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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Dave Starling wrote:
On Aug 9, 11:15 pm, PeterC wrote:

Looking at my area (S. Northants), some of the 'feedback' looks as
if it migh have been posted by the trader, e.g.:

http://www.mybuilder.com/profile/view/samm_developments

Don't see any user feedback from him. Seems their system is like ebay
in that you can only leave feedback when they log a paid transaction.

I can't see it being economical for most tradesmen as you are paying
a lot for 'leads' (£40+vat/quarter) and any leads that work you pay
them 5% +vat of the invoice amount. There will be a lot of tyre
kickers on that site or people just fishing for prices. Maybe that
explains the lack of feedback for samm_developments


Most of these sites are a complete waste of time & a rip off for the
tradesman.


Registered as a private punter with a list of typical handyman jobs & got
about 5 replies 'auto' generated, none of which would have been appropriate
or even in my area. Waste of space.


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