My Builder - Beware.

[highspark]

Was advised to use the site MY BUILDER. What a load of rubbish. Registered last week and have been sent 14 leads for different jobs. Some sounding half decent others not so. Anyhow I got sent a job clearly marked - REWIRE. So said I was interested. The customer shortlisted me and I went to give them a quote on arrival the customer didn't really know what they wanted - you cleary wrote REWIRE. Gave them a quote for a full rewire. Got a call back....I'm not going to take up your offer. Great!!! Probably because you didn't know the full cost of a rewire! Only thing is I log back onto my builder and they have sent me an invoice for 16 quid plus VAT for giving me the customers number.... What a scam!!!Why doesn't the mods set up a similar section where customers can put their jobs on and us sparks can bid for them - but free of charge!

 

[gazzamikes]

I agree with you mate. Had the exact problem with rated people!

 

[aaelectric]

They use to do that but people were not registering the job and they were not getting a cut
I always watch which ones I quote now as you can easily rack up a big bill

 

[highspark]

Well I certainly wont be using it again. Scam

 

[needasparks]

TBH i tend to stear away from these sort of cold lead companies, it sort of takes all the control away from your work.
Easy just to say that when times are harder out there i know but the type of client that seeks a trader from a website like bidding a pair of shoes on ebay is not the type of person any proper trader would want anyway. It has hassle writen all over it.
Keep plucking at the roads and ways you know Highspark, you will earn the same money but go home with less stress.

 

[pjcomp]

Didn't you realise you were signing up to a lead generator? They all claim they only pass on "qualified" leads, ie they've supposedly checked that the inquirer is genuine. But the service is free to the inquirer so they use it as an easy way to get quotes or to just explore possibilities - "if I did this how much would it cost?" - and so on. The lead generator isn't going to filter these out, as they get paid for forwarding the leads ... to us. They're not going to spend time and effort checking on the customer and thereby doing themselves out of a fee. So we end up paying for punters' casual interest, as you've discovered.

PJ

 

[jimmymac]

I agree, i try and stay away from them as much as possible. You never know what your commiting to really and like needasparks says most of the people who use them are just trying to get the very cheapest price without any regard for standard of work. Also, if you have any type of dis-agreement with the customer and they can say what they like about you in the review that they write, wether it be true or not. Once you've got a bad review, acurate or not, thats your reputation tarnished......

 

[Goody]

... Only thing is I log back onto my builder and they have sent me an invoice for 16 quid plus VAT for giving me the customers number.... What a scam!!!Why doesn't the mods set up a similar section where customers can put their jobs on and us sparks can bid for them - but free of charge!

That's a daylight robbery, thanks for cautioning us!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

these "organisations" are nowt but parasites mate......brush em off quick .....

 

[D80]

They are all as bad as each other. At least my builder may be accurate in description as a builder probably got the job!

 

[daiplayer]

if theres something wrong with the lead , im sure you can ask for a refund.

 

[Geordie Spark]

these "organisations" are nowt but parasites mate......brush em off quick .....

Yep ............ they are run by people who can't get a job themselves - even as shelf stackers for ASDA - so they start scams such as these purely to make an income for themselves.

Well, that's my theory anyway, but it won't be too far from the truth.

 

[R G]

Remember the article in the PE mag a few years ago about the Cowboy Customer, thats what youre up against these days

 

[Pristine84]

I'm on mybuilder as a painter and I totally believe 40% of it is a con, we all go through a bad stage work wise in our lives and believe the owners will to and then they post fake jobs, I've had on several occasions where I get shortlisted I ring the client they don't answer the phone I've just had the same thing which the lead has just cost £25 no answer and no reply when I heard back she told me she had a guy coming tomorrow to quote if it was too high she would then give me a call!!! Who the hell gets just one quote when I could be cheaper and save her money??? And funnily enough she only replied to my text AFTER I'd sent my builder an email to complain!! I've had 17 jobs of my builder and as many blowouts in which I've not quoted the work but been charged for the lead!! Who's to say when there quiet they don't make up jobs and post them on there just to get lead fees in?? I've had people tell me they've sorted someone now but not clicked the hired button?? What the hell is that all about?? I've emailed mybuilder in which they have replied saying that blowouts make up for the leads and work you do get and that still earns you more then you pay out over the course on leads!!! What a load of **** that is!! I've now screenshoted my feedback as I can feel myself being kicked off there and to be fair I'm passed bloody caring!!!

 

[Farmelectrics]

yes scams they are better getting your own work