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Freelancer.com project fees are non-refundable whether a project is complete, incomplete, canceled or revoked

My account was charged $60 ($11 of which was taken from my freelancer account and the remaining amount from my PayPal) with no confirmation or anything. As soon as I hit "accept project" the fees were deducted. I wasn't given any sort of heads up about the project fee or anything. Then, Freelancer decides it's a good idea to cancel this user's account before any of his employers gets refunded their project fees. So Freelancer stole $60 from me. I've contacted their support team and they did refund me $60, BUT it's only to be used on their website (so for fees only). Not extremely helpful. If they want to keep a customer they should give me a refund and improve their website.

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Jun 06, 2016 2:52 pm EDT

I've received a refund as a regular fund amount so I can transfer back to my payment source! Freelancer came through, but only this one time.

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Freelancer.com freelancer is not caring employee and employees hard work

Recently I got work on freelancer.com once I accept project freelancer charge 22 USD for acdepting project.
Client discussed project with me and get agreed for 50 upfront and two milestone and I accept project because client was created milestone of 50 USD as discussed for 50 upfront. Once I accept project Client didn't release upfront money. I had worked after accepting project after awarding and creating milestone by client without upfront release because client was from USA and I belongs to India so it's was too early in India.

I gave demo link to client and request to release upfront but client didn't do and they gave feedback on my work and he request to some modification I did according to that.

After doing all client file dispute on freelancer without releasing any money and without saying anything to me. I request from client to tell what's issue he have is they have any issue with my work but he didn't say any thing. and he mention he have to go out of station and he do not need of work. I respond on freelancer and I request we can continue once he come back but he didn't say any thing about this by mentioning he don't want to complete this project.

Then I request client to release payment because I had already paid to freelance free of 22 USD and did 80% of work as client want but client proceed to arbitration stage on freelancer still I was requesting them I will make this work completed once he come back but they didn't respond then I also proceed to arbitration and pay 5 USD to freelancer for this. In the mean while one of my demo server hacked by some one and they change index file on my demo site which I were giving to client I don't know how that get hacked because there was many WordPress site hosted Now Clinet respond that he don't want to get this complete because my demo server hacked.
I explain all thing why server hacked that was many un tested plugin and wordpress site he agree with that and told me he will be back later in freelancer chat but he didn't come back to discuss and goes to freelancer dispute page and mention he don't want to complete because my server get hacked .

Now after 48 hours freelancer mention that milestone will be refunded to client.
this is freelancer dispute team comment
I. 100% of the Milestone Payment has been returned to “richmail21” for the following reasons:

A. Based on the project description, the seller is expected to create a social media website for the buyer. The buyer eventually requested for the cancellation of the pending Milestone Payment stating that the project is to be postponed. However, the seller disagree with this claiming that they've already worked on the project.

Now I would like to know from you all, is this right ? what will be security of our work that we do for client client make work and go without giving money if client don't want any project get done he must pay compensation if client or buyer disagree to give compensation for employee/ seller work then freeancer.com must release milestone in favor of employee/ seller

this is client please be aware of this fraud employer on freelancer
He will only use for their mean
https://www.freelancer.com/u/richmail21.html

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Freelancer.com unknown contests are posted on my account. and they stole my money.

Hi sir,

I am a programer working on freelancer from last 1.5 year. On 26th May, 2016, two unknown contests are posted on my account which took whole of my earned amount that I earned from working on different projects. Almost, 271 USD and 9GBP were on my freelancer account. They took almost 252USD amount on two contests that I haven't posted at all. I haven't post any of these contests. I don't know what is the fault on freelancer.com.

Now my account is blocked. I can't access my account anymore. And two projects are under development and I don't know what will happen to these two projects because I can't contact to my customer. These two projects are almost complete. Now from last two days my account is blocked. I can not work on these two projects. And milestones that are supposed to be released in next two days were all gone. Because, I am unable to access the message board. I don't know what to do. Freelancer.com is not activating my account and I am on middle and can do anything about this.

Almost one month ago, they took 50USD amount as reversal amount for a project. The project was ended several months ago. But they said amount is reversed because there was an issue on my customer account. I tried to contact the support but nothing is worked. And payment was gone.

Kindly, help me.

Thanks,

Qalb-e-Abbas

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waqar195
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May 27, 2016 6:14 pm EDT

Yes same thing happens with me bro,
I did some work for a client. The client paid me in full amount and also appreciated my work and gives me good review and 5/5 Rating. Although when i initiated a withdraw request the next day i received an error saying "Reversals of payment".
I asked support why was my payment reversed and they replied that "my employer is having an issue with his account and until they clear this issue, I can't be paid" They continuously said just one thing that my client is having account issue and asked me to contact him to resolve his issues.
I did all my work with honesty and hard work and after 2 nights of waking up and working my money was reversed.
Whose job it was to verify the employer, who took money from my account in advance. it was Freelancer.com's job to verify users before letting them post project onto the site.
They robbed me again and again and again for more than $1000 and all i could do was "nothing".

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Freelancer.com terms and conditions, policy

Freelancer.com is a scam
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I am tawhidur rahman dear. I was working as a freelancer web developer in freelancer.com but suddenly they closed my account keeping 12 usd there. they never specify actually which clause of terms and conditions imposed to me, and actually what I did. not only that before taking this of type action, administration did not contact with me that I can clarify my position.

I opened a ticket to inform them that I can't access my account. they replied on 4 december 2015:

"hi tawhidur,
Thank you for contacting freelancer.com support.
We regret to inform you that your account has been closed by freelancer.com administration. we offer no recourse or rebuttal for this penalty.
As noted in our terms and conditions, freelancer.com reserves the right to terminate users for creating problems, falsifying freelancer's own or any other identity, legal liabilities (actual or potential), infringing someone else's intellectual property rights, engaging in fraudulent, immoral or illegal activities, or for other similar reasons.

To view our terms and conditions, please visit:
Http://www.freelancer.com/page.php?p=info/terms.

Let us know if there is anything else we can help you with.
Kind regards,
Kathie r
Freelancer.com support

Ticket details
Ticket id: fvz-[protected]
Status: in progress
Customer support hq: https://www.freelancer.com/support"

Then I asked to know more actually which clause of terms and conditions imposed to me, and actually what I did. then edward d. of support team replied after 12 days to inform me that they sent my ticket to tier-2. on 21 december 2015, I received this email:

"hello,
Thanks you for emailing us back with regard to the closure of your account. my name is frank from tier 2.
I checked your account and I can confirm that it was closed due to security reasons. please be informed that we won't be able to provide further details as to why we decided to close your account. if we are to disclose further information, it may lead our users to get around with our security.
Although we understand that you want to continue using the site, i'm sorry to inform you that the account can no longer be reopened again.
I trust I have clarified our position regarding this matter.

Regards,
Frank c.
Freelancer.com support"

They told me that they clarified their position. huh!

(for screenshots - https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0b-20uxmfcwcazw90yvfdt3jbvnm&usp=sharing)

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12:12 pm EDT

Freelancer.com freelancer.com robbed me of more than $1000

I did some work for a client. The work was too install and configure Django with OpenedX with ecommerce. I bid for $150 and got awarded the project. The client paid me in full amount and also appreciated my work with good reviews and ratings. Although when i initiated a withdraw request the next day i received an error saying "Reversals of payment".
I asked support why was my payment reversed and they replied that "my employer is having an issue with his account and until they clear this issue, I can't be paid" They continuously said just one thing that my client is having account issue and asked me to contact him to resolve his issues.
I did all my work with honesty and hard work and after 2 nights of waking up and working my money was reversed.
Whose job it was to verify the employer, who took money from my account in advance. it was Freelancer.com's job to verify users before letting them post project onto the site.
They robbed me again and again and again for more than $1000 and all i could do was "nothing".
Don't ever work on freelancer. Just don't do it.

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6:43 am EDT

Freelancer.com domain name and hosting

I wanted to complain about the company where it is charging me for domain name and hosting and ingratiation. The person was asking for my home address and where i am staying where they should not be asking that. I want as refund of 30 pounds of what i have made today. the is the person said rather than please let me know the domain and hosting and we will upload their because only knowledge with data base and hosting can do it. I had asked if you are going to be putting the domain name and hosting. the person said that they can purchase it and they said that they can provide the hosting and they did not mention to me that is chargeable. I wanted to ask for refund on my money as soon as possible.

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r1271
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May 02, 2016 6:01 am EDT

I wanted to inform you that the guy didn't send me the work which i asked for and the guy told me that they could send it where i am so disappointed with the guy and i feel like my money have been wasted in the project.

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10:21 pm EDT

Freelancer.com they steal my money

Dear All,

I am a employee and my account in freelancer.com is "thekeshri" . I got awarded one projects in freelancer.com on 25th March 2016 for $150 by employer "businessworld3" . I finished the job and employer paid me $150 and $5 as bonus. Employer also given me good feedback for project completion on time.

Now 1 month later freelancer.com reversed the $155 and my account has -155 USD. When I asked to freelancer.com, they said my employer did some fraud. When i asked my employer did fraud so why you taking amount from my account. Then freelancer.com never replied.

So simple thing is that freelancer.com is cheating amount from employees account those work hard to earn money.

I request to Indian Cyber Crime and US Cyber crime to look this issue and Ban this website in India . Because without any reason freelancer.com is taking money of employees.

Thanks
TheKeshri

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Apr 27, 2016 5:12 am EDT

Hello thekeshri

My name is Steven from Freelancer.com.

We understand your concern.

Furthermore, we always make sure that we exhaust all avenues in investigating every issue; hence, for an impartial and unbiased conclusion. We may discuss your concern regarding this issue by sending an email to us.

If you are experiencing difficulties, or in need of our help, you may always shoot an email to stevene@freelancer.com.

We are always ready to address all your concerns.

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1:12 am EDT
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Freelancer.com deduct my money by manipulation

Hello,

I was bid on a first project of today I was seen one more check box below price its about to send a message to client from freelancer to highlight your bid and its tagged with free so it means if I use that I dont have to pay anything its free but when I click on submit it charged me bid highlight price and deduct it from my account.

So its a trick to get money from users by manipulate the users to show free tag and after submit it deducts a money what a service!

And its not a first time for me one more time in the past same situation I have faced when I take a skills test in front of test it show me free tag but when I click on it and take exam it will deduct my money and after that freelancer.com accept his mistake and refund my money but guys this is too much now we cant trust freelancer services anymore!

Its totally fraud service

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10:03 am EDT

Freelancer.com they are looting my money.

CASE1: I had a project on freelancer.com. I was paid $100 by client. After three months of job completion they took money out of my account and said that client's payment method was not verified.
They said that they are sending proof to paypal for the job I have done. After 2 months freelancer support never responded when I asked them they said that their request was denied by paypal. I asked them for the proof and the screenshots of paypal's reply they never responded regarding this.

CASE2: I had another job of $179 with another employer. I was paid and when I tried to withdraw amount freelancer.com said that I wasn't allowed to do that because client's payment method is not verified.

My questions to support were:-
1. Why don't they first verify payment method properly. If payment method or profile is not verified, why they are allowed to hire?
2. Why do freelancer.com charges money if they don't guarantee anything?
3. Why don't they take immediate action and take our money after months of job completion?

Obviously no reply from freelancer.com

In my opinion freelancer.com is more focused on making money than making reputation.

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StevenE
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Apr 25, 2016 6:38 am EDT

Hello Virender

My name is Steven from Freelancer.com.

We understand your concern regarding this issue.

Furthermore, we always make sure that we exhaust all avenues in investigating every issue; hence, for an impartial and unbiased conclusion. We may discuss your concern regarding this issue by sending an email to us.

If you are experiencing difficulties, or in need of our help, you may always shoot an email to stevene@freelancer.com.

We are always ready to address all your concerns.

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3:52 pm EDT

Freelancer.com did not receive the payment

I was hired by a guy who wanted me to make a website for him. I checked his profile and he had many good reviews. He also promised me a good payment. I agreed and started working on a project. I wasted over a month and when the job was done it looked really amazing and I was proud of myself. I gave him all the necessary information and access to the site. After he got everything he just disappeared and I did not receive the money and he stopped answering my messages and calls. Contacted Freelancer support and there was no response from them either. Well, I wasted a lot of time on that project, but as a creator I still had my own access, so I went online, changed passwords and stuff so my employer had no more access to it. Life's not that easy, I hope he learned his lesson.

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StevenE
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Apr 22, 2016 5:32 pm EDT

Hello Andy,

My name is Steven from Freelancer.com.

We understand your concern.

Furthermore, we always make sure that we exhaust all avenues in investigating every issue; hence, for an impartial and unbiased conclusion. We may discuss your concern regarding this issue by sending an email to us.

If you are experiencing difficulties, or in need of our help, you may always shoot an email to stevene@freelancer.com.

We are always ready to address all your concerns.

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Freelancer.com freelancer.com is a fraud company. oh my a lot of money

Hello.. Freelancer.com is a fraud company... They are a big cheaters... I registered in freelancer.com as an employee.. I got a project of worth 1500Euros.. I completed it and my client paid me.. but after a month I saw my amount had been reversed.. I see -1500EUros in my freelancer wallet... and they also suspended my account... I managed that balance from my pocket... but again i see now freelancer reversed my 200 Euros... They are really a big fraud... Please accpet my complaint again them and take a quick action.. I want my all money back...
really freelancer.com is a big f***er... please please dont trust them... dont business with them..

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Apr 05, 2016 6:46 am EDT

Yes... They are a big cheater... Why Cyber crime branch do not take any action against freelancer... they ruined alot of peoples like me..

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Mozzilarx
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Apr 05, 2016 12:47 am EDT

i have same problems like you.. true freelancer is a F***ker dont use it

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2:34 am EST

Freelancer.com closed my account

I was a user of Freelancer for a very long time, and have many good reviews on my profile. But suddenly five days ago my Freelancer account was closed for no reason! I tried to contact customer service many times and received no answer. I have no idea why they did this and the only thing I can do is to make another account. I'm extremely disappointed!

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StevenE
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Mar 03, 2016 7:34 am EST

Hello Musti,

My name is Steven from Freelancer.com.

We understand your concern.

Furthermore, we always make sure that we exhaust all avenues in investigating every issue; hence, for an impartial and unbiased conclusion. We may discuss your concern regarding this issue by sending an email to us.

If you are experiencing difficulties, or in need of our help, you may always shoot an email to stevene@freelancer.com.

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3:29 am EST

Freelancer.com this place needs to be shut down!

The Freelancer creators have found an absolutely amazing way to scam people out of their money. Great job guys! This website is full of thieves and scam artists. And the Freelancer staff does not care at all.
I was scammed by one of their employees and still waiting for my money.
I've already told my friends and colleagues about this scam site and will continue to post negative reviews! Customer service never helped me, all they want is money! This place needs to be shut down!

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Watcher11111
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Sep 19, 2016 7:14 am EDT

This person is telling you the truth about this website. Believe them!

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StevenE
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Mar 02, 2016 8:09 am EST

Hello Greg,

My name is Steven from Freelancer.com.

We understand your concern.

Furthermore, we always make sure that we exhaust all avenues in investigating every issue; hence, for an impartial and unbiased conclusion. We may discuss your concern regarding this issue by sending an email to us.

If you are experiencing difficulties, or in need of our help, you may always shoot an email to stevene@freelancer.com.

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6:27 am EST

Freelancer.com thieves!! stay far away!

Be careful and better stay away from this website. I think that %95 of the employees are thieves. I ended up working with a person who asked me to pay before the job was done. When I refused he had the nerve to ask for another payment otherwise he would remove some coding. He actually shut down my site until I paid him. When I contacted Freelancer customer service and asked for help, they said that there was nothing they could do and that I have to deal with the problem on my own! This website is full of scammers and customer support does not care about it. Stay away!

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2:51 am EST

Freelancer.com reversal of done milestone

Hello Sir,

I am jayphprock freelancer user in freeelancer.com

I am using freelancer since 2012 and yesterday i faced the problem of reversal of done milestone. Client is already paid amount then why my already paid milestone reversed. This is not fair freelancer.com

I need my money back. Please help me on this.

I attached the screenshot of reversal milestone.

thanks

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Controls Engineer
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Apr 28, 2019 3:30 am EDT

Another response from freelancer.com

"We do apologize if this happened, we know it is such a hassle to encounter this."

They just wont help !

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Controls Engineer
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Apr 28, 2019 3:28 am EDT

Freelancer.com does not help you at all in this matter. They just say:

Yes, we understand you on this matter. At this point, we are unable to have the payment back to your account. We do not want to risk you being involved on their account's liabilities.

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Michaeil Guo
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Apr 16, 2019 1:07 am EDT

i got the same problem too. if the milestone has been issued, it should be party decides to reverse the milestone

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Mar 10, 2019 2:37 pm EDT
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same here

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Mozzilarx
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Apr 05, 2016 12:33 am EDT

Same here... i got that problem too

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2:39 am EST

Freelancer.com scam!

I joined Freelancer website and decided to try their free trial. One month later they charged my card for a membership and I had no idea I was signed up! I did not want to use this site anymore and I didn't agree to this auto-enrollment! I contacted them many times, but their customer service is absolutely ridiculous and now they have stopped responding to my messages. They even blame PayPal for my lack of refund. I contacted PayPal and explained what happened, and they refunded me. Freelancer.com is just another scam website and all they need is your money! Avoid it at all costs!

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Feb 17, 2016 4:41 am EST

Hello Mont09,

My name is Steven from Freelancer.com.

We understand your concern.

Furthermore, we always make sure that we exhaust all avenues in investigating every issue; hence, for an impartial and unbiased conclusion. We may discuss your concern regarding this issue by sending an email to us.

If you are experiencing difficulties, or in need of our help, you may always shoot an email to stevene@freelancer.com.

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9:11 pm EST

Freelancer.com stealing money and support looks like an automated bot reply

Just because the guy who gave me the project, did not complete the verification they took my money.

But the craziest thing was, they also ask me to pay back the money for the project that was completed long ago and successfully completed. I told Freelancer clearly, that the previous money you wiped out from my account was not at all refund to the client. So please send me the proof that this has been done and he really received the money.

And they did not even willing to answer my question and started repeating the message like, please deposit money, please deposit money. Then it strikes me, why they are not answering my questions and keep repeating, maybe I am talking to a chatter bot. All the while i thought I was talking to a real human being who has same emotions and feelings like me.

By repeating what it can achieve? Or by avoiding not answering my question if it thinks, it can achieve anything let it keep thinking that. No smart person will think, by repeating same question again and again he can achieve anything. This is really a dumb bot.
So either Freelancer is having chatter bot to resolve customer support issues, or maybe they put people from junior high school as their support staff. No mature person will avoid answering a question.

Apart from the above funny bot issue, my question is what happened to the money they wiped from my account ? It is not in my account, my client also did not receive it. So where it went? I am sure any body can make some educated guess on that.

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Feb 17, 2016 4:41 am EST

Hello Suresh,

My name is Steven from Freelancer.com.

We understand your concern.

Furthermore, we always make sure that we exhaust all avenues in investigating every issue; hence, for an impartial and unbiased conclusion. We may discuss your concern regarding this issue by sending an email to us.

If you are experiencing difficulties, or in need of our help, you may always shoot an email to stevene@freelancer.com.

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8:25 am EST

Freelancer.com payment not received

Hello,

I was the victim of this scam too. Unfortunately I was too late to react in proper way. I also deposited 17$ to him, and confirmed on pay pal everything he asked me to confirm. I worked so bloody hard on typing those stupid pages. It seemed a great way to earn some money. And now, four days after my uploading soft files to him, I needed to check why I don't get respond, conformation of my work, payment. And there is no answer, and there is no money, and I am very disappointed. Soon, I will close my Freelancer account and all other accounts on sites for freelance jobs, because I don't think that there is a way to earn some money. From now on, I believe only in face to face jobs. There is no money without sweat. And I hope that "John Franklin's" hard drive burn, and all accounts got hacked.

This screens are proof that I got scammed, and you can upload them to your site if you want. Because people need to see this, because people deserve to know about online scams.

Thank you and good bye.

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Anindya Chakravorty
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Apr 12, 2016 9:58 am EDT

I am working up to three years here but never faced any problem . if you want to work their permanent, y then you need to follow the proper guideline . I think this post will help you to give proper information .
http://www.codinsights.com/become-a-freelancer/

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4:17 am EST

Freelancer.com support is useless!

I gave a project to a freelancer, and he promised a to complete the job in two weeks. He also asked me to give him half of the milestone released to start the project which I did. After two weeks, the project was not done! I tried to contact the freelancer, but he completely ignored me. So I contacted Freelancer.com customer care and I was told that my freelancer is having some account issues. I asked them to give me his email address or skype, so that I could contact him outside of the website. They refused providing me that sort of information. In my opinion customer service has to support me by contacting their freelancer! My project is not done and I lost money! This website is just a scam! I will never use it again! Support is absolutely useless.

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StevenE
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Feb 11, 2016 7:51 am EST

Hello Mike,

My name is Steven from Freelancer.com.

We understand your concern.

Furthermore, we always make sure that we exhaust all avenues in investigating every issue; hence, for an impartial and unbiased conclusion. We may discuss your concern regarding this issue by sending an email to us.

If you are experiencing difficulties, or in need of our help, you may always shoot an email to stevene@freelancer.com.

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3:57 pm EST

Freelancer.com payment and service

First I would like to know how much I have paid through Freelancer.com because Paypal seems to show that I have paid 289, 89€ and being robbed of some money or I'm misunderstanding this.

In the very least the customer service is TERRIBLE and I've posted the conversation I had with one of the customer service employees.
Enjoy...

Jerome:
Hi, my name is Jerome C. and I work for Freelancer.com in the payment assistance team. We can see that you are experiencing issues with your latest deposit attempts.

Me:
Yes thank you very much for replying so fast
So I have some payments on my paypal which i'm not familiar with authorizing
there are currently 4 which i'd love an explanation for
1: 2, 40€
2: 128, 23€
3: 113, 90€
4: 45, 36€ Number 1 and 2 I'm sure are fine
sorry for the bad formatting of that paragraph

Jerome:
Give me a moment to look into this.

Me:
No problem sir

Jerome:
Thank you for waiting.
Please refer to your Transaction History to view a copy of all your transactions on the site.
Transaction History: https://www.freelancer.com/payments/transactions.php
All the payments you are asking are detailed on this page.

Jerome:
Are there any other deposit or payment verification concerns that you would like me to look into?

Me
I'm very sorry but this is confusing me
There are so many transactions, one with aimdesin, I tried to hire him but then I changed my mind since he did not reply but i can see i'm being charged the extra fee that freelancer.com get, am i right?
then afterwards there is a deposit into my account for 44€ right?

Jerome:
When you say, "the extra fee that freelancer.com get, " you are referrig to project fees.
09 February 2016 · 9:07 pm
You can check our Fees and Charges page: https://www.freelancer.com/feesandcharges/

Me:
Thank you :)

Jerome:
Are there any other deposit or payment verification concerns that you would like me to look into?

Me:
yes, i'm very sorry to trouble you so much with this but could you tell me how much I have spent through freelancer.com?
You can add up all your payments from PayPal and deposit fees to know this.

Jerome:
Please refer to your Transaction History.

Me:
Yes I understand that I (should) be able to, unfortunately I am too stupid to understand the system
On my paypal account I think I see a total amount of 289, 89, is that correct?

Me:
I don't mean to push you but is that the correct amount that I have paid through freelancer.com?

Jerome:
Do you have other concerns?
Just what the amount the amount is that I have paid through freelancer.com please :)

Me:
sorry, Just what the amount is that I have paid so far*
can you tell me the amount i have paid through freelancer.com please

Me:
Jerome, would it be smarter for me to email freelancer.com through my paypal account perhaps?

Me:
Can you redirect me to someone else?

Me:
Is this conversation archived, I try very hard to remain polite but this i find very rude, to ignore everything I say like this

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