Angies list
Has anyone used Angies list for renovation/demo work? Are the reviews trustworthy or could you do the research without the lists help? Thanks
Has anyone used Angies list for renovation/demo work? Are the reviews trustworthy or could you do the research without the lists help?
Thanks
As to: the contractor can respond to a bad review:
Not always so. Many responses are deleted not to offend the paying subscriber. I know, I went through this.
Remember the Golden Rules: “the one who pays makes the rules.” This is particularly true here. You have to pay to post a comment. You have to pay to be on top of the contractor’s list. If this is not a racket, what is?
With Angies, contractors who pay have the upper-hand. Customers who pay are also given preferential treatment.
You pay nothing, you are nothing. You don’t even exist.
You try to cancel, you are dead meat.
Wikepedia reports than Angies List is nothing more than A GLORIFIED YELLOW PAGES.
ALTHOUGH YOU MAY HAVE SOME LUCK – and IT IS STATISTICALLY POSSIBLE THAT YOU MAY – you will have wasted your money as the ratings are NOT a bit reliable — THIS IS MY OPINION BASED ON MY RESEARCH and on my experience.
BEWARE: cancelling your subscription to Angies may become a nightmare. If you don’t see A CANCELLATION BUTTON ON THEIR WEB SITE you may be in trouble. To cancel your subscription, you may to WAIT FOR HOURS, put up with someone on the other line whose interest is to keep you a member, and end up getting taken for a very unhappy ride.
Google search “angies list complaints” – see what you find.
One more thing: CONTRACTORS DO PAY TO BE ON TOP OF ANGIES LIST. IT’S NOT FREE, thus this is not a consumer-oriented bureau. But if it makes you feel better, go ahead an join. It may relieve your anxiety and make your wallet a bit lighter.
BUYER BEWARE!
how good is angies list coverage in the cleveland area? i just spent 15 minutes searching and can’t find any detailed info for the area. i turned up a map which shows coverage but it doesnt show my area. annoying
http://gabwith.us/angies-list-regional-coverage-by-city/
how good is angies list coverage in the cleveland area? i just spent 15 minutes searching and can’t find any detailed info for the area. i turned up a map which shows coverage but it doesnt show my area. annoying
http://gabwith.us/angies-list-regional-coverage-by-city/
Workpost.com is a new, free service that allows contractors listed in their directory to respond to negative reviews.
Membership in the Workpost Directory is optional, contractors can opt-in or out of the directory at any time.
If a client wants to negatively review a contractor, the client can provide information relevant to the work that was actually done (or not done) and fire away. But once a client has initiated a negative review, the contractor can respond, explain the situation and perhaps review the client as well.
http://www.workpost.com
You should not have to pay for Angies List, use Cragislist.
Or if you want to purchase a Tungten Ring go to http://www.tungstenfashions.com
Last year 2007 we found Angie’s list while looking for a contractor to upgrade our brick home. We needed to replace the wood on the eaves. We found a contractor that Angie’s list highly recomended. They were unreal. They had almost no tools to work with! I even had to loan them ladders,nails,etc. After they left (4 weeks later) the vinyl they installed started to fall down the very next day! I found another contractor in the Yellow Pages. After the $4,550 we paid the first contractor it cost another $3,000 to replace everything. At least I get to warn others to be careful, and look at other work a contractor has completed. A rep from Angie’s list did e-mail me to ask what our problem was. I sent him pictures of the work, along with our phone #. Never heard from him again. C.B. Kings Mountain,NC
To add more to above post…I have seen companies with D and F reviews. If the company has a string of bad reviews, I think they are taken off the list. I had one company bookmarked for possible use and when I went back to a few weeks later, it said this company can no longer be accessed through Angie’s, but there was no reason why.
I joined Angie’s List because I am about to buy a home in Brooklyn and know no one for referrals. There are plenty of bad reviews posted. Some companies have straight A’s and some are mixed and I have seen one deck building company from Staten Island that had over 40 reviews, almost all positive.