Originally Posted by Mutt

which is hard to accomplish. i hired a Filipino 3 weeks or so ago off oDesk, he begged to do my project, so I gave it to him. i paid oDesk half up front, 275 dollars, they in turn pay the Filipino. a few days later he's worked up because 'where's the money? i need money very badly lights going to be turned off in the studio', i told him how oDesk works, he's begging 'you can pay Western Union now please?' and i tell him i already paid him, whatever has gone wrong is between him and oDesk, he goes off and does some back and forth with oDesk and he still seems confused and wants me to help as if I have some power with oDesk, so I contact oDesk and they tell me his payment went out not long after I paid oDesk. It turns out the bank account number he gave oDesk doesn't exist. I tell him to get to work on my project as it's already 2 weeks and I've seen very little progress, I'm concerned he's not doing shit until money hits his bank account. He promises 'every day I am working on the project!'. So I left him alone for the past week and this morning messaged him to ask for an update, see how far he's progressed.

his response:

"its holiday here and its christmas time with my family!..no worries!animation is in progress!!!merry christmast and advance happy new year to you!"

my response:

"um ....... it's Christmas NEXT week. are you also celebrating it this week and through New Years? Enjoy your holidays and please keep me up to date on your progress on my project."

his response:

"yes, even christmas working on it! but you know here in the philippines our culture is kinda diffrent and dec is super close to family and its celebrating early to wait for christmas!!!"