Beware of Daniel “Danny” Kremen from Lindenhurst, New York.
UPDATE (3/22/2022): Well it’s been awhile, but Danny has started posting negative Yelp reviews again. Looks like this site will never come down.
UPDATE (8/22/2020): Danny must be bored as he left me a negative Yelp review today (looks like a new account) and a negative comment on my FB page.
UPDATE (9/27/2019): Unbelievable. I got a call today from Daniel. He started with a weak attempt at an apology, the asked that I give him his site (which he has ZERO rights too).
I told him “I think your an asshole, so no way” and shockingly he has again threatened to sue me (again!), hahahah. Included in the subsequent text conversation were the following comments:
“Your mother sucks dick for beer money”
“Bye dick licker”
“See you in small claims court in a couple of months”
“You heard what I said, see you in small claims court fag boy”
This guy is something else. At this point I only even engage him for the sheer entertainment value. If you ever encounter this guy, run.
UPDATE (2/7/2018): I have still not been served, arrested or in any way contacted or punished for my alleged crimes against Danny.
I’ve created this page to WARN people about doing business with Daniel Kremen (Facebook) of Lindenhurst, New York. Daniel owns or owned All Seasons Insulation.
I thought this total NIGHTMARE of a client had gone away, but he came back. So I decided to build this website in tribute to Daniel “Danny” Kremen.
The story. It’s a real nail biter…
Daniel Kremen hired me in August of 2016 to make his WordPress website mobile friendly for his business All Seasons Insulation (Facebook). While working on the project I began to get the sense the I might have a problem on my hands. He hadn’t paid me yet and we were nearing completion of the project, I inquired again about payment, and here are a few of the responses I received:
“Gary every thing is good but I’m gonna need my control panel access”
“I will pay you of course”
Fortunately I also hosted the All Seasons Insulation website and I had ‘locked him out’ when I sensed things were headed in a bad direction, which they were.
Next he began to complain about his site speed (which was excellent by the way, according to GTMetrix, Pingdom, and Google Pagespeed Insights.)
Then he started asking for changes that were not part of the original quote to simply convert the existing site to responsive (August 16, 2016):
“We need to put the phone number on the right side and put call in front of it”
“And change the text of the numbers you know retro”
“Use an outline text color on the numbers and the word call so it pops!”
“And make the go to words right next to the lined box make the go to words bigger with a little arrow”
And the request for free work went on and on! When I mentioned that he hadn’t paid and this additional work would be billable (August 16, 2016):
“Yo stand behind your work and be a man”
“I’m not even joking”
“Don’t play games with me”
“I can be your best friend or your worst enemy”
“Give me my username and password”
“Just please give me back my properties”
I then explained that if he didn’t pay (by check). I would have no choice but to terminate his web hosting, deleting all associated files, and then (a few more select quotes August 16-17, 2016):
“You have some nerve trying to extort me”
“You got some fucking nerve”
“I’ll report your ass so quickit’s not even funny”
“Think you’re going to mess with my business like that”
“You got another thing coming buddy boy just because Your on the West Coast you think you going to try and play that long-distance bullshit with me”
“I’ve been getting advised all along don’t worry”
“Remember Gary think long and hard before you go to bed tonight!Remember never mess with another mans business! I don’t wanna mess with yours so either finish the site to the way it should be done and that means complete and to my approval or don’t do it and give all seasons insulation back their property which is WordPress control panel with username and password!”
“Tommorrow you will give my wordpress username and password or I’m pressing charges”
“I will ruin you if you try and steal my propertie you fuckin crackhead”
“First thing I’ll do I’m callin the F.B.l in the morning and tell them your trying to extort me over the Internet that’s a federal offense watch me do it!”
“You heard what I said I want my username and password to my word press I want my property back or I’m calling the FBI in the morning!”
“that’s only the beginning I’ll teach you to screw with me!”
“My landlord wasn’t laughing when I got finished with him in court”
and this rant went on for a while…but I stood my ground. The next day (August 18, 2016) I woke up to this Voicemail:
“Hey, Gary, it’s Danny with all seasons. I think we’re done fighting. Give me a call when you get a chance alright. I just want to go over a couple of things what I saw on the you know when I was using the the website viewer alright. I think I gave you a couple of pictures. So give me a call when you get a chance. Bye. “
Followed up by a text message (August 18, 2016):
“Hey Gary I left a voicemail message on your phone call me when you get a chance sorry about all that it’s just sometimes I feel like I’m getting ripped off”
Then a series of texts complaining that the project was still not complete, continuing his demands for free work DESPITE THE FACT HE HAD NOT PAID YET! (August 18, 2016):
“Ok I tell ya what seriously can we just forget about the past and you make sure everything is working correct for me please remember what I said about making the phone number bigger and maybe highlighting the edges and make the go to words a little bigger and pushing it closer the the tab with the lines can you just do that please I will mail you the check just please let’s get along ok Gary”
Again, I simply replied that he needed to pay or I would simply terminate the site as it hadn’t been paid for and I gave him a deadline for payment and this is what he replied (August 18, 2016)
“I will stay with you to”
“I swear”
“Cmon Gary please and then just resend me another invoice and I swear I. Will mail the check Tommorrow”
“I did speed site checks yesterday and it came up fast”
“Seriousely, No more games”
“Let’s work together ok”
“I’m just stressed from work”
“It does not give me a right to call you names like that sorry I don’t mean it in a little mental that’s for sure”
“Talk to you later”
“Gary I’m Sorry I really am sorry about calling you those names man it’s just think it’s called slow work syndrome withdrawal”
“I think I was just taking out on you sorry man!😬😬😬”
And my favorite (August 18, 2016):
“And if you want me to pay you debit I can I mean I would never charge it back I’ll just let you keep the username and password like you have had all along its up to you I’ll mail the check if that’s the way you want it just please fix!”
Yeahhh, Right, hahahahaha. I’m sure he would NEVER charge it back.
He mailed the check. When it cleared, He requested I help him move his website to BlueHost (which I GLADLY did for FREE!). I closed out the project and our relationship with this email on September 6, 2016:
“Okay Danny,
The site has been migrated to BlueHost. It may take a few hours for this to propagate throughout the internet fully though.
I’ve also uploaded a copy of the old site into the directory “_oldsite” just in case you ever need that one.
Thanks!”
I then proceeded to block Daniels phone numbers, email accounts and known IP addresses from everything I could..phones, social media, servers and I HAD HOPED, MY LIFE.
Fast forward to January 6, 2018…
Welcome back Daniel “Danny” Kremen! Oh my!!
I had recently installed a chat app on my business website, and within days Danny had found it and he began threatening and harassing me again. Keep in mind this is 16 months later!
It seems he wants a copy of the website. His BlueHost account appears down and I’m guessing he fucked up and they don’t have it. The good news is I HAVE COPY. Well maybe that is not good news, I guess it depends on your perspective. He may be able to piece it together from the Wayback Machine (link). Haha!
Here are some recent quotes (January 7, 2018). Full chat transcripts can be accessed from the menu at the top of this page:
“You guys are bunch of Scum”
“I’m gonna be calling the cops next week”
“You think I’m playing how about the Internet crimes bureau department of justice in my police department I’m going to get a police report on Monday and Tuesday you little fucking scumbag”
“I’m going to let everybody know are you steal money from people ”
“I’m fucking telling you man I’m gonna put the screws to you you fuck with the wrong person ”
“So you can suck my cock faggot ”
“You better fuck over those invoices faggot so my pro can look At em!”
“Good night you fucking Homo”
I think this will give you a good idea of what Daniel Kremen of All Seasons Insulation is about.