I have a headache.
Both sides are at fault, both sides have screwed this up.
Whether PPP is right about $.08 being too cheap or not isn't the point. The point is that PSO was promised quality work that they could throw onto their site. The translator promised quality work, that's what PSO should be paying for. If they get sub-par work which is below the standards agreed to, they shouldn't have to pay for it. PSO also bears responsibility for not checking the work immediately after receiving it. If you hire a guy to landscape your yard, plant 5 trees and follow a design plan, don't you go out and check the work before paying for it? Of course you should, and PSO should've done the same. With that said, if there are only 3 trees planted, do you pay for 5? Hell no, but if PSO was in such a rush to get the project done they should have taken the proper steps to ensure their goals were met. PSO should have had people in place to check the quality of the work from day one. From that point, everything snowballed into this mess where IMO they both 'F'ed up.
The bottom line is that PSO didn't receive what they ordered, and they shouldn't have to pay for work that was done below the agreed standards. The fact that they've paid for the vast majority of the work proves to me that they aren't trying to screw the translator. They didn't get the agreed quality, why should they pay the agreed price? Whatever that price was isn't the point. The translator agreed to a price and to a quality standard on his own free will. If he falls short of those promises, he gets paid short as well.
Just my opinion,
TheDonk
Gonna go take some Advil now.
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