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PSA: That $450 deposit on a custom 3D logo from a guy on Fiverr was the cheapest lesson I ever bought
Back around 2019 a guy named Dario in Buenos Aires promised me a full 3D animated logo for a small brewery pitch, and the $450 deposit went through before I saw a single sketch. Three weeks later I got one blurry render and he vanished, then I found the same file on a stock site for $12. Now I always ask for a rough sketch on a napkin photo before any money moves, and I still wonder if anyone else got burned by that exact profile.
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simon_black10d ago
Man, I gotta disagree with calling that payment a cheap lesson. $450 is real money, and what actually saved you was luck in finding the stock file, not some smart rule you followed. Asking for a napkin sketch first is a good move, but it only works if the person is bad at the scam, and the good ones will happily send you a free sketch and then ghost after the deposit anyway. The real fix is putting the money in escrow or paying in small chunks tied to milestones, because a sketch proves nothing about whether they will finish the job. Fiverr's whole system nudges you to pay up front, which is exactly how guys like your Dario keep eating.
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