Hi! I really hope someone here can help me.
Last March I agreed with a local IT consulting firm to do some Web development work for a local business. We agreed via txt message to develop a system worth 50 hours worth of work. It sounded like a great way to make a bit of extra cash in my spare time, but I soon found the consultants didn't really have a clue what they were going.
I received a 'spec' via email, about 10 requirements, each requirement about a sentence long. After doing the work, the local company came back with loads of issues, where the real nuance of the application had failed to be captured in the short requirements.
I'm a textbook people pleaser and I've been working most evenings and weekends for just over a year now and everytime I think I'm close to getting out of this hole I've dug myself, they keep coming back with reasons why it isn't right. The local business is not technical in any sense and very difficult to communicate in any detail with, and the IT consultants have had very little involvement at all. It's ballooned massively from what the spec says and I don't know how to get out. Honestly I'm too much of a wimp to confront the agents
My main problem is I don't know where I stand legally to get out of the 'contract' which I was stupid to agree to via txt, but honestly expected them to provide me with a contract or something to sign. It's only after a while I realised the text message WAS the agreement. Can anyone offer any advice on what I can do? I was paid a deposit, but honestly I don't even care about getting paid the rest, I just want to find a way out
I am grateful for any advice anyone can offer.
Last March I agreed with a local IT consulting firm to do some Web development work for a local business. We agreed via txt message to develop a system worth 50 hours worth of work. It sounded like a great way to make a bit of extra cash in my spare time, but I soon found the consultants didn't really have a clue what they were going.
I received a 'spec' via email, about 10 requirements, each requirement about a sentence long. After doing the work, the local company came back with loads of issues, where the real nuance of the application had failed to be captured in the short requirements.
I'm a textbook people pleaser and I've been working most evenings and weekends for just over a year now and everytime I think I'm close to getting out of this hole I've dug myself, they keep coming back with reasons why it isn't right. The local business is not technical in any sense and very difficult to communicate in any detail with, and the IT consultants have had very little involvement at all. It's ballooned massively from what the spec says and I don't know how to get out. Honestly I'm too much of a wimp to confront the agents
My main problem is I don't know where I stand legally to get out of the 'contract' which I was stupid to agree to via txt, but honestly expected them to provide me with a contract or something to sign. It's only after a while I realised the text message WAS the agreement. Can anyone offer any advice on what I can do? I was paid a deposit, but honestly I don't even care about getting paid the rest, I just want to find a way out
I am grateful for any advice anyone can offer.
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