Specifically, however, CPR is raising a number of deeper questions and said Thursday that among the issues it is investigating are: whether “the company consistently derived more than half its revenues from the service providers,” which would be ”contrary to the company’s claim that it provides its members with unbiased, online reviews, disallowing service providers from buying ratings”; whether or not “the legitimacy of the service provider side of Angie’s List business model was dubious, as service providers were forced to pay the company thousands of dollars a year in order to be listed as a highly rated service providers, and if they did not, they would not get customer referrals from Angie’s List”; and if, because of the fees Angie’s List charged service providers, these companies were forced to either charge above-market prices for “basic, run-of-the-mill services” or abandon Angie’s List altogether.
the BBB is a necessary evilI hope the BBB gets exposed for what they are too. Same exact thing except they have a name that sound "scarier".
Not if they are exposed for what they with enough regularity.the BBB is a necessary evil
now I'll have to reevaluate this Originally they wanted 42,000 a year,
They seriously asked you for that much?Yes. Lol :0 I've heard good stuff about them from my subs. Will see, u never know till u try.rselectric1 said:
I agree. I thought it was a good service until they started hounding me for money. I've gotten several jobs from there due to a customer adding me to the database but I think asking contractors to pay to get a better placement is playing both sides of the fence.It didn't mean he got recommended, but somehow was listed higher on the page or something. He smelled a rat then.
Personally I wouldn't have it on my website. If a potential client has made it to my website I don't want to give them an option to leave and go to a website where they can browse other contractors.Just to ask everyone's opinion... I have an icon on my website side bar with that says: "Check our Reviews on Angie's List" with the logo.
I thought of removing it. Maybe just doing a tiny one at the bottom or not have it at all... Would You??
It's funny that all of the sudden the Today Show had a segment on how great AL is with no mention of what's really going on.
your actually in the office sometimes?:blink:I agree. I thought it was a good service until they started hounding me for money. I've gotten several jobs from there due to a customer adding me to the database but I think asking contractors to pay to get a better placement is playing both sides of the fence.
I never paid and I've noticed I don't get any leads anymore. I'd say either they throttle my impressions down due to not paying or my competition is paying and boosted their's to the point I'm not getting shown anymore.
I've been meaning to sign up and as a homeowner and investigate but I really haven't had time when in the office.
Good Point. At the time I added that graphic, I was getting alot of work through them and the fact that google will recognize an outlink to a popular or "trusted" source... (not so much trusted these days)Personally I wouldn't have it on my website. If a potential client has made it to my website I don't want to give them an option to leave and go to a website where they can browse other contractors.
Maybe if they paid me for the advertising I would.
