RentACoder Losing Street Cred?

Itninja writes, "Having used RAC several times in the past (as a buyer), I was shocked by a recent experience. I did a bit of looking around to see if I was the only one having problems with Rent-A-Coder. Apparently, I'm not." From the article: "This unfairness of RAC fees motivates the majority of coders to negotiate payment outside the scope of RAC which amounts to you and coder getting a better deal. For example, I have several coders that I fully trust willing to work on projects on a monthly basis because it is easier for him to deal with established clients than to have to bid for projects all the time. It saves me time and trouble because I can work with a person that I trust and he knows what is expected." A comment to this posting links a discussion of RAC at Google Groups, and there the service has its defenders. What has your experience of RAC been, either as a buyer or as a coder?

Comments

I make mad money with RAC, and my skillz be 1337!

[Cr0w T. Trollbot]

Check out this 1337 coding, dawg:

10 PRINT 'HELLO WORLD'
20

Awww, CRAP! Gimme a minute, it will come back to me...

Crow T. Trollbot

WTF?

[Deflatamouse!]

WTF? So two guys, one hates RAC (kamen...@gmail.com), the other (TakeReal) obviously works for RAC (or owns RAC) --- therefore responds 60 something times to kamen's comments, dukes it out in a forum, and Slashdot concludes that RAC is losing street cred??

Did kamen...@gmail.com submit this story to slashdot?

Don't Feed the Trolls

[drinkypoo]

come on, someone who doesn't know what "street cred" means? ask them if they know what a moisture barrier is for, they apparently live in a basement and they should know the answer to that one.