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guru.com

reviewed by Abenson

Guru.com is an online marketplace for freelance talent that allows employers to post projects, and professionals to post their profiles.

Abenson
11/06/2009

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One word to describe guru.com: Despicable.
Been there as a good-earning, non-paying member for nearly 5 years. One time, I was paid $704 for a business plan project. It later turned out that my employer funneled money to guru.com system using a stolen credit card. I refused to refund the amount when asked. I told the Member Services guys it was not my fault. All I did was deliver what's expected; that all I deserved was getting myself paid for services rendered. Know what guru.com did? It suspended all my profiles and accounts, 10 of them. I was informed by email I will have them back when I am able to settle my accountability. I lost all the earning opportunities. I was making good money from freelancing; in fact, I resigned from my job and began working from home fulltime. My lawyer said I should sue to get those profiles back, saying the suspensions were onerous, unilateral, unfair. The guru.com site presents opportunities. But it's policies are horrible for non-paying members. Take it from me. If that is not contemptuous, I don't know what's ugly. I'm suing Guglani and I will be seeking $100 in damages for every day the accounts were shuttered.

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ep2002 commented 18 days ago.
Just curious how they tied all of your accounts into the one that had this problem?

By your name, e-mail address?

Yeh I love it when these freelance sites allow both sides to commit fraud & then they tell the other side it's their tough luck, we just pass the money along.

That happened to me with an IC on Elance. I paid her a $600 deposit, got work maybe 1% of the work that wasn't done properly, then she disappeared & they refused to give me my money back.

I got it in the end, but I had to fight for it.


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