• Do you use Upwork?

    From Nicolas Paul Colin de Glocester@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun May 11 22:30:59 2025
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    Dear readers,

    Is
    HTTPS://WWW.Upwork.com/legal#terms
    any good? I am currently on PDF Page 12 of only one de its agreement's=20 sections, because I sent an unanswered email to a lady on
    Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 01:15:06 +0200 (CEST)

    She wrote posts on LinkedIn afterwards today and yesterday. On LinkedIn=20
    she advertises that Upwork is an alternative way for engaging her.

    Sinc=C3=A8res salutations.



    Nicolas Paul Colin de Glocester
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  • From Nicolas Paul Colin de Glocester@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue May 13 01:18:18 2025
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    Dear readers,

    Upwork.com is disturbingly defective. It has informed me for the 1st time=
    =20
    after I had registered an account that it blocks functionalities because=20
    it wants to send a text message for verification to a =E2=80=9Cphone=E2=80= =9D. No employer=20
    ever gives me a telephone which can receive a text message.

    Another fault of Upwork.com is that it misleadingly said in red writing=20
    that its Address-Line-1 field needs to be within a certain size range=20
    (when it already was) when actually it was malfunctioning because its=20 Address-Line-2 field was correctly not empty. I overcame this bug by=20
    moving this Address-Line-2 field=E2=80=99s contents into this City field (t= hereby=20
    losing enough space for this full address).

    A defect of Upwork is that it does not let me use it to contact a=20
    freelancer who uses it. Upwork forbids SWIFT-IBAN wire transfers for=20 payments! =E2=80=9CStay safe

    Only pay f re e lance rs through Upwork, e nsur ing Payme nt Prote ct=20 ion.=E2=80=9D said Upwork yesterday. Copying and pasting from Upwork does n= ot=20
    work! I lost a lot of time on 11/05/2025 and 12/05/2025 because=20 WWW.Upwork.com is a buggy website - as a bank confirmed on 12/05/2025 that=
    =20
    I correctly entered Visa-debit-card details into this website.

    I emailed a complaint to legalnotices at Upwork.com on
    Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 02:07:04 +0200 (CEST)
    - =E2=80=9CDear Sir/Madam of Upwork [. . .]

    Upwork's buggy website said inter alia: "We are unable to authorize your=20 card. Please add another billing method or contact your issuing bank."

    [. . .]

    I do not have time to waste and Upwork wasted a day, especially with a=20
    huge number of pages of terms and conditions. Upwork does not impress me.

    Upwork so-called "Support" refuses to solve this bug. Solve it=20
    immediately. I do not have time to waste!=E2=80=9D

    Upwork Notification <donotreply@Upwork.com>
    emailed on
    Date: Sun, 11 May 2025 23:15:21 +0000
    : =E2=80=9CVisa was added=E2=80=9D.

    Seventeen minutes after I invited a freelancer, Upwork wrongly showed:
    "Posted 17 minutes ago [. . .]
    [. . .]
    Invites sent:
    0
    Unanswered invites:
    0".

    Upwork does not work with Google Chrome Version 49.0.2623.112 m..

    Upwork does not work at all with Internet Explorer 9. It says:
    "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage










    What you can try:











    Diagnose Connection Problems












    More information



    This problem can be caused by a variety of issues, including:
    =E2=80=A2Internet connectivity has been lost.
    =E2=80=A2The website is temporarily unavailable.
    =E2=80=A2The Domain Name Server (DNS) is not reachable.
    =E2=80=A2The Domain Name Server (DNS) does not have a listing for the websi= te's=20
    domain.
    =E2=80=A2There might be a typing error in the address.
    =E2=80=A2If this is an HTTPS (secure) address, click Tools, click Internet=
    =20
    Options, click Advanced, and check to be sure the SSL and TLS protocols=20
    are enabled under the security section.


    For offline users

    You can still view subscribed feeds and some recently viewed webpages.
    To view subscribed feeds:
    1.Click the Favorites button , click Feeds, and then click the feed you=20
    want to view.


    To view recently visited webpages (might not work on all pages):
    1.Press Alt, click File, and then click Work Offline.
    2.Click the Favorites button , click History, and then click the page you=
    =20
    want to view."

    Sinc=C3=A8res salutations.



    Nicolas Paul Colin de Glocester
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  • From Nicolas Paul Colin de Glocester@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue May 13 02:44:48 2025
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    Dear USENET readers,

    Upwork sent to me a bad email so I emailed to Upwork a few seconds ago:
    "On Mon, 12 May 2025, Chris de Upwork dared to email:
    "Upwork

    https://support.upwork.com/hc/requests/51865517

    Chris (Upwork Help)

    May 12, 2025, 4:48=E2=80=AFPM GMT+1

    Hi Nicolas,"

    Dear Chris,

    That is not my name and it is not English for Nicholas.

    On Mon, 12 May 2025, Chris de Upwork dared to email:
    "We have removed your job "[. . .]" because it appears to be=20
    misclassified or posted in the wrong place on Upwork.
    =C2=A0
    It looks like you=E2=80=99ve posted a public job with a specific freelancer=
    in=20
    mind."

    If it is public then why did you always refuse to show it when logged out=
    =20
    (i.e. you showed a message that it is private when I accessed its URL via=
    =20
    a different webbrowser which is not logged in).[?]

    On Mon, 12 May 2025, Chris de Upwork dared to email:
    "If you already know which freelancer you=E2=80=99d like to work with, you = can=20
    invite
    them to apply to a job post by following the instructions here=20 (https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/211063518-Send-Invites).
    [. . .]"

    I sent it specifically to Th=C3=A9odora Elias Hadad. Cf. 2025-05-12c_Upwork_after_a_friend_used_a_mobile_phone.pdf
    by you.

    On Mon, 12 May 2025, Chris de Upwork dared to email:
    "[. . .]
    =C2=A0
    What=E2=80=99s next?
    =C2=A0
    Your Upwork account is still active, and you don't need to do anything on=
    =20
    your end."

    Contrarily I continue to wait for you to answer my email to=20
    legalnotices[at . . .]Upwork.com de
    Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 02:07:04 +0200 (CEST)
    Cf. "I lost a lot of time on 11/05/2025 and 12/05/2025 because=20 WWW.Upwork.com is a buggy website - as a bank confirmed on 12/05/2025 that=
    =20
    I correctly entered Visa-debit-card details into this website." say I via Newsgroups: comp.arch.embedded,comp.arch.fpga,comp.lang.vhdl,fr.misc.droit,= alt.crime
    Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 17:18:18 +0200
    Subject: Re: Do you use Upwork?
    Message-ID: <dc0ea39a-056e-a006-9dfe-4595eb2cff70@irrt.De>

    A bank and I find your refusal to facilitate payments to this [. . .=20 freelancer] via=20
    an IBAN (International Bank-Account Number) to be dodgy. Most [. . .=20
    similar professionals who perform services for me]
    are not paid by a Visa card. None whatsoever are paid by=20
    PayPal. I am not trying to buy previously used toys off [. . . such=20 professionals] on Ebay.

    On Mon, 12 May 2025, Chris de Upwork dared to email:
    "Trust is at the heart of the Upwork community and our Terms of Service=20
    are a critical part of creating and maintaining that trust."

    The many failures you are wasting my time with yesterday and today do not=
    =20
    earn you trust. Solve this payment problem by 1:30p.m. tomorrow (i.e.=20 shortly before a SWIFT-international-wire-transfer deadline), or do not be=
    =20
    surprised if I would add a criticism about this would-be failure to HTTPS://WWW.Trustpilot.com/users/6749b408033b22922347d506

    I shall copy most de this email's body to this USENET thread after a few=20 seconds.

    Sinc=C3=A8res salutations.



    Nicolas Paul Colin de Glocester"
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