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Hate contacted me in response to a service request. He seemed nice enough for a chap called "Hate" but something just didn't seem right. He refused to show any URLs and stated that his website was for "family" and "our kind"
That set off an alarm that his site could really be hate related and I'm glad I didn't fall for his charm.

I've been burned by independent service providers in the past and now I research like crazy before I pick a freelancer.

I use a certain freelance site quite a bit and it's been great because they handle all payment issues. They use paypal and escrow and act as a middle man between providers and webmasters. Perhaps VB.org could do a similar thing? A fee can be charged for each request and the freelance site I use takes a commision from providers as well.
Providers and webmasters are rated and commented upon after each transaction so it becomes clear after a while, who's good and who's not.

It could create a great revenue stream for this site. There are many freelancer scripts available and it should be pretty easy to integrate one with VBulletin. I'm thinking of doing this on my site since I already have the script but it's written in PERL and I'd rather use a PHP version.

Cheers!