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Re:Freelancer.com Pays $3.2M To Buy Digital Marketing Market... by octopus on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @09:14AM (#7591582)
The difference is that RAC protected both the interest of the coder and the buyer. Freelancer seems to be only interested in taking money from both sides.

If a buyer cancel his credit card used to pay for a project, the coder is not protected in any way. Freelancer support will simply send the coder to the TOS :). In other words the escrow payment is not guaranteed by Freelancer.

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Re:Freelancer.com Pays $3.2M To Buy Digital Marketing Market... by mattbarrie on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @03:42AM (#7596568)
None of the freelancer sites protect against credit card chargebacks.
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Re:Freelancer.com Pays $3.2M To Buy Digital Marketing Market... by octopus on Thursday April 17, 2014 @02:25PM (#7605346)
Try Elance :). The escrow is guaranteed for most projects.

Same goes for oDesk if you work by the hour.

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Re:Freelancer.com Pays $3.2M To Buy Digital Marketing Market... by mattbarrie on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @06:58PM (#7631026)
Read the fine print on those "guarantees".
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