[TriLUG] Posting complaint about company ...?

[Jeremy Portzer]

Carl Crider wrote:
>  Here's the info.
> 
> -The company was hired to build a large, web-based
> application for a non-profit.
> -The deal was for nearly $90K, and grant money was being used to pay for it.
> -They signed an agreement stating that if the initial deadlines were not
> met, the
> money that had been invested thus far would be returned. This was around
> $30K.
> -After several deadlines were not met, the client fires the company.
> -Company sends letter stating that they are going bankrupt [of course] and
> the
> money will not be repaid.
> -This company recently changed their name, and is doing the same business as
> before. The old company name had won a few awards, and the new website
> states that the new company name won those awards.
> -The directions to their new headquarters [which used to be on said
> client's property] are the same; though they have not leased that space for
> almost a year.

It sounds like you (or the non-profit, if you're not directly affiliated 
with them), need to hire a lawyer and bring this up with the bankruptcy 
court.  This is not pocket change.

--Jeremy