National Products

This guy (Joe Hale) is RUDE, DISHONEST, INCONSIDERATE, IGNORANT, DISRESPECTFUL, UNPROFESSIONAL. To quote a review on Yelp, because I was going to say the same exact thing ... "Same here, got a call for design services, wouldn't accept a quote, said he wanted to see the work done first, how would I know he was even worth my time and effort if I didn't understand his budget and expectations. Very rude and entitled Tone, clearly not used to working at a professional level."

seems to be a trend. I too received a call (actually several) from this business soliciting graphic design services that was so bizarre, i was almost certain it was a prank.

the caller (joe hale?) had a nearly adversarial tone throughout, and seemed far less interested in defining a scope of work that he was looking for rather than launching into open ended tirades lambasting graphic designers as a trade and a meandering catalog of grievances. he had an odd habit of asking a question and then immediatly going into long winded screeds precluding the ability to answer them

in each call, i tried to isolate what exactly the caller was looking for in terms of services in the attempt to hopefully build a quote to practically no avail. on all three occasions, the caller hung up on me mid-sentence when i answered his question regarding our company's deposit policy. on at least one of the 3 phone calls, he became outwardly hostile towards the notion of the suggestion of having to pay the indusdry standard deposit before work could begin.

to be completely honest - i was a little suprised to discover that this number actually belonged to a working business, and i guess i do take some small comfort in realizing i wasn't the only one isolated for this treatment.

having said that - still blocked his number after the last call.