MSP charged with extortion
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@ChrisL said in MSP charged with extortion:
I mean, technically the Chamber of Commerce WAS breaching the contract.
The Chamber of Commerce is in the wrong from the little article actually explained.
Is he right to shut off services?
Depends on the terms of the contract. In general, yes.
Does he come off a little vengeful?
Conjecture (maybe the wrong word). The article gives no good information on timelines.
Is EXTORTION the right crime?
Not a chance, based on the little known.
Is this too many questions?
Yes.
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This is a Professional IT Service Provider that I have worked with along side in the past. As a good service provider they have a solid contract in place. They also would have a continuance clause for the end of the contract and need notification that the client will be moving to someone else, 90 days is normal. They also I am sure have a line about if a client doesn't pay on time then xyz will happen to their services.
Also even if they did provide their o365 and were paying for it etc. Then if you shut this off it does not take 10 days to get it back online. Even if you have to change the domain etc. it doesn't take that long. Even if everything is fully deleted on the admin panel side, MS can retrieve it.
Sounds to me like the Chamber is trying to blame them for a bad decision in moving to a company that is incompetent.
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@Minion-Queen said in MSP charged with extortion:
Sounds to me like the Chamber is trying to blame them for a bad decision in moving to a company that is incompetent.
And trying to cover up that they are insolvent and unable to pay their bills. I wonder if the new IT company is aware that they've not paid for the services that they had before, yet. This is why IT companies need to communicate more. There is so much non-payment and always a new sucker firm that will desperately take any work and undercut each other and then no one gets paid and there is a terrible race to the bottom.
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It also sounds like he is going to end up owning the city. Jim, I hope you plan on suing them for more than just what they owe. They harmed you and your business, maybe irreparably.
The gall of the city and the sheriffs department are astounding.
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Time to get out of that region. Doesn't sound like a business friendly environment.
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@scottalanmiller I absolutely love it here. The weather is generous, the land is beautiful, and the people are extremely nice. I've lived many places in the US and abroad in other countries, and I find Forsyth County GA to be one of the best places to live. Of course, not everyone here fits that bill, but hey, no place is perfect, is it?
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@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
@scottalanmiller I absolutely love it here. The weather is generous, the land is beautiful, and the people are extremely nice. I've lived many places in the US and abroad in other countries, and I find Forsyth County GA to be one of the best places to live. Of course, not everyone here fits that bill, but hey, no place is perfect, is it?
Remember who this advice is coming from, he really did take the family and leave the country.
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@travisdh1 I know right!
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@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
@scottalanmiller I absolutely love it here. The weather is generous, the land is beautiful, and the people are extremely nice. I've lived many places in the US and abroad in other countries, and I find Forsyth County GA to be one of the best places to live. Of course, not everyone here fits that bill, but hey, no place is perfect, is it?
Let's not forget the atrocities committed in Forsyth County in the recent past...
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@RojoLoco Never! I have several friends, including my BF that are of Indian decent ir directly from India and they run in to racism all the time. I fight the fight with them to educate on and eradicate the ignorance behind racism.
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@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
@RojoLoco Never! I have several friends, including my BF that are of Indian decent ir directly from India and they run in to racism all the time. I fight the fight with them to educate on and eradicate the ignorance behind racism.
That's a good thing. It's truly humiliating to be from a state where such systemic racism still exists. I dated a couple of girls from Cumming, and I was always weirded out when I was around there. But south Forsyth is all shiny and nice now, lots of high dollar real estate and stuff.
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@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
@RojoLoco Never! I have several friends, including my BF that are of Indian decent ir directly from India and they run in to racism all the time. I fight the fight with them to educate on and eradicate the ignorance behind racism.
Sadly, NE Ohio is still a hotbed of racism. Especially the area my wife lived in before we got married. It's even prevalent in the Amish population.
Some of the conversations with people make my head spin. Mostly not fit to share online for more than the obvious reasons
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@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
@scottalanmiller I absolutely love it here. The weather is generous, the land is beautiful, and the people are extremely nice. I've lived many places in the US and abroad in other countries, and I find Forsyth County GA to be one of the best places to live. Of course, not everyone here fits that bill, but hey, no place is perfect, is it?
You should try San Diego. I love it here (not the traffic)!
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@travisdh1 said in MSP charged with extortion:
@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
@RojoLoco Never! I have several friends, including my BF that are of Indian decent ir directly from India and they run in to racism all the time. I fight the fight with them to educate on and eradicate the ignorance behind racism.
Sadly, NE Ohio is still a hotbed of racism. Especially the area my wife lived in before we got married. It's even prevalent in the Amish population.
Some of the conversations with people make my head spin. Mostly not fit to share online for more than the obvious reasons
Upstate NY or central PA are the same way. Wonder if there is a correlation that can be made between that and types of jobs available?
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@coliver said in MSP charged with extortion:
@travisdh1 said in MSP charged with extortion:
@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
@RojoLoco Never! I have several friends, including my BF that are of Indian decent ir directly from India and they run in to racism all the time. I fight the fight with them to educate on and eradicate the ignorance behind racism.
Sadly, NE Ohio is still a hotbed of racism. Especially the area my wife lived in before we got married. It's even prevalent in the Amish population.
Some of the conversations with people make my head spin. Mostly not fit to share online for more than the obvious reasons
Upstate NY or central PA are the same way. Wonder if there is a correlation that can be made between that and types of jobs available?
Western NY really is nothing like NE Ohio. Two very different worlds.
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@coliver said in MSP charged with extortion:
@travisdh1 said in MSP charged with extortion:
@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
@RojoLoco Never! I have several friends, including my BF that are of Indian decent ir directly from India and they run in to racism all the time. I fight the fight with them to educate on and eradicate the ignorance behind racism.
Sadly, NE Ohio is still a hotbed of racism. Especially the area my wife lived in before we got married. It's even prevalent in the Amish population.
Some of the conversations with people make my head spin. Mostly not fit to share online for more than the obvious reasons
Upstate NY or central PA are the same way. Wonder if there is a correlation that can be made between that and types of jobs available?
Ahhh, central PA aka Pennsyl-tucky.
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Good luck in your suit, @jimk.
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@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
@RojoLoco Never! I have several friends, including my BF that are of Indian decent ir directly from India and they run in to racism all the time. I fight the fight with them to educate on and eradicate the ignorance behind racism.
BF? Boyfriend?I did not know that about you, Jim.
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@Grey said in MSP charged with extortion:
@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
@RojoLoco Never! I have several friends, including my BF that are of Indian decent ir directly from India and they run in to racism all the time. I fight the fight with them to educate on and eradicate the ignorance behind racism.
BF? Boyfriend?I did not know that about you, Jim.
Best Friend Grey! How have you been man! You still SpiceTraining?
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For those of you who have the ability to assist financially, here is a link to my fundraising page on FundRazr. We would have used the more popular GoFundMe, but it does not allow for raising of funds for legal fees.
http://fnd.us/91CvBd?ref=sh_96SYSd
Thanks for those that can, and I appreciate everything tht all are doing in support of us.
Thanks,
Jim
