SIgnQuest

UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES - DISHONEST I was hired by SQ General Manager Shawn B. to do graphic design & production work. I met with Shawn approx 5 times at their office. I designed and submitted hi-res print-ready files for an urgent trade show job for one of their repeat customers. When I submitted my Invoice, I was ignored by both Shawn & owner Ramy B. After waiting 4 months, I sent a 'final notice' invoice and this prompted a very aggressively worded email from Ramy accusing me of sending him a 'made up invoice' - as he called it. He said that he would not pay because he did not authorize the work and it's his company! Wow. Besides the fact that his GM had 'ordered the work', Ramy had also been in the office every time I stopped in. I was refused payment for the work and in fact was never paid. I saw several photos on Instagram of several large scale banner/wall graphics using MY design. They had never acknowledged to using my art. (Although that is beside the point, the work used or un-used would be PAID because it was indeed ordered.) The point being is that SQ collected handsomely on the job but would not pay me, the artist. I spent many hours to complete the design & production work to meet their urgent deadline and I gave them a very reasonable rate. Ramy refused payment for a completely bogus reason, which is thievery. I recommend finding a trustworthy sign company, there are SO many better choices.