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Originally Posted by scottdizzle
Wow.. I knew the majority of the users had fishy looking feedback. I knew before I signed up I had no chance.. and the frustrating thing was that people that could barely speak English were getting higher paying jobs than I could even come close to getting.
Needless to say, I'll never be signing up for any of those sites. I knew something seemed fishy about them from the get-go. I just left before I wasted my time. Hopefully the sites will tighten up the security (with IP's as you suggested! definitely the best method) or their reputation will soon prove your point is true and they'll be out of commission. One way or another.. this freelance stuff is really getting ruined by the 'bad guys'.
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It's nothing to do with the site. You get *******s that do this on everysite. I have seen it on eBay and hell they even sign up on stupid sites to try and make some quick money. You get these sort of people on every site so it's pointless to say that "
I'm not signing up, there are idiots on this site."
You just need to learn how to tell the idiot from the good-guy. There are many freelancers out there who aren't great designers, but when you see amateur or semi-professional designers paying $100 for a quick template for a website I don't expect a beautifully crafted layout which has taken weeks of meticulous work. I expect it to be worked on, dedicated to and look how I specify, you look too much into having great work for not-great prices.
If it was a professional designer who's charging you $2,500 for some design work for your new professional company, then you can expect something which has been worked on to the fullest and greatest that the designer has to offer.
If you all wish to moan about freelancers being crap then you really need to keep looking and learn how to tell the crap from the good, or learn it yourself.
My apologies if this comes across harsh, I am attempting to get my point across.