He told me to put it on hold because competitors product got released. So i waited and asked him what's up multiple times and then he just deleted me from skype. Also we didn't have contract on elance because i trusted him. I understand that most likely he's ok, but he just disappeared without paying me and blocked me on skype.
Hey,I had a very similar situation here where I helped a user with the setup of a server side software. First, I was hired to do development stuff, but as he got more and more interested in the matter, we agreed that he could also hire me for consulting purposes.
As I found out later, I was supposed to be paid from the profits the software I was to help with generates. Not cool.
We have agreed on a per hour rate before, and later, I was told that the user "thought we were chatting just for fun", when I worked myself through the code to help him resolve issues on his own. Also not cool.
He is a very friendly guy, too, and I'm 100% certain that his intention was not to scam in any way... some users just don't know how to manage a deal professionally, and the one who pays is the developer, eventually. Maybe because many people still think that what we do is not any serious work, but more like playing Tetris, because a computer is involved in what we do. And those are also used for playing games, aren't they? :>
I did not open a scam accusation thread, because he said that he will pay at some day, plus it's in the range of 1-2 BTC, only.
Long story short, I hope you get your situation solved and things turn out to everyone's satisfaction. Sorry I cannot help with anything specific to help your case.
