The original post: /r/web_design by /u/blorentz38 on 2025-01-20 20:56:33.

It might be nothing, but for some reason I’m starting to get “that feeling” and wanted to see if anyone has experienced something similar.

Prospect approached me weeks ago via a webflow referral requesting a new website. We had our discovery call, everything seemed good, they knew exactly what they wanted, and agreed to my proposal and signed contract.

Fast forward to the last week… now there’s things coming up that’s starting to feel suspicious. The first thing was when they claimed they could not get my stripe payment link to work. I sent two separate links and supposedly neither works. They requested that I use Quickbooks instead… like sure, that’s fine.

They get my new invoice, and now they’re saying they’re having a hard time paying their “website strategist” because they don’t take credit card (?) so they’re asking me to add to my current invoice for an amount that’s oddly close to my down payment so I can pay their “strategist” on behalf of them. Like how is me paying them any different from them paying?

All of this after hearing a story about how they’re in the hospital often dealing with health issues. If that’s the case, sure I completely understand life happens. However, all of these things are starting to add to my suspicion and I have yet to formally meet their “strategist” after requesting numerous times for an introduction. At this point I’m seriously considering nulling out this contract and moving forward.

Am I being too weird about this? Or would anyone else be sus about it as well?