Originally Posted by JimmyStephans

Exactly... And most have the same excuses. I have been trying to get a side project going since May. I've hired 4 persons to do it. Two from GFY, one from oDesk and one from the old Scriptlance site.

Each had a decent reputation.

Each was given a 50% deposit.

Each started off good.

Each had a "hard drive failure". Then weeks went by without contact.

Each time that was followed by either their own medical problem or a person in the family having a medical emergency.

Each time when I tried to cancel and get deposit refund they stopped answering emails.

Its like the assholes have a sheet of bullshit excuses they read from. I wonder if its in some PHP classes or manuals to use that sheet?

What I now know is that PHP programming must be really tough on hard drives, that PHP programmers never back up their drives, and they takes at least two weeks to replace broken drives, and replacing those drives must be very stressful because they, or family members, always end up in the emergency room as soon as the replacement is installed, and that after the replacement is installed it must not work because they can no longer reply to email.

They can post on GFY looking for more work...

But, they can't finish what was ordered.