Check-a-Trade

[Plonker 3]

Sorry I meant they vet their work similar to scams, so maybe one job check insurance etc, so hardly a worthwhile claim is it?

 

[wozz]

I have never had the need to use them, It must be my charm that keeps me going, but I know people who have used them and said the same as Dillb, you pay for leads with no guarantee of work, it is just an online cattle market end of!!

if you have been told by a check a trade member they had to pay for a lead i think you was speaking to a liar.

I used to pick up plenty of EM call outs and quick jobs off there 3-4 a week which fitted in around my maintenance stuff, used to love the pop in £60 jobs on the way home.

 

[wozz]

Sorry I meant they vet their work similar to scams, so maybe one job check insurance etc, so hardly a worthwhile claim is it?

Yes they check paperwork, quals when you sign up and insurance every year, make of that what you will but they did actually check which is more than most customers do. No work is vetted at all they vet paperwork.

 

[shanky887614]

if you have been told by a check a trade member they had to pay for a lead i think you was speaking to a liar.

I used to pick up plenty of EM call outs and quick jobs off there 3-4 a week which fitted in around my maintenance stuff, used to love the pop in £60 jobs on the way home.

the lead is the fee for the service Muppet lol

 

[Octopus]

if you have been told by a check a trade member they had to pay for a lead i think you was speaking to a liar.

I used to pick up plenty of EM call outs and quick jobs off there 3-4 a week which fitted in around my maintenance stuff, used to love the pop in £60 jobs on the way home.

"used to" - why don't you now?

 

[wozz]

"used to" - why don't you now?

i took a PAYE job in a more interesting field, is that ok? or are you assuming i went under?

 

[wozz]

the lead is the fee for the service Muppet lol

Muppet? bit childish mate.

think about what you have written and the original 'pay for leads' argument as in where the company contacts you not the customer.

Muppet indeed.

 

[Octopus]

i took a PAYE job in a more interesting field, is that ok? or are you assuming i went under?

I wasn't assuming nothing.

It stikes me that your well paid job could be doing "sales" for Checkatrade!

 

[Piratepete]

Hi Yellowvanman.
I've been mulling over sites like checkatrade. Consider this. The government is pushing Trustmark. I was with Tradeline run by AgeUk which got me a bit of business. AgeUk are/have closed Tradeline and passed their clients and traders on to Trustmark.
On the web, I noticed that one council is recommending that people look for their traders on Tradeline (now gone) or Trustmark.
Trustmark costs £66 a year via my lot, NICEIC. Cheaper if you're NAPIT, I think. So if AgeUK and the government are going to tell everybody to go to Trustmark, my money's going there too.
Just got the application form - nothing too onerous. Will let you know in a year's time whether it was worth £66!
Cheers
Pete

 

[Plonker 3]

Wozz, back to my original point. Why do we need these third parties? How do you contact a garage to have work carried out on your vehicle? How do you choose where to do your food shopping?