Where to get a PHP freelancer without getting scammed? Going out of business!?
Question by MLBcom: Where to get a PHP freelancer without getting scammed? Going out of business!?
Hi! I am desperate! I need this fixed ASAP!
Situation:
i own a an auction website…this is a penny acution, in this website there are on auction hot items such as iPhones, iMacs, TVs, videogames etc…this is how it works…Users buy a bunch of bids, they cost 50 cents each, and every time that a bid is placed, the price of the item increases of 1 cent and adds 10 seconds to the end of the auction, the items have NO minimum price…
Problem:
….Everything was running well till yesterday, since yesterday the script started acting up…it will make the auction end as soon as an user reaches about 200 bids placed, using the bidbutler or not! NO MATTER WHAT! I Even if there are other users still bidding! This means selling products at prices that do not even reach what i pay for them ! I REALLY REALL REALLY REALLY need this to be fixed asap! Yesterday i sold an iPhone for $ 64, an iMac for $ 69 and a Sony Bravia 52″ for $ 86!!! And i don’t even want to mention the other items! I have to ship these items and i cannot take the website down or claim “technical issues” because it’ll mean BAD REVIEWS, so losing customers and business, and i am VERY precise about my business! And the night is coming, the users will reach that target quicker, because of the low traffic!
I lost over 4K between last night and today giving away all these items for such a low prices!
My point is that everywhere i go, for example getafreelancer.com, i get tons of people that want to fix it for me, but they ask money upfront and then who knows if they’ll even touch the script? Is there any guarantee i can get before to give my ftp informations to a stranger?I really need to get this fixed asap!
If anyone of you want to take a look at the website and think that might be able to fix this for me, this is the website myluckybids.com
i need guarantees and won’t pay upfront…
answer 1: ALL freelancers will ask for payment OUT of GAF…Most likely western union….and all also ask an upfront payment to start to work…so i will eventually lose money and ftp informations under high risk…
answer2:
yes….you were right if i have changed something….
Best answer:
Answer by Lie Ryan
you’re wrong on one thing: when you pay to getafreelancer.com, you do not pay upfront to the freelancer; instead you pay to the website www.getafreelancer.com. If you’re not satisfied with the progress of the freelancer, you can pull out your money after following through the dispute resolution process. The freelancers does not get the money until you instruct the website to pay them the money.
don’t forget that the freelancers are not free-workers. They also need guarantee that you will pay them when the job is done.
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