Can't trust web designers...any trustworthy ones out there?

Just waited 1 year and spent 拢2,300 with nothing at all in return with a local designer, now just posted $650 to a big USA company, again nothing and no help and now another USA company wanting upfront payments for hosting....are there any honest people left on the internet? cos if a person says white now i will assume it's black.....
Can't trust web designers...any trustworthy ones out there?
I wouldn't send money to anyone i didn't know... why don't you get a web designer to come around to you and tell them what you want. And don't pay any money until they have produced results
Can't trust web designers...any trustworthy ones out there?
yes there are many many honest designers





look for someone free lance at www.rentacoder.com





you may also tell us what exactly you need in your site
Reply:Usualy going for a freelancer rather that a big webdesign company gets you better and cheaper results.





last time i used this guy and he's pretty ok:


www.blueflame-design.com
Reply:there are a lot of good companies out there. the best thing to do is find a website you like and look below for who the web designer is and maybe ask them to build u a model for your website. then you decide if you want it or not, Dont pay before since they will definitely tell you that they will keep the money for the work we did. so better pay when you see the work done.





try this web designer, the company is based in Malta Europe but has websites allover Europe and the quality of their creations is damn good


http://www.kennethschembri.com/





if you check their portfolio you can find their creations
Reply:Yeah the IT fields have been getting flooded with rip-off artists or @ssholes. I say it's because they're paying off or paying for all the stupid Certs they get/got. D@mn specialists!





There is hope though...





not all of us s()ck or take your money and run.





My significant other and I have our own business together fixing computers and doing web design. We do not give quotes based on this and that which can come back to bite a customer on the but. Instead we give flat rates. We try our best to be the most affordable and still support our selves paying bills LOL.





If we can't do the job or can't fix it we let you know and we don't charge. Why would someone be charged if nothing is done? That's dumb, and bad business practice. Hello, report those b@stards to the BBB!





Anyways, you can check us out at:


http://www.duelwave.com





(We will be up front with our limitations since we are a small home based partnership business, and we're students still, so technically we're still learning, in other words don't expect us to know die hard stuff like ASP.NET)





I hope this hasn't ruined your image of ALL web designers or IT people for that matter, there are still honest up front people in those fields. Of course alot of us do tend to be lazy LOL, but that's no excuse for what you went through.





::: Peace :::