Comments on: Small Potato Refunds WPDesigner ThemeClub Members

By: Small Potato

Small Potato — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:03:35 +0000

@Kevin – Thank you for spreading the news.

@Navjot – I’m sorry. There’s nothing else I can do. I thought the new owner would continue my projects at WPD. Before I left, I said worse case scenario is I will refund everyone, which is what I’ve done. If you haven’t heard anything from PayPal or from me through email then I don’t have you on my PayPal records.

By: Navjot Singh

Navjot Singh — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:36:50 +0000

Though, I haven’t received any refund till yet of my $5…but its not important.

Important thing is that Small Potato…remembered that WPDesigner.com is going to a bad direction and the promise he made to the Theme Club members before leaving was not kept afterwards.

Great Gesture I must say.

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By: Mário Andrade

Mário Andrade — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:35:07 +0000

That’s good news. I signed up and shortly after I hear he was selling the blog.
Plus I had a contest where WPDesigner was a sponsor and when it came time to give the prizes the new owner didn’t give me any answer.

That left me kinda upset but luckly was just $5 dolars

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By: Online Logo Design

Online Logo Design — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:28:21 +0000

That is a good thing to do, he sounds like a good man and when he returns to the design blogging world people will remember.

By: Jeffro2pt0

Jeffro2pt0 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:14:39 +0000

@Michael – This is significant because if you add up all of the people who paid $5.00, it most likely turns into a substantial amount of money that Tung had to pay back. And he did so under his own good will.

If you think it is sad to see the WPDesigner.com website be stale, you should take a look at the forum attached to the site. It serves as a good example as to what can happen to a forum if left unattended.

By: Mike Huang

Mike Huang — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:53:44 +0000

wow, that isn’t something you see often lol. I tip my hat to the Small Potato

-Mike

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:24:13 +0000

Good lord…it’s 5 dollars…who cares?

By: Christopher Ross

Christopher Ross — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:07:47 +0000

It’s nice to see there’s some decent people out there still. The WP community is surprisingly small for a global movement.

By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:20:57 +0000

I paid, but I DON’T want any refund. The club was great, no web site will last forever, and $5 was dirt cheap for the information and inspiration Small Potato offered. Keep the money… and I would have paid more.

By: Kevin Muldoon

Kevin Muldoon — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:36:47 +0000

That’s true. He did make a lot of money out of it but in my opinion, he earned it. As you say, it’s a small gesture but a welcome one

By: Alex Cristache

Alex Cristache — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:29:20 +0000

It was bad to see an excellent project like WPDesigner go down the drain with the new “entrepreneur” owner. I’m glad that, for the sake of the huge amount of respect he has received from users, Tung decided to refund them.

The sum he sold the site for definitely allowed his this small, but significant, gesture. Thumbs up for the guy!