Rated People

[seemster]

Hello, does anyone have any experience of using the Rated People site that they can share? Thanks

[Salsaboy]

Yes.

As a tradesman you have to pay for membership of the site on a monthly basis and then pay for the leads generated with no guarantee of actually getting the work and it aint cheap either.

As a customer you are more likely to get a tradesman from a larger company as they can employ someone to sit and go through all the job requests that come in and then cherry pick the best ones.

[Ridgley]

I have used them for work , been very good you need to look at the feedbacks on the website before you go ahead and hire them.

[jrpfinch]

I've always wondered about the potential conflict of interest with CheckATrade and Rated People.

If tradesmen fund the website, there's an incentive for the website to remove bad reviews.

[seemster]

All very helpful, thanks very much. Any more for any more?

[DirtyBox]

I used them to get a quote for a boiler repair...only one tradesman called me...in fact he called me every day for a week sometimes in the small hours to try and convince me he was the man for the job. I didn't use him because of his desperation and the next week he was on Rogue Traders.

[Greengod]

Terrible, I signed up and got so many text messages. I had to close down account

[seemster]

Thanks people

[funkymadam]

Used them once.

I wanted quotes to put an electric shower in. One bloke replied came to the house stinking of alcohol and cigarettes then said he could do the work, when i asked him if he was a qualified electrician he said yes, then when i asked him for proof as my landlord consented to the work being carried out by a qualified person and i needed to provide proof, he went quiet then left.

I rang him a few days later and he didn't pick up the phone. Emailed him - no reply.

When i had a look on his feedback in the last few days it was all negative and he was more of a handyman and had admitted to one person he did not have qualifications.

I didn't bother using Rated People again.