I've hired freelancers through a variety of platforms about which I have various complaints. I spoke at length with folks at Toptal and bailed because what they

I've hired freelancers through a variety of platforms about which I have various complaints. I spoke at length with folks at Toptal and bailed because what they offered me was this: You have to pay us money right now. Then we're going to offer you a choice of something like 3 different people. They'll bill $90/hr and will probably be the same eastern European devs you can find on UpWork for $50/hr. Then you have something like 48 or 72 hours to choose one of them, and if you don't, we keep your money. Fuck that.