Scott La Plant, Elizabethtown, PA / Apptastik December 1, 2008
This post is to warn the web technology world about Scott La Plant, Apptast!k, LLC. (other Apptastik projects include CalendarApp, InvoiceApp, LettersApp and GreatCareersHere). It isn’t to say that all freelancing projects run perfectly, but Scott La Plant having issues with a contractors seems to be the norm, not an isolated incident. If you are considering working with Scott La Plant, please make sure to get a contract and a retainer before performing any work. If you are thinking of purchasing any of his applications, including InvoiceApp, ContactApp, LettersApp, CalendarApp or GreatCareersHere, please realize that you may owe money to those who worked on those applications as contractors. I did, eventually, get paid.
I had almost the exact same interaction as you did! Almost down to the exact conversations! I had them in summer /spring ‘07 though on the same contact app. I still haven’t gotten paid! You should contact me at the provided email.
Also following up on my previous comment see
http://aaronbedra.com/2007/10/10/why-contract-work-sucks
I didn’t include names, but it looks like I should have for the sake of everyone else that I could have helped.
Calendar app is actually a rip-off of 37Signals backpack. Trust me, i’ve seen it.
( http://www.intranetapp.net/prelogin/unknown )
hey there,
that’s an awful story - i have a friend (female) , graphic designer who did a bunch of work for 2-3 folks online, never got paid and couldn’t make rent that month (she was still at school). horrible :(
Well well… Scott LaPlant seems to be still ripping off designers and programmers. When he moved from Michigan, he must have been running away for some reason. I was happy that he sold his house living only 2 miles away from him.
You see… I might have been his first ripoff. Every step that you went through - I went through. The great communication. Available all the time. Then he turned.
Bi-polar? YES!!! You should have heard some of the things he would say to me - promises of additional work, etc. Oh, wait, I’m sure you did since it sounds like he was telling you the same thing!
This was back in 2004. I took him to court and WON. He didn’t show up. He called me that morning and asked if we could reschedule the court date because he was still in Indiana. HELL NO. He would have lost his ass off anyway because of all the documentation I had on him. He wouldn’t pay, so I garnished his bank account. It was for only $500 + court costs, but WORTH EVERY PENNY and then some.
He has no attorney. What a joke.
I feel really bad for people who get involved with him. Stay FAR AWAY!
It is amazing to read about this person Scott LaPlant. I am a web designer and I worked for this person and after the work was done, he said that I am fired!!! :))
I was shocked… He never paid me; He is a very strange person. Do not work for this person even if he pays you upfront, which I strongly doubt… I hope this Scott LaPlant will be punished someday for his behaviour.