Originally Posted by fuzzypeach

I have a bunch of mainstream projects that I want to start but can't find affordable and reliable programmers.

I recently posted on elance and got 8 bids... I won't get into the details, but all the responses made me want to bang my head on the wall.

A few years back, I used another of those sites and paid out some $$$ and the programmer flaked. Luckily the money was escrowed so I got the full refund.

SO.. the question is how does GFY find affordable and reliable programmers.