local traders .com reviews ????

[hercule]

What a joke!

Have some dignity 'timstevens', you are unlikely to get anyone from this forum signing up to your website so give up, don't post such transparent rubbish. Move on, try it on with the plumbers.

There are a lot of other things I could mention that I was unhappy with after parting with my hard earned cash with localtraders that I haven't, such as the promise of national tv and radio advertising - I never saw anything. But basically, after 6 months of being one of their only sparks in a large area I had 2 texts - neither of which i even got the chance to quote for the job!

They have no punters - so there can be no work!

 

[Sanke]

Had these on the phone yesterday. Got rid of him quick when I asked for a free trial !!

 

[D80]

Had these on the phone yesterday. Got rid of him quick when I asked for a free trial !!

Yep! If service is that good then a trial should be an option. No wonder they ran quick!

 

[Mark Bridges]

Glad I looked here... Just had a guy offering me a special discount of £145 for six months... he phoned up again later when I hadn't jumped at the offer to say hed give me an additional two months free as well... a Jubilee treat!

He said that he had 16 leads over the last month which I would have been interested in and outlined a couple to me, but I am skeptical as Rated people who actually have been on TV etc havent had that many in my area last month (I cover an area from Plymouth to Weston-super-Mare... massive!). I asked him for a free trial for one month... guess what... he said "no". Now I know to avoid them like the plague!

 

[Prompt Plumbing]

Localtraders.com one word of advise dont touch them they hook you in, you get very little or no work, then they just take another 6 months payment without talking to you again.

 

[gazzamikes]

I fell for this, just walk away

 

[JD Hogg]

Yep I just got fleeced by them on an automatic six month contract renewal had two (waste of time) texts off them the last being February so had completely forgotten about them.

 

[Telx]

I had a Localtraders salesman on the phone this afternoon, he was very slick and promised me the world at £165 for six months, but it had to be paid now or I would lose my chance.
Having learnt the hard way I explained that I was never going to sign-up over the phone without thinking it over first, "oh that's no problem, just pay us now and if you do change your mind we can refund you". Needless to say the call ended abruptly shortly after.

These predatory scumbags deserve a visit from Rogue Traders, I don't care if Matt Allwright has to walk now.

 

[JD Hogg]

The more people that know about this shower of sh*te the better - now been with them 10 months - 3 texts - zero work. Cancelled my "automatic renewal" already.

 

[mckcol]

I signed up to localtraders.com about 4 and a half months ago. I must admit at first I was skeptical and after a number of calls from their sales team I decided to give it a go.

At first it was slow and I honestly thought that it was money down the drain, until about 4wks into the subscription when i received 6 txt in one week. I was lucky enough to convert 4 out of the 6 jobs, which I think was down to the fact that I managed to call them straight away(something which was advised to me when I signed up).

Yes Im not receiving txts every day,the fella that sold it to me explained that it wouldnt be my main stream of work, but when they do come through I know that I can follow straight up on the enquiry without any messing about and when Ive completed the work I dont have to chuck them any of my hard earned cash cause the subscription is already paid for!!

I was made aware of the auto renewal when I set it up and in all honesty Im glad I dont have to mes about calling in to renew or even have one of their staff calling me constantly to resign me up. I used the service how I was told and Ive managed to make my money back and then some!

I wouldn't touch Local Traders.com with a bargepole.

My experience is very few leads (max about 6) over 6 months – all for poor work (refit a storage heater to a wall, replace a thermostat), some of which were hundreds of miles away.

What is worse is the contract and their automatic renewal. I was caught by this after the first 6 month period. I accepted that I had not cancelled, in writing, and accepted a discounted fee for a further 6 months. At this time I emailed them and stated “Further to this renewal, can you confirm, as stated by phone, that this package will NOT automatically renew at the end of the next period”. Their response was “we can confirm that your package is set up as a manual renewal which means no automatic payments will be taken”. What I missed after this statement was that they also needed me to cancel in writing, by post. What a nonsense – I had clearly stated I did not want a renewal by email.

Having missed this deadline (end Feb) – you guessed it, automatic renewal for a further 6 months. They again offered a discount if I paid on the day, and surprise, have accepted now that I wish my contract to end – no letter required!

Extortion in my view – don’t touch them.

 

[Spurs]

I got mugged by this lot around 3 years ago. He must have been a good salesman cos i don't normally have any time for this ****.
I was lucky enough to read on hear about five months in to the contract, about the automatic renewal. Called them, sent written cancellation and sorted.
By the way, think I got 2 or three texts through in the last month after receiving none in previous 5 months.

 

[shanky887614]

I wouldn't touch Local Traders.com with a bargepole.

My experience is very few leads (max about 6) over 6 months – all for poor work (refit a storage heater to a wall, replace a thermostat), some of which were hundreds of miles away.

What is worse is the contract and their automatic renewal. I was caught by this after the first 6 month period. I accepted that I had not cancelled, in writing, and accepted a discounted fee for a further 6 months. At this time I emailed them and stated “Further to this renewal, can you confirm, as stated by phone, that this package will NOT automatically renew at the end of the next period”. Their response was “we can confirm that your package is set up as a manual renewal which means no automatic payments will be taken”. What I missed after this statement was that they also needed me to cancel in writing, by post. What a nonsense – I had clearly stated I did not want a renewal by email.

Having missed this deadline (end Feb) – you guessed it, automatic renewal for a further 6 months. They again offered a discount if I paid on the day, and surprise, have accepted now that I wish my contract to end – no letter required!

Extortion in my view – don’t touch them.

All you have to do is ring your bank and they can cancel the direct debit or whatever they call it.

I got caught out by one of these and you are within your right to cancel and get money back if they didnt cancel when you requested

 

[Medwayprofessio]

Hi guys

May I start with saying I haven't heard of or heard of anything regarding localtraders.com so I couldn't tell anyone if it would work or not but working in this industry I would just like to say:

If they're physically selling you leads then its likely to be too good to be true as all they tend to just want to sell that lead to whoever will buy it. 9/10 the lead isn't qualified either so the majority of the leads are people looking for prices or advice rather than work.

Having a middle man isn't always a bad thing as they can go out and find you work whilst you are concentrating on your own work, as a busy electrician it isn't always easy to find time to leaflet drop etc but the right middle man can do this on your behalf however it isn't always easy to find the right middle man. Its always best to look locally as it seems the larger area they cover the less focus they can give your business on generating enquiries for you. We run a local find a trader site for our local area and we don't sell leads as we think it's not right to have people bidding for someones details, we qualify all enquiries, we only strictly allow 5 businesses per category and we will give a full refund should our clients not get anything at the end of their contract.

My advice would be if you can't physically walk into their office should you not be happy, they have over 5 electricians signed up in your area and don't offer you any security (as in the form of a performance refund) then you run the risk of being unsatisfied. Always do research before agreeing anything - the salesman wants you to sign there and then but its always best to sleep on it.

If you've been ripped off you could try your luck with contacting the ASA. feel free to contact me if you want anymore information on getting out of these contracts or even getting your money back if you have been let down by anyone.

Best of luck - Remember recommendations are the best form of advertising so speak to other tradesmen on where they advertise if you're looking for more advertising.

I hope this information helps - Thank you for your time.

 

[Marvo]

Hi Medwayprofessio, welcome to the forum.

Please feel free to participate in this or any other discussion on the forum but please also be aware we have an advertising policy so I'm afraid you'll have to avoid outbound links to your website.

Thanks.

 

[Medwayprofessio]

Hi Marvo,

Oops, sorry, new to this - just wanted to put a link to our contact page should anyone need any advice but have noticed they can private message me. Feel free to remove it.

Thank you.