YC S12 company refuses to pay for my design. "Send your claim to our legal team"

This is fucked up. Not the only YC company I know that has done this to a designer, I really hope this gets voted up.

Looks like eligibleapp.com

Small claims court and a public shaming. Done and done.

You get what you pay for I guess. Their mobile app looks terrible, tries to copy the Path sharing functionality in a completely strange context. When something like this could be created with a far cleaner interface.

In a strange way I understand the position the CEO may be in. They may have thought because they weren't going to use it they shouldn't have to pay. In the past I've paid a designer for work only to change my mind on a product but that isn't the designer's fault. You still have to pay whomever completes work for you, even if you don't use it.

Just sounds like across the board naivety, rather than malice especially with the legal department comment. It's always best to sort problems out immediately and directly or they get in the way.

Probably cause the screenshot says "Eligible" at the top in big letters.

http://i.imgur.com/0wmVG.png