On 3/9/2011 2:11 AM, Olivia Dunham wrote:

I asked about Angie's List a while back and got no responses from anyone
who had actually signed up. I too am very curious. The site seems
mysterious! It is a site that is oriented towards local service reviews,
but you have to pay to become a member and participate.

It's not something to pay for, that's for sure.

In my area the definitive source for consumer information is Consumers'
Checkbook (http://www.checkbook.org/), but they only cover a few metro
areas (Boston, Chicago, Delaware Valley, Puget Sound, San Francisco,
Twin Cities, & Washington DC). It's not free ($17/year). It's a
non-profit organization. They don't make recommendations, they do
surveys and they rate businesses.