Freelancer.com

Dealing with freelancer.com has been an enormous hassle. From absurd limitations to unwarranted fees, freelancer.com is the absolute worst website for both employers and freelancers. use odesk.

Absolutely ghastly. Just don't have anything to do with them. You have been warned! Whatever you do, don't sign up with them or give them your email, they won't leave you alone and you can't unsubscribe (they ignore it when you try). Then they will keep sending you emails asking for feedback, even when you've given them feedback. Infuriating, frustrating to be treated like a number.

I've been charged for 100$ just for winning a project where a client never shown, there were no any warnings or me being agree with this condition, sure they do have agreement according to which they actions are legit, but it just unfair! Also they said that they could help to resolve any issue but in fact they stay aside saying that they just introduce you to employer and they don't care what happened next, it's their's official policy:

Project fees are non-refundable whether a project is complete, incomplete, cancelled or re voked. This serves as the introduction fee for the employer and the freelancer. It is likewise for the purpose that contact details would be allowed to be given by both parties immediately. Our role as an online venue is already fulfilled when the the employer and freelancer meet, agree on and work on a project.

Note that Freelancer.com is an online venue for employers and freelancers to meet and work on a project. What will happen upon acceptance of the project is beyond our scope of support neither do we get involved in the transactions and interactions between employers and freelancers. It's our part to introduce the two parties but the project's success still lies only between the employer and freelancer.

The experiences here are of 'workers' ... people who have done some work, and expect to be paid. They lose their money for fraudelent reasons. Yes, their hard-earned money.

But what do you say to users who want to have some work to be done? What, when they deposit some fund, then suddenly their project get cancelled or something, , , again for some fraudulent reason. They dont even bother to tell you!

If you want your money back ... damn!

Mine is a story of such a case. My freelancer.com user id is jmathew256. I happen to be a 'Standard' user - this means, I am charged 24.95 US dollar per month to have my projects executed.

After I deposit my money, and even 'complete' a project. The money is still there in my account.

Result? The freelancer I was working, who has knowledge of the confidential information of the project (as with any project) is now threatening me to publish them if I do not release the funds.

I find, all of a sudden my account is 'limited' - and unable to transfer or withdraw my funds.

You guys can test it yourself:
1. Open a freelancer.com account
2. Deposit some money
3. Try withdrawing back.
Just try, and you'll come across tons of reasons why you cannot have your money back.

Now I know the kind of scam they are working on.

Useless site... Starts automatically upgrading your membership to 50$ a month without your consent... And don't give back the money.
Cheap frauds..!

They do not care about the ultimate end user: the freelancer. They charge both sides (project creators and project bidders) and will do whatever it takes to keep the money they squeeze out of both ends.

Example #1: If you put in a bid and are accepted, then do work and are not paid (partially your fault for not creating milestones and handing in the 100% completed work before being paid, sure..), they do not give a hoot whether you get paid. Even when you complain to them about an employer not paying you, they gladly place the blame back on you and don't lift a finger to punish the thief either in the form of a negative review (you aren't allowed to leave one if the project is never marked as "complete") or any other punitive measure.

Example #2: If you accept a project that is set to earn you, say, $500 dollars, 10% is instantly taken from you. $50. Say the employer never gets back to you, follows up, or anything even results (no work is even done, etc), you CANNOT get back your $50. You can plead them, but your pleas will surely fall on deaf ears and automatons towing the company line about the necessity of following their high and mighty "policies" .. USE THESE GUYS AS A LAST RESORT, or if you do use them, TREAD CAREFULLY!

I had a project that was transferred from vWorker to Freelancer without any notice. So I hae to re-leaen a new website - frustrating as this was my first project with vWorker. Fortunately I had escrowed money with vWorker, the coder did a great job and I then decided to put up a new (but similar project) on Freelancer. I paid $17 for various priviledges up front. I had only 5 bids for the new project none of whom had addressed to project details and none had the expereience.This compared to 16 who bid on vWorker all with experience. I invited my earlier worker to price the job, which he did but I could not then award the project as the site kept telling me it was not my project.
After 3 emails to support all I got were platitiudes. As I could not access my project to award it to my worker we went through a second site and the project is now underway (using Guru.com). I am still waiting for my money back and a response addressing the issue.
Farcical experience, website operation and support that will lose the Buyers and Coders that used to work with vWorker. There are lot better sites - biggest is not best!

I have been paid for a project at freelancer.com

Client selected me for asp.net application job total job price was $272.

Job had completed and I get paid by the client full payment.

But After few days later, when I log in to my account then see that they have Freelancer reversed all the money in my account to them.

Why they reversed my payment, This is clearly a fraud activity, I'm open to provide all the details, want to spread the Failed System Freelancer.com to whole, avoid freelancer as much as you can.

I want FBI to take action against Freelancer.com

Thanks

They allow you to signup, deposit funds and to do work, as soon as you try to remove funds from your account, they limit your account and say they are holding the funds until identity proof is given, I gave all the proof they asked for and they told me that they will deposit my funds back into "the employers account" who I worked for and got the money from in the first place, whose account is coincidentally limited also, meaning that I then have to wait for them to sort their account till I can get my money, this is ridiculous, they prevent you from getting your own money and should be investigated, they have no phone number on their website to contact them. They are collecting copy's of passports and utility bills as identity proof, Please do something about this website they are thieves, stealing and withholding peoples funds purposely and making it impossible to release your funds. Freelancer, Scam, Scam, Scam, be aware and don't ever use them!

Hi, My user name at freelancer.com is midget. I recently won a contest, its my first job on freelancer.com, I won and buyer paid me, but freelancer.com is not paying my money saying that contest holder is not verified. WTF, why the hell you allow him to post a job if he is not verified and the contest holder is introduced to me by freelancer.com so who is responsible for my lost money.
This was my first and worse experience in doing online job. I will complaint freelancer.com to ACCC. Freelancer.com is full of crooks, they are money hungry people and every one should avoid this site.

I was working in Freelancer.com last 6 years.Last 6 month I saw their payment section is very worse.They have no protection for provider.What they do with buyer no idea.But many time I loose my money.I did work then get paid.After few days my money vanish.Freelancer saying buyer has account issue or they do something.So my money gone.I did work not get payment and freelancer get his commission.So where is protection.2nd ly most time if you go to dispute they 99% help buyer to win.

It is now very very bad site taking money from all.I am trying to leave this site and enter in elance.

I will not recommending any freelancer for this site.Even they don't have any phone no.They took my few money.

Report freelancer.com here:
https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/694011
This is official Australian website.

There's just two things wrong with freelancer.com. First, the front end of their accounting process is a bewildering maze of tabs and subtabs. Good luck figuring out what you actually paid for - they take the money out of your account as soon as you award a bid. Secondly, every freelancer I hired used their lack of English to weasel out of finishing their projects and there's no recourse to argue the fact. Stay away from freelancer.com, you'll find yourself mired in a nightmare.

Not to work on this. They will keep your money and will waist your hard time.
One of my contractor buy a my service on freelance market. He bought the service and after the work complete he released the mile stone amount.

When i tried to withdraw it site told me status pending for 15 days, after 15 days nothing happen and no mail i got, i tried again and for my shock when i get nothing in a week.
I wrote to them them that why are you not releasing the money, they replied that you contractor is suspicious.

When i asked if you know that he is a fraud why you allow him to purchase and why you took his money, and if you got the money pay it to me. They replied they has they write as per their terms.

Suggested me to contact the contractor and asked him to solve his issue with freelancer.com

Never use this site, they are simply fraud.

They've charged my credit card 10 times for over $400 on a $300 project. I've contacted them more than 5 times to fix the issue but all they could tell me is 'we can't resolve your issue until you validate your account.' To validate the account, I have to provide them with another credit card, paypal or bank account information. Furthermore, when I asked them to remove my account because I am tired of dealing with these con-artists, they told me they will not delete my account until I validate my account. What kind of crooks are these?

First of all freelancer.com has no phone number that is hint number 1 not to use them. They also have horrible customer service. Today i just found out that they tried chargeing my credit card 5, 118.01 i have no idea why and they dont even care. Plus they gave a freelancer 100.00 on top of it today claiming it was over a project he did and he didnt even do anyhting for me for that project. This company is the worst freelance company in the world. I own a freelance company so we do allot of sales and they limited my account and gave them all my personal info to have them activate my account now i have to cancel my bank account and get a new social and now report them to the bbb this whole company screwed up. I hope they close down. Someone in there verification department basically is trying to steal my identity.

Terrible - Matt Barrie cannot know what is going on ! He cannot know about all the fake IDs and fake emails and proxy servers that are being used on his site - he claims to be up there with the likes of Richard Branson - well he needs to emulate Sir Richard and get back in control of his Freelancer.com website before his staff ruins it for him!

I recently won a dispute on Freelancer.com. The freelancer who lost the dispute is now targeting me by posting fake projects which I am awarded and then the client vanishes - not only have I paid a commission to freelancer.com at the outset of the project (which they refuse to refund!), the fake clients who use proxy servers to pretend they are in other countries other than Asia - then leave me negative feedback in an attempt to ruin my reputation.

When I asked for support from Freelancer.com - they said there was NOTHING they could do! I contacted the Google Team and told them about the fake IDs on Gmail and they were very supportive.

Freelancer.com - you need to wake up and look after the honest people who are registered on your site!

This website uses fake contractors to do "work" for individuals such as myself. When the work isn't completed they then try to hold your Paypal deposit ransom for you to pay them an additional "resolution fee" I put in a ticket and got this response.

"We regret to hear about the undesirable experience you had with this concern. However, that's really how the process works. An Arbitration fee is necessary for the dispute to progress.

The dispute will stay on it's present stage, if you don't want to pay the Arbitration fee for $ 5 USD.

Your understanding very much appreciated.

Let us know if you have other concerns."