil case would cost almost similar amount from my pocket and none are ready to take probono. Any advice what I can do to recover my amount?
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SIf this company needed such a software, there is a good possibility that other companies in similar business would want it. Make a product out of your software and sell it. Heck just put it online on envato market or something and sell it and recover the money.
Else put it on GitHub and make it public and open-source and put it on your portfolio or resume
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UIf you don’t take legal action to recover your losses—litigation costs, mental agony, etc. you’re just enabling more cheaters to thrive. The business ecosystem will keep rewarding dishonesty unless people push back.
You made a mistake by assuming honesty ,most people will cheat if there’s no fear of consequences. Always hedge: demand phased payments, upfront security deposits, and implement software locks as a fail-safe. If a client refuses, don’t deliver.
The real irony is The scammer likely has more guts to file a complaint against you than you have to fight back. If you don’t stand up for yourself, why should anyone else? Scammers exist because people like you let them. Most give up before even trying , Ihave no sympathy for them. ( they deserve more such scammers)
Look at real estate: builders scam buyers, yet few fight back, so the scams continue. People complain that the world is run by bad actors, but the truth is ,losers stay losers because they refuse to fight. The ones who do , They win.
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