Wick & Mortar

Our business hired Jared Mirsky to build a new website for us about 2
Months ago. Even though we found him to be a bad listener and didn't
Want to use any of our ideas, his work was so beautiful and his
Presentation was so slick that we fell for his plan for our new
Website and hired him. Jared promised us SO many things: that we would
Love the site if we would just trust him (we do not…trust him or love
The site), that he had so many satisfied customers and was able to
Show us some recommendations and blah, blah, blah. He just wanted our
Money. During the initial interview I asked him if he had been to our
Existing site to get an overview of what it was that we wanted…and he
Had NOT visited our website…in fact… HE DID NOT EVEN COMPREHEND WHAT
WE DID AS A BUSINESS! I am a founding member and right then and
There, I should have thrown him out. My gut was screaming at me to do
This, but I was outnumbered by my partner and assistant and Jared was
Hired.

Jared's turn around time was shockingly fast. He is not worth the
Money he charges (even though his fees are quite reasonable, but he
Practically had it done overnight~~hence all the mistakes) because he
Cannot communicate at all, he has been over 30 minutes late to
Meetings without calling us or showing any remorse and he talks really
Fast, uses lots of big words and tries to make you feel stupid because
You don't know all of the computer lingo that he knows. He also was
Not honest with us about his ability to work with Apple products since
That is all we have in our office and he really struggled with our
IMacs. That's because he doesn't listen and I know I said that before
But it bears repeating: If I had a business where I built websites for
Businesses I would try my best to LISTEN to them in order to give them
What they want. The other mistake we made was to pay the final payment
Before the site was 100% finished. Again, that's my
Company's fault…but Jared does give an extremely empassioned impressive speech about how
Loyal he will be to your business, that he will always be there for us
And that we can call anytime with questions. The issue is just that he
Is a good liar and makes an excellent presentation. And we fell for it
And now our website is mostly done and we either get to live with it
That way or spend more money on someone reliable, because Jared Mirsky
Is not that person. He also promised to give me $4,000 worth of
Software and a 2 hour lesson on how to use it, but on the day I
Thought we were doing that, he was just coming by to pick up a check. But isn't that illegal to "give" away a copy of such expensive software? I told him I didn't want it, but he insisted... but of corse, he was just lying about that as well.

And, then... the final blow: He has recently redone his site and OUR homepage comes up on his home page along with a couple other ones. We asked him nicely to take our website off of his site and he refuses. We are a respectable business with over 20 years of making goodwill in our community. I have NOTHING against alcohol, male strippers, hot babes in bikinis, lots and lots of pictures of both actual marijuana and 6 other pictures showing his work with Seattle's medical marijuana dispensaries. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE ZERO JUDGEMENTS ABOUT ANY OF THE ABOVE. But what if one of our customers has a "problem" with these things? I do not want my business to be associated with these other businesses. We asked Jared nicely to please remove our copyrighted site from his site and he refused. When we asked him, he called me names like "crazy" and that "Melinda needs to get a grip" and a "crybaby".

I honestly cannot remember the last time I saw someone SO unprofessional. And, even though he is based out of Seattle, he can build a site for anywhere in the world... so don't get lured in by his beautiful site.

NOT PROFESSIONAL. DO NOT WORK WITH JARED MIRSKY.

Personally I have worked with Jared Mirsky a lot in the past and have referred quite a bit of friends to his compnay. Not once have I ever heard anyone complain. In fact I hear wonderful things about Mirsky Media as well as Jared Mirsky personally. Every company has that one tough client and it appears the last person to write a review about Mirsky Media on here was that one. Either way I am glad I hired MirskyMedia.com!