[homosaur]

No, I don't think it was an unfortunate side effect, I think it's exactly what he wanted to happen. I know if I were a customer at that gym that I would never be back if someone was trying to screw with my industry. I'd also tell everyone I ever knew not to go there.

My guess is that this was not the method of first resort.

[greaterweb]

You may be right, it may be exactly what he wanted to happen.

The trouble I have thus far is the information is insufficient to make a fair determination of who is right and who is wrong. People are having knee-jerk reactions and harassing the gym without fully knowing the story, and yes, that is truly unfortunate.

If you are ready to close the case on this one simply by a developer claiming he wasn't paid, well, you may wish to rethink your logic with that one.

Has anyone vouched for the credibility of this developer? Have more details surfaced as to the extent of the invoice dispute? Without those answers it's unfounded to hold anything against this gym solely based on the developers claims that he wasn't paid.

[homosaur]

Yeah, you're right, we don't necessarily know the details, but if I were the gym owner and I felt like I was in the right, I'd stand up for myself rather than cower, close down all my Facebook pages to not face criticism, and tell everyone my site was hacked. That's really the single biggest reason I think the gym is most likely in the wrong.