Business partnerships are built on trust and fairness. Unfortunately, my experience with Evert Tenjoh is a case study in how greed can break both.
For two years, I worked with Evert in what I believed was a fair and respectful business relationship. Most recently, we collaborated on selling items through eBay, where our agreed arrangement was simple:
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I would provide 100% of the investment capital needed to buy and ship the products.
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We would split the profit — 55% for me, 45% for her.
The Numbers
Here’s exactly what happened:
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My investment: $175 (I paid for all products and all shipping costs — Evert contributed nothing).
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Total sales: $290.
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Payout received in her bank account: $207.
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Pending payout in eBay account: $84 (to be released soon).
Total earned: $207 + $84 = $291 (rounding difference from fees).
From this $291:
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$175 is my investment capital (the money I put in).
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The rest — $116 — is the total profit.
Evidence
Remaining Funds in eBay
The Agreement
In any fair partnership, you first return the full investment to the person who provided it. Then, you divide the profit according to the agreed percentages.
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55% of the $116 profit = $63.80 (my share).
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45% of the $116 profit = $52.20 (her share).
Evidence
Meaning Evert should simply return my $175 investment plus my $63.80 profit share — a total of $238.80 to me.
What Evert Did Instead
Evert is refusing to follow this fair calculation. She now claims that all the money from sales should be split in half, giving her 50% of the entire $291, which includes my original investment capital.
This is completely wrong because:
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She did not invest a single dollar in buying or shipping the products.
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She did no work in sourcing or delivering items.
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She is demanding a share from my investment — money she never put in and never risked.
This is not partnership — it’s greed. In any honest business, profit sharing is done on profit, not on the total sales price that includes someone’s investment.
Why This Is a Scam
Evert is trying to take money that was never hers to begin with. By demanding half of the sales amount, she is:
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Taking from my capital investment.
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Ignoring our agreed profit-sharing percentage.
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Profiting from work and money she never contributed.
If she had invested equally, then sharing sales revenue might make sense. But when I alone provided the investment, the correct approach is simple:
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Return my capital in full.
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Share the profit only according to the agreed 55/45 split.
Anything else is exploitation — plain and simple.
The Lesson
If you ever enter a business agreement, put everything in writing and make sure both parties clearly understand the difference between:
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Capital investment (the money put in to run the business).
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Profit (what’s left after expenses).
Unfortunately, I learned the hard way that some people will ignore fairness and try to take what they are not entitled to. Evert Tenjoh’s actions are a perfect example of this kind of dishonest behavior.