Advice on how to handle a weird client? Almost a year ago a previous logo client reached out to me again with new logo requests for a couple new ventures. I met with them, agreed on price and scope. Then they ghosted me. No signature, no money. Last night they message me out of nowhere saying they tried to send me money for a NEW logo project they want me to create with no meeting, no mention of the ghosting, just wanting my zelle info. What the heck? more context in the comments.

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For more weird context: in the last meeting we had a year ago that he ended up ghosting me on, he wanted me to comment on someone telling him that I, the designer, had "just made him a logo" and not a brand identity (putting down the work i actually did for his business). I thought it was really weird at the time because it sounded like he may have had someone else in mind to do his logos, so why bother meeting me? This was only confirmed when he completely ignored the contract I sent, and never sent a deposit. Now he tried to, and I quote, "send me money to create urgency" but of course found that the number i use for business is not connected to my zelle. this is all a bunch of red flags, right?

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He could be using these meetings as a cover for getting information if you generally have an open, amenable personality. Establish some boundaries, talk about only the new logo projects until he’s committed. Then you can open up again. There are a lot of people like this. Watch out for the pretext.

Red flags!

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Red flags factory.

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It’s either a huge red flag or a huge green flag because he’s trying to send you money. But I can’t tell which.

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Why are you still responding to this troll? Did you send something in without down payment?

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