Angie's List Guides You in Finding Service Providers
CITE: Angie’s List
One of the most helpful websites online is Angie’s List, which has become quite well known due to the assistance it provides consumers when it comes to finding the right person to hire for a specific job. This site contains reviews that are confirmed so the consumer knows that it is accurate. If someone simply wants to rant about a service provider but has nothing to back up the ramp, this review won’t be included.
Sometimes a person is new in a community and doesn’t have the faintest idea whom to call when their pipes burst or their furnace stops working. That’s where Angie’s List comes in handy.
Members join Angie’s list for approximately $7.50 per month. They receive live support through a call center, discounts; an award-winning magazine and complete access to a Complain Resolution Team if there is a problem. This site is consumer-driven, which means it can be operated without advertising. If you try it and don’t like it, you will be refunded your fee.
If you need, for example, a doctor, search the list online, or you can request information via fax or phone. After you use Angie’s list, you are asked to write a review about what you liked or disliked about the service or any problems that you encountered. You are encouraged to write good reviews if your experience was excellent.
When a company/service provider gets a poor review, this is dealt with by the Complaint Resolution Team, and the situation is remedied. Once the issue is cleared up, both parties, the consumer and service provider, can resume membership. Approaching any problem in this manner allows the site to make sure that both sides of the story are presently fairly to the consumers.
The rules are very clear on Angie’s List. Reviews come from genuine consumers and not anonymous users. Companies can not pay to be on the list. Top-rated businesses can get discounts up to 70 percents. A live call center is available to the consumer if a project has gone awry. There are massive reviews in the home repair and health care categories, which guides the consumer in selecting a doctor or contractor.
Forty thousand reviews are submitted to the site by consumers each month, which is pretty extraordinary. The categories that are included on the site include Outdoor (lawn, tree service, pool, landscaping, fencing, etc.); home (plumbing, remodeling, panting, windows roof, etc.); Health (doctors, hospitals, dentists, etc.); Auto (service, sales, tires, detailing, etc.) and many more.
MY TAKE:
Angie’s List is comparable to having your knows-everything friend on call 24/7. Most of us have a friend that knows every service provider in town and can give you the low down on the business, steering you clear of those providers that have given her grief in the past. Angie’s List is a wonderful service and extremely helpful for those who really don’t know where to turn when something happens and they need help. You know in advance, based on the reviews that you are most likely going to get good service. This saves a lot of time and worry.