> Freelancer.com is a cesspool of low-level coders who says yes yes yes when you ask them of their skills and knowledge of frameworks.
Yes it is. And you should avoid them, especially if you know this. Fool me once and all that. I think this experience is as much your fault as it is theirs.
1 chinese, 1 indian, and 1 bangladeshi.
Doing it correctly or completely isn't part of the contract.
I don't know how true it is about China, but I certainly recognized that attitude.
[0] https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/if+you+pay+peanuts%2C+y...
一分钱，一分货 which means you get the equivalent in goods of what you pay in price, and
好货不便宜，便宜无好货 which means good products aren't cheap and cheap products aren't good.
Nothing against people from Asia, of course, it's just what happens when there's a billion people and people are cheap - the best leave, and the rest do whatever they have to.
People are exaggerating their skills because a job that you aren't qualified for is better than no job.