Has anyone tried rated people?

[lame plumber]

all these on line companies are there to make money for themselves, no one else so are they really worried about the trades and the customers. In order to keep their reputation they will look after custards, less so the trades as they rely on customer feedback not trades feedback. Who the overall losers? I wouldnt give any of them time, after centuries of providing services for others the main form of advertizing remains word of mouth and local reputation, nothing else matters in my mind. How else do pimlico plumbers survive, reputation and goodwill, they may cost a bit but the are there and doing the work and customers know it.

 

[lbp plg & htg]

Used for over 3 years now and no real complaints, use it as a tool and it will serve you well.

 

[adi]

Rubbish - just bought three jobs in the last few days:
job 1 - major problem with a blocked drain, need somebody to fix it urgently. I made a contact, the customer said please come next day to asses it. I sent an e-mail asking for address, customer replied saying there is no need for the work now
job 2 - a few maintenance jobs in one house - no chance to make a contact
job 3 - immersion heater needs to be changed - no chance to make a contact
I am cancelling my membership

 

[lbp plg & htg]

Rubbish - just bought three jobs in the last few days:
job 1 - major problem with a blocked drain, need somebody to fix it urgently. I made a contact, the customer said please come next day to asses it. I sent an e-mail asking for address, customer replied saying there is no need for the work now
job 2 - a few maintenance jobs in one house - no chance to make a contact
job 3 - immersion heater needs to be changed - no chance to make a contact
I am cancelling my membership

Surely you asked for credits on the no chance to make contact?

 

[Ermintrude]

Shower, only checking they do is at the bank. All schemes like this are utter tripe and just show other traders your so rough you need to tell people your not.
Only thing you need in side of van is a sliding door! Unless your set on building a brand!

 

[lbp plg & htg]

Shower, only checking they do is at the bank. All schemes like this are utter tripe and just show other traders your so rough you need to tell people your not.
Only thing you need in side of van is a sliding door! Unless your set on building a brand!

thanks for your input and abuse - who is your next target?

 

[adi]

Not yet, but today I got a phone call from job 3 saying they already got somebody else to do it (yesterday they didn't answer my call and didn't reply to my e-mail). It doesn't bother me at all, just wanted to try them and now I know it's worthless.

 

[Plum Bob 66]

Interesting reading all this, howevor its all subjective and everybodys experience is different. I have used rated people for sometime and had a mixture of positive and negative experiences. The cons have been heavily outlined and there all sound. Howevor the pros for me have been plentiful and led to some lucrative work, I completed a bathroom fit last week from a £16 lead. The invoice was in excess off £3k and I was paid by bacs on Monday, not a bad return on my outlay, customer pleased as punch and given me a glowing rating.

With these things unless your really desperate you have to weigh up each job individually and be picky and ultimately first in with the call. I never give the customer much time to um and arh, and set a date to do the job. Ultimately only take the jobs your comfortable with or can give you a quick return on your outlay. Ive had down times as I supsect we all have, so have used this site to bring in some cash flow, which it has done.

Overall my experiences have been positive, weather you can make it fit your business model is for you to decide.......

 

[Plum Bob 66]

Shower, only checking they do is at the bank. All schemes like this are utter tripe and just show other traders your so rough you need to tell people your not.
Only thing you need in side of van is a sliding door! Unless your set on building a brand!

Seems like a simplistic viewpoint from a very simplistic individual ?

Perhaps a name and contact number might help ?

 

[Dan]

This is a really old thread. It might be worth you guys creating a new one? as I'm sure the level of business and even their systems and processes have changed since 2009?