I cancel my account back when covi19 started, and they didn't cancel, and they kept charging my card, im fighting with them for 339 dollars, I know its not much, the excuse they give me is " well it was a mistake from our sales people"
I cancel cuz I was competing with 5 different contractors, 2 of them my bosses, and there this guy(not my boss) who would get the job cuz he was the cheaper one of all five. He pays his crews 40sqr.
In most ethical businesses “well it was a mistake from our sales people” would be refunded by organization. But when you run a scam you are never out of excuses why you keep making mistakes that make you money
I hope I get my 339, they stop charging my card, cuz guess what I lost my card. So when my card wast going through I got this calls, your card is not going throught need you to call us back. So they tell me my balance due, and the card wasn't going throught.
Hate Home Advisor. Lying, Cheating Dirt Bags! They gave me a $300.00 credit for leads and it all disappeared and they said they had no record of it. They also depleted the money I kicked in and I never got 1 legitimate lead! Thieves!
I’m going to find this lawsuit and join it as well. I’ve complained how they should screen all leads before charging every contractor in the area $30-$90 EACH for a lead that doesn’t even want our services. Angies/home advisor is a joke.
Started up a company, boy am I glad I looked into them before making any decisions! Thank you for the video, this would have drowned me before I even got started!
I wouldn't put your whole opinion about this company from one video. (no I don't work for them) I think the leads would be well-spent advertising money for a start-up if only a few of them gave you big jobs to get your footing in your chosen industry/trade. Otherwise, get someone on the payroll to optimize your SEO and marketing platforms such as Google, social media, and others....as well as a well-designed website speaking directly to your specialty in your field. Angi/HomeAdvisors and others do all that for you as a marketing platform for your advertising dollars at work.
But even craigslist is scamming folks. You pay for ads, and it's called "ghosting" The site is taking your money, showing you the link, saying that the ad is live, and you can see it.. But the truth is ONLY YOUR IP ADDRESS can see it. In other words, folks in your house. Have someone look for the ad OUTSIDE your house.. don't have them put in the exact title, let them search and scroll. If they can see you, you're.not being ghosted.
This video gave me the information I needed to make an informed decision to not waste my money with Home Advisor or Angie's List. This video has let me know that if I need a service completed not to use either company to locate a provider. If I receive another call in the future I will be sure to say "Do Not Call List" and inform them if they call again I will contact an attorney.
I got really lucky with these scam artists. I had well over 2k in lead costs... The rep I had been talking to lowered his voice once and told me less than 2 percent of the jobs in my area were for painting. I thanked him for being honest and asked to cancel. He actually did cancel the account and miraculously the lead money I owed just disappeared. They stopped harrasing me right after that conversation. I'm pretty sure I just got one of the few salespeople that cared and decided to throw me a bone. My buddy a General Contractor paid well into the 10k plus range in leads before getting them to cancel... I really appreciate this channel. Please keep exposing this fraudulent company. I'm just one of few who got out without getting hurt.
When this happens, place a claim with your bank for the charges and let them know that you’ve already attempted to be reimbursed from the company and the company is refusing to refund your money. When the bank asks why you’re placing the claim, tell them you were not provided the services you paid for. They will credit your account and do an investigation. When home advisor doesn’t respond or Denys it the claim will default in your favor. You will have to cancel your card first so no more charges can be placed but once you do you will get your money back and home advisor will lose the money.
They sent me to collections.... it didn't go anywhere though, they finally bowed down and refunded every penny they took from me. Took my attorney contacting them for that to happen though. Beware, they are now "Angi"
@@matt4856 was it worth the attorney's fees? I put a stop to it much I'm the same manner you did. After I saw called cancel them and ask them to stop charging me they still attempted to charge my card but by that time I had already talked to my credit card company and was reimbursed. So by the time they tried charging the card I had already had it canceled. Thank God.
@@rayraymond9190 a demand letter from my attorney wasn't much. Blew my mind when they sent me the collections letter after I disputed the charges with my CC company since they left me no choice by refusing to cancel.
I had enough after 3 years. Tired of fighting for credits for bad leads, tired of customers that won't answer the phone, tired of dealing with overpriced leads. I cancelled this morning
All of this is legal or going to be very hard to prove otherwise. I have had everything you guys discuss also I landed 2 jobs from them that made over 200k together. I know were they brake the law. I’m a licensed plumbing contractor that doesn’t have the time or resources but I have the poof we’re there braking the law.
I've been debating on using Home Advisor to generate computer pc repair leads, thanks to this video, I definitely will NOT be doing business with Home Advisor, thanks so much for spreading the truth!
Really hope this helps her land a job somewhere great. It takes guts to speak out like this and she is obviously an ethical, honest employee who ended up in a bad place with bad timing trying to escape it due to the current economy. Best wishes to you, Rachel!
I’ve been with home advisor/Angi leads for 10 years. Never really leaned on the service very much because I’ve always been so busy with my own business due to referrals. I’d have the leads paused 90% of the time. My experience is when it was home advisor, the leads generally were good. Leads I got had a good description of scope of work. When it turned over to Angi things changed. 90% of leads are bogus. You can tell right away because there’s no description of scope of work. So when I’d call on the lead mostly no response . This company come to find out is a total scam. If there’s a class action law suit sign me up.
Keep doing these videos!! It is working!!!!! In the last year they have closed the Colorado springs office, the lodo (downtown denver office) and now they are consolidating their home office in golden colorado. There will be no more sales at golden lolol! They are hurting big time! Keep up the good work.
I am a new contractor in Colorado and they almost got me. Called back and got a refund right away after I looked up the truth about them. Angies list is also very pushy with sales. They call me all the time using different numbers from Colorado.
Former Angie’s List employee. Literally everything she said nearly word for word is EXACTLY how Angie’s List is. The only differences is they require a 12 month contract for a range of leads sent monthly. Same complaints from contractors. Leads are reassigned to reps every 24hrs to every 2 weeks. And every two weeks you have to make unreasonable sales quotas to keep your job the next two weeks. Cult culture is absolutely correct. You have to give up your soul and conscience in order to work for them and be “good” at the job. I would be nauseous, have migraines and loose sleep over my job when I realized they are not who they say they are.
I just left Angi Ads (formerly Angie's List). It's the "sister company" to Angi Leads (formerly Home Advisor). I feel like I could be Rachel. I couldn't sleep at night because I always prided myself on being an honest salesperson. But the scripting, the high pressure tactics, the "one call close", the cult-like culture... it's the same at Angi Ads as well. And when I started questioning things, I was targeted to get fired. And when they fired me, they used similar tactics to try to get me to say I resigned (I'm assuming so they didn't have to pay unemployment). I didn't fall for it, but they are STILL trying to get me to say I resigned. I realize now what a scam the company is, and I"m embarrassed to even have been a part of it.
@@RoofingInsights3.0 I would be happy to. Heck, I still have their scripts, the "overcoming objections" scripts, the things we're taught to say... they still haven't told me how to send my computer back.
@@ronaldbarnum5158 I agree. I wish more insiders came out. It's the craziest company I've ever worked for. Straight fraud. They don't care about the contractors at all - they will sell them way out of their price range for stuff that won't work. Absolutely terrible.
I am on your side I just committed to one year contract last week and so far I haven’t had a single call from a customer and you pretty much have to do everything , send links to customers so they can give you a good review . I’ll end up paying back around $1,200 for nothing but I’ll rather do that than having a full year with a total of $3,600 .
Luckily I don't need the work but the call I got definitely had me interested... Until this video. Do you research guys. Thank you for saving me a large headache.
I signed up 3 days ago, saw your videos, canceled my credit card and blocked the 280.00 charge while it was still pending. The salesperson keeps calling me and I told him he is a snake oil salesman and a liar. He said I wouldn’t be charged for leads unless I got the job but now he says he never said that. Boy am I pissed off at home advisor!
Thanks for the insight, I received a call earlier today and the sales rep Sean said the exact same things she claimed they do to sway contractors to sign up. Looking back on our phone call I am disgusted that I actually asked for them to email more information so I can weigh my options. I did not sign up and I'm glad I did some research first, Thank you!
Thank you for this video. Home Advisor Rep on the phone did and said (EXACTLY) everything that was mentioned in this video. Please continue to submit videos to inform others about this company. Just out to take hard earned money from contractors.
I’m an employee, and plan on leaving soon. I look forward to speaking with you following that. hopefully I get some of you that may see this on the phone, since Covid my team has been given back credit ability, so I’m crediting back as much as possible. Like she said, the managers will absolutely shoot down any questions. My former manager would say “you sound just like the contractors” or “stop falling for their bullshit”.
Going through this right now, they will not stop calling and emailing me, I have asked them to put me on the do not call list. And they still call me, even when I told them to put me on the do not call list. Everything this woman just said is accurate. The last guy I talked to I kept telling him, I'm working and could not be on the phone much longer, and each time he would say "oh it will only take 5 minutes" or 2 minutes. He would not let me off the phone, I eventually just hung up on him.
I was a HOMEOWNER billed for a fake CONTRACTOR call who supposedly came to my house, rang the doorbell, no one answered and was billed for my not answering the doorbell. Problem is I have 24x7 hour people plus security cameras that showed it was BS. I STILL had to fight with them..
Very typical story. 95% contractors have the same. $2-3k wasted before they cancel, and if they don’t cancel card HA will try it 6 months later. Where is attorney general?
I'm a customer of Angi's....probably not for long. I wish there was a Project Veritas for Angi's List. We are a small business and just last night received 4 fake leads that I doubt we'll get credit for. I lost over $380 over night. We are a small family business. They don't care. The leads I received last night were 888 numbers or business numbers, no lead address, other than a weird one, and when I call to talk to the customer, you literally can't get ahold of them. One of the secretaries told me that this person was in IT Security in the company. The lead is done at 2am and they leave the business number. There is something really really corrupt going on! We need to go after them.
I'm a former employee who recently left, I worked for Home Advisor after the merger and the Angi Leads rebrand. Exact same culture, exact same issues, exact same EVERYTHING.
200 calls per day, 3-4 HR talk time. Using ARMS to overcome objections. You can't call back tomorrow, you must push them. Never believe the contractor's objectives. If contractor's say; " Do Not Call," you must remove that contractor from the system. You'll get weekly 1 on 1's... Peak training performances and other "support" system's in order to encourage you to sale, make them more money.
Contractor's must pay an annual membership fee - pay per leads. First 30 day's are like baiting them into continuing the service, in order to retain the contractor's. This will keep them on board and generate revenue. Employee's will get burnt out! You must be energetic! Forget your previous sales experience & learn the Angi's way. 1st wk of training is learning the script & last few days of the week, you learn the system. 2nd week you're on the phones. Contractor's will hear our script & disconnect or attempt to decline services. Employee's MUST continue pushing the calls forward. It is stressful, management treatment is obvious. Many people steal sale leads from newer hires to meet quotas. Director's will attempt to intimidate you if you're not knowledgeable to certain laws or regulations. Advising you to voluntary leave their place of employment if accommodations aren't considered.
Homeadvisor screwed me big time... I had to call my bank to get them to stop charging my card when I wasn't even using there leads. As soon as they weren't able to charge my card they kept calling me saying it was a mistake and they fixed it and they wanted me back. I did not let them charge my card though and now I just got in the mail a CMI Bill trying to scare me to pay even more money. WoW. I feel bad for every business that joins them and gets screwed over by them.
ALL BAD. Same here. Tried to cancel 3 times over the phone and they kept charging the credit card. Every time I called in they would blame me saying it was my fault. They don't record their phone calls and they don't make notes of what each employee talked about with you. DO NOT SIGN UP WITH THEM! YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER JUST TO GET THEM TO STOP. I told them I disputed it with my credit card company. The lady said they will dispute it back. Wow. They sent my company leads for "handyman" work even though the company is for general remodeling.
I tried canceling my account with Home Advisor and they just wouldnt let me! Charged me for more than $1000 of leads that i never came in contact with the home owner! I was refunded some of the $... but not all of it. They wanted to just "Credit" my account. But i always demanded to speak to a supervisor above the rep i was talking to. My advice: DONT DO IT! IT IS NOT WORTH IT!
I remember when Angie's list used to be the customers had to pay to be members and the contractors had to be invited to be able to get leads..For free.
Sales rep became rude when I told her I wasn't interested because of their lawsuits and why they had to change their name. She out right lied to me saying she's been with the Home Advisor for 20 years and they have never changed their name and have always been Home Advisor not Service Magic.
My friend uses a different lead service but he gave them a prepaid debit card and not his bank account or credit card. That way you can control the amount of money they take from you.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Houzz is using these same deceptive practices. We signed up for Houzz pro and we didn’t get ANY leads for 8 months and were paying $400 a month. We tried to cancel but they wouldn’t let us cancel and told us we were stuck in the contract. Once we cancelled our debit card so they couldn’t charge us anymore they used a different company name to charge the card but we had our bank reverse it. During this time they finally sent us a lead so I am pretty sure they boost your leads only when they feel like they need to, then send the rest of the leads to someone else to hook them in. Now they have sent us to collections. For what? We paid for 8 months without receiving any benefits! Please make a video like this about Houzz!
I worked there for 5 years in the sales department as a rep and as a manager up until last April 2022. I'd be open to giving you my story If you want any info or want to ask any questions.
You see I think I found the best way to use home adviser/ angis set your monthly budget as low as you can and then when the opportunities come in just pick and choose the ones that you want because the customer has to accept you as well if it’s an opportunity just makes it easier for the leads to be better
By no means am I saying angis leads is perfect because it’s far from it that being said there is pros and cons to it im a new buisness owner it definitely has got my name out there I did one customer from angis list and she referred me to over 10 plus people so if it wasn’t for angis list I wouldn’t have got those customers that being said I’ve had an entire 300 dollars worth of my leads completely wasted all bad leads before as well so definitely pros and cons
I really wish I would have stayed in college for computer programming and learned how to program. After seeing what they have done to me and hearing her validate what I thought was going on I would create my own home advisor and do the exact opposite of what they are doing. Home advisor worked for me in the beginning and I started doing work for a home investor and didn't use them for a year. Work finished with the investor and now kind of need to rely on home advisor because I lost my customer base because of working with this investor. Now the leads are 10 times worse and possibly going to shut the doors because work is so slow. Regretting ever thinking that home advisor could be my fall back if the investor deal didn't work out.
What she is talking about is Call Center Culture, the upbeat vibe, the selling method, the stats, I mean Call Center Metrics lol ........It just happens that Home Advisor adopted that business model. I've worked at many call centers and this is how they measure their reps perfomance to grow their company. I've seen reps not cancel a customers account because they are on an "Action Plan'; which means they have to hit their stats for the month or they will be fired. So they 'forget' to cancel someones account so they can work another month. That's only half the issue, so it seems; the other half is there are no real leads?? I thought about signing up with Home Advisor but I've heard too many horror stories about them. This video just confirmed it. Thank you Rachel for telling your story. I myself have left a very large company because I didn't like what was going on. So I put in my notice and left, and ended up back in construction, but now as Commercial Roofing contractor. Life can take some interesting turns. Thank you for posting this video. Much respect to you and your team Dmitry!
the reason why it works for bigger companies, is because they have better sales people, and they understand the expected return on advertising. they make the numbers work since they are more efficient.
Yea they sent me leads while i was on vacation when i finally checked it they said i owed 1400 dollars so i followed up on them they were fake addresses so i canceled they account they sent it to collections with in a week and now they say i owe 2646 dollars definitely a rip off scam
Integrity and honesty is a 2nd today if at all with these large multimillion dollar companies. I know of far worse such as companies like PayPal, Venmo, and some of these delivery companies like FedEx where packages are "misplaced" after being labeled as "delivered". And it seemed to get worse since or when the plandemic began.
How did it go for you? I told the sales rep I’m having a baby on Monday and I can’t take any leads till the end of next week and they sent me leads literally the day after I signed up. Lol I called and canceled my membership with in two days after signing up. My Angies list account is in hold atm.
Ive never advertised but after a few calls I decided to listen to their pitch..When they told me I had to pay for leads I started laughing..When anyone calls trying to sell me something I tell them I’m retiring at the end of the year.. I do have some sympathy for the salesman since I use to sell tools over the phone for about 4 years..I left because I got tired of selling only to start selling roofs a couple of years later.
I worked for Angi Leads and did not have a pleasant experience. Everything she states is absolutely correct. However, just some food for thought, I see what you are getting at with exposing this company, BUT generally speaking in the world of business, you never trash a competitor no matter how bad they may be. Angi, no matter how bad their business model, does not allow employees to trash other companies. That is also very standard for any other business I have worked in. As a now business owner, I still hold true to that for many reasons. I would spend more time marketing your business, than trashing another, and you would likely see better results. But that is just my input. Thanks for the video and content! I know us former employees enjoy!
I know many people who are looking into home advisor might pass this off but trust me, don’t. They pull the leads out of their ass and charge you 25% for non guaranteed lead. They don’t give a fuck about your business they just care about what they make.
I joined home advisor on 2017 and had to close the account on 2019 due to fake leads.I do believe they have a team of guys hired by them to do fake phone calls and charge the customers. I received phone calls 24/7 and trust I have received phone call on New Year Eve 2019 6:30 a.m and I’m calling right back and didn’t contact the client. If you have 10 leads day (around 6-7 are fake leads).
Im a contractor with home advisor and they sent me 6 leads this week only 1 answered at all each lead cost me $10-20 each and my bill is over $300 for those leads. And my spend limit for the month is $800 and my bill was $700 plus last week. How just how
They are trying to scam me right now. Had my account paused per month to month. Got 3 leads in between calling to pause my leads again and was told the jobs would be credited to my account and my account was paused. Just got a letter for collections and now I’m taking them to court over $200 because they can no longer access my account. 😂
MrBigtime1986 it’s all a ripoff , They charge big bucks for who ever to join there platform , and to keep the quoter going , they send 10-contractors to the same job
Ya they are. They are now precharging customers as well. Then will send out to handy.com. they started doing this with cleaning, assembly, and handyman. Now they are doing it for all kinds of jobs. They will charge up front then send out a "pro" with no tools, no materials and no idea what they are doing. Then the apt will cancel or the customer will find out they don't know what they r doing and scamadvisor will do whatever they can not to refund the money to the customer. So they are basically in a sense charging a fee to everyone involved. I am thinking they need fast money because they have lost so many pros. I'd be interested in now tt u dimitry. Thanks
@@RoofingInsights3.0 yup and after I did that they where still tring to charge me and then sent it over to a debt collector saying I owed them another 800 for leads I didnt pay for because I blocked them from charging... and mind you this was weeks after I CANCELLED the account
Unfortunately, the bank will NOT consider this as fraud. Fraud is something where you have absolutely no idea where this charge came from. This will be considered a dispute between you and the merchant. The bank may give you a “provisional” credit but it is not your money back. The credit will be debited back once the bank settles that it’s not fraud. You can go up and down the street with your bank to explain why it’s fraud but at the end of the day, you voluntarily gave them your credit card info. This is why I said it’s not fraud. It’s a merchant dispute! Hope this info helps!
Thanks for the heads up. I reached out to Angi's for companies who do bathroom remodels, and they won't stop sending me names, PLUS they're giving companies my contact information without even telling ME about them first. I guess they aren't what they used to be,
As a homeowner i use Angie's Lists and Home Advisor. And wonder my the contracts constantly called and text me. Now i understand why. So they have to to secure the leads right away calling back to back day to day. To make up for the fee they are losing.
We lost over $14,000.00 to these scum bags. Not only did they not cancel our subscription, but they also kept charging us and almost wiped out our operations account. We had to cancel our cards and change accounts in order to stop the continuous theft from our operations account. We are trying to get our money back through the fraud department, but no luck so far.
I understand that there was a lawsuit against HomeAdvisor a few years ago. A short time later HomeAdvisor buys Angi's List and rebrands as Angi? I've had a LOT of trouble with HomeAdvisor, mostly overbilling be each month. One month they overbilled me by 500%, that's FIVE HUNDRED percent! They WILL NOT OFFER a refund, but rather talk a bunch of jargon as to how the overbilling occurred and why it's ok
I had a call with local area code, with a voice-mail.... We don't have a finish carpentry in the ****** area. Being a slow year, called tgem.back only to learn it was high pressure. Asking lot of sensitive information. I tried to avoid the questions leave a vague answer. After sometime transfered to a manager, then another still standing ground. Transfered from department to manager. I finally confronted them found out calling from Fort Collins. I did my research was home advisor. They called several times a day, demanding that I sign up. I was asked what is my close rate 98 pct. Or 9 out of 10. That was dumb reply then had a team tag teaming me what would it take to get you? 1 million year in sales, 750,000 in salary, plus expenses and operating cost, click that took care of them
They took the last 600 bucks I had to my name during covid. Flat broke with a newborn baby and a $2200 rent payment and no one would let you in their house to work..Asked for the money back, they refused over and over. I lost my mind and called them every name in the book then they said I'm not the type of contractor they want to be working with and closed my account. I did one job for them, they probably charged me around a thousand dollars. Loaded up with leads outside service area, turning my leads on or changing lead types to more expensive ones when I didn't ask. It's a scam.
They only want to give you more leads, they will never ever recredit money they wrongfully took from you. But you can't put leads in your gas tank when they've taken your last dollar out of your bank account.
Caught them sending me fake leads today after the phone number went back as a Volkswagen dealership and the person who "requested" they didn't know so I'm going down to the courthouse to file small claims
I WORKED THEIR FOR ALMSOT 2 years I DID SALES AND TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS SCAM! I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO AND ONCE I SAW WHAT THEY DID I LEFT QUIT WITH NO 2 WEEK NOTICE ITS SAD HOW MUCH THEY RIP PPL OFF
Man I am glad I found your videos! I thought it was just me, but home advisor (now just Angie's) is a total scam. Just another way for apps to steal money from hard working people.
I recently started a tree removal tree trimming business and Angi lead’s called me up one day while I was working. And I fell into that stupid sweet talking sale lady’s trap.It’s just been way more trouble than it’s worth. And now I’ve tried to cancel my account with them a couple of times, but I keep taking their f***kin bait.So if it continues to not work for me I’ll call em for the 3rd time and give ‘em hell until they cancel it for me 😎 I wish I felt differently about them,but that’s how i feel.
I canceled the subscription, got a confirmation number, time, and name of the associate. I additionally contacted my bank to ensure the credit card will be blocked to all Home Advisor, Angi or whatever.
They said they give out only 3 contractors..I went on a bid the lady said “10 contractors called me…I was number 11”…they are so full of it …get your own leads guys!!!!
I just had to cancel my membership for the third time. Two annual memberships they got me for! Now they are claiming they "don't have a business email".
That has been my experience using them. In the early 2000s when they were Service Magic they stole 1,600 dollars from me. Same excuses, " We must have charged you by accident." Now they are Home Adviser and up to the same old tricks. I signed up with Angie's List and I noticed things turning south and left. There are to many good people to work with.
I cancel my account back when covi19 started, and they didn't cancel, and they kept charging my card, im fighting with them for 339 dollars, I know its not much, the excuse they give me is " well it was a mistake from our sales people"
It’s not much but they have few hundred thousands contractors and $339 will add up in millions in fraudilent charges!!!!
I cancel cuz I was competing with 5 different contractors, 2 of them my bosses, and there this guy(not my boss) who would get the job cuz he was the cheaper one of all five. He pays his crews 40sqr.
In most ethical businesses “well it was a mistake from our sales people” would be refunded by organization. But when you run a scam you are never out of excuses why you keep making mistakes that make you money
I hope I get my 339, they stop charging my card, cuz guess what I lost my card. So when my card wast going through I got this calls, your card is not going throught need you to call us back. So they tell me my balance due, and the card wasn't going throught.
I just gave the lady my card info yesterday!!! She’s supposed to call me today I can’t sleep bc if this how do I cancel
All contractors should join together and sue Home Advisor out of existence!
There's civil suits out there. I'm about to jump on it, they just charged me over $1,000 when my account was suppose to be closed.
Hate Home Advisor. Lying, Cheating Dirt Bags!
They gave me a $300.00 credit for leads and it all disappeared and they said they had no record of it.
They also depleted the money I kicked in and I never got 1 legitimate lead!
Thieves!
I’m going to find this lawsuit and join it as well. I’ve complained how they should screen all leads before charging every contractor in the area $30-$90 EACH for a lead that doesn’t even want our services. Angies/home advisor is a joke.
Please let me know about it. I want to join!!!
I Agreed!
I’m one of the victims from HomeAdvisor/AngiLeads.
Started up a company, boy am I glad I looked into them before making any decisions! Thank you for the video, this would have drowned me before I even got started!
I wouldn't put your whole opinion about this company from one video. (no I don't work for them) I think the leads would be well-spent advertising money for a start-up if only a few of them gave you big jobs to get your footing in your chosen industry/trade. Otherwise, get someone on the payroll to optimize your SEO and marketing platforms such as Google, social media, and others....as well as a well-designed website speaking directly to your specialty in your field. Angi/HomeAdvisors and others do all that for you as a marketing platform for your advertising dollars at work.
Do you recommend any places for leads?
This saved me too!!!
@@darksabatta a newspaper..a TV or radio commercial spot (unfortunately, iHeartRadio has risen prices to only be available to rich corporations)
But even craigslist is scamming folks. You pay for ads, and it's called "ghosting"
The site is taking your money, showing you the link, saying that the ad is live, and you can see it..
But the truth is ONLY YOUR IP ADDRESS can see it. In other words, folks in your house.
Have someone look for the ad OUTSIDE your house.. don't have them put in the exact title, let them search and scroll. If they can see you, you're.not being ghosted.
As a homeowner I'm deleting the app asap
That's awesome. Good on you for caring about hard working people.
Dmitry you're doing important work. Thank you for having the guts to stand for us.
This video gave me the information I needed to make an informed decision to not waste my money with Home Advisor or Angie's List. This video has let me know that if I need a service completed not to use either company to locate a provider. If I receive another call in the future I will be sure to say "Do Not Call List" and inform them if they call again I will contact an attorney.
I got really lucky with these scam artists. I
had well over 2k in lead costs... The rep I had been talking to lowered his voice once and told me less than 2 percent of the jobs in my area were for painting. I thanked
him for being honest and asked to cancel. He actually did cancel the account and miraculously the lead money I owed just disappeared. They stopped harrasing me right after that conversation. I'm pretty sure I just got one of the few salespeople that cared and decided to throw me a bone. My buddy a General Contractor paid well into the 10k plus range in leads before getting them to cancel... I really appreciate this channel. Please keep exposing this fraudulent company. I'm just one of few who got out without getting hurt.
When this happens, place a claim with your bank for the charges and let them know that you’ve already attempted to be reimbursed from the company and the company is refusing to refund your money. When the bank asks why you’re placing the claim, tell them you were not provided the services you paid for. They will credit your account and do an investigation. When home advisor doesn’t respond or Denys it the claim will default in your favor. You will have to cancel your card first so no more charges can be placed but once you do you will get your money back and home advisor will lose the money.
They sent me to collections.... it didn't go anywhere though, they finally bowed down and refunded every penny they took from me. Took my attorney contacting them for that to happen though.
Beware, they are now "Angi"
I want in on the list I'm currently with them an Fighting with them for refunds that they claim to have refunded an are still charging me.
They sent me to collections.
@@matt4856 was it worth the attorney's fees? I put a stop to it much I'm the same manner you did. After I saw called cancel them and ask them to stop charging me they still attempted to charge my card but by that time I had already talked to my credit card company and was reimbursed. So by the time they tried charging the card I had already had it canceled. Thank God.
@@rayraymond9190 a demand letter from my attorney wasn't much. Blew my mind when they sent me the collections letter after I disputed the charges with my CC company since they left me no choice by refusing to cancel.
I had enough after 3 years. Tired of fighting for credits for bad leads, tired of customers that won't answer the phone, tired of dealing with overpriced leads. I cancelled this morning
All of this is legal or going to be very hard to prove otherwise. I have had everything you guys discuss also I landed 2 jobs from them that made over 200k together. I know were they brake the law. I’m a licensed plumbing contractor that doesn’t have the time or resources but I have the poof we’re there braking the law.
I will be canceling as well
I've been debating on using Home Advisor to generate computer pc repair leads, thanks to this video, I definitely will NOT be doing business with Home Advisor, thanks so much for spreading the truth!
Really hope this helps her land a job somewhere great. It takes guts to speak out like this and she is obviously an ethical, honest employee who ended up in a bad place with bad timing trying to escape it due to the current economy. Best wishes to you, Rachel!
Thanks Randy!!! We live in a crazy world where good people have to quit bad companies who covered in greed
I appreciate it ! Thank you!
I’ve been with home advisor/Angi leads for 10 years. Never really leaned on the service very much because I’ve always been so busy with my own business due to referrals. I’d have the leads paused 90% of the time. My experience is when it was home advisor, the leads generally were good. Leads I got had a good description of scope of work. When it turned over to Angi things changed. 90% of leads are bogus. You can tell right away because there’s no description of scope of work. So when I’d call on the lead mostly no response . This company come to find out is a total scam. If there’s a class action law suit sign me up.
Sign me up too
Keep doing these videos!! It is working!!!!! In the last year they have closed the Colorado springs office, the lodo (downtown denver office) and now they are consolidating their home office in golden colorado. There will be no more sales at golden lolol! They are hurting big time! Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Its always nice to hear from supporters!
I am a new contractor in Colorado and they almost got me. Called back and got a refund right away after I looked up the truth about them. Angies list is also very pushy with sales.
They call me all the time using different numbers from Colorado.
Hahaha it’s called Covid. The whole company is remote and thriving 😘
Former Angie’s List employee. Literally everything she said nearly word for word is EXACTLY how Angie’s List is. The only differences is they require a 12 month contract for a range of leads sent monthly. Same complaints from contractors. Leads are reassigned to reps every 24hrs to every 2 weeks. And every two weeks you have to make unreasonable sales quotas to keep your job the next two weeks. Cult culture is absolutely correct. You have to give up your soul and conscience in order to work for them and be “good” at the job. I would be nauseous, have migraines and loose sleep over my job when I realized they are not who they say they are.
Hello how can get my refund from Angie leads
I just left Angi Ads (formerly Angie's List). It's the "sister company" to Angi Leads (formerly Home Advisor). I feel like I could be Rachel. I couldn't sleep at night because I always prided myself on being an honest salesperson. But the scripting, the high pressure tactics, the "one call close", the cult-like culture... it's the same at Angi Ads as well. And when I started questioning things, I was targeted to get fired. And when they fired me, they used similar tactics to try to get me to say I resigned (I'm assuming so they didn't have to pay unemployment). I didn't fall for it, but they are STILL trying to get me to say I resigned. I realize now what a scam the company is, and I"m embarrassed to even have been a part of it.
Thank you so much for sharing! Would love to tell your story
@@RoofingInsights3.0 I would be happy to. Heck, I still have their scripts, the "overcoming objections" scripts, the things we're taught to say... they still haven't told me how to send my computer back.
@@LostinmissouriBeth can you text me? 612-558-4881, Dmitry
Why doesn't someone shut them down? It's fraud! Jailable fraud!
@@ronaldbarnum5158 I agree. I wish more insiders came out. It's the craziest company I've ever worked for. Straight fraud. They don't care about the contractors at all - they will sell them way out of their price range for stuff that won't work. Absolutely terrible.
Wish I would of seen this before. They just got me good.
Call ur bank and put a hold with them
@@deeanne528 dont they send collections?
I am on your side I just committed to one year contract last week and so far I haven’t had a single call from a customer and you pretty much have to do everything , send links to customers so they can give you a good review . I’ll end up paying back around $1,200 for nothing but I’ll rather do that than having a full year with a total of $3,600 .
Luckily I don't need the work but the call I got definitely had me interested... Until this video. Do you research guys. Thank you for saving me a large headache.
I signed up 3 days ago, saw your videos, canceled my credit card and blocked the 280.00 charge while it was still pending. The salesperson keeps calling me and I told him he is a snake oil salesman and a liar. He said I wouldn’t be charged for leads unless I got the job but now he says he never said that. Boy am I pissed off at home advisor!
Thanks for the insight, I received a call earlier today and the sales rep Sean said the exact same things she claimed they do to sway contractors to sign up. Looking back on our phone call I am disgusted that I actually asked for them to email more information so I can weigh my options. I did not sign up and I'm glad I did some research first, Thank you!
For contractors who say, "Works good for me!" just understand that even casinos let people win.
Thank you for this video. Home Advisor Rep on the phone did and said (EXACTLY) everything that was mentioned in this video. Please continue to submit videos to inform others about this company. Just out to take hard earned money from contractors.
its a new form of labor racketeering
I used them and quickly realized the 900 a week I was spending on leads were almost all fake. Absolutely insane
You are correct. Glad you stopped bleeding
Dam!!!
I’m an employee, and plan on leaving soon. I look forward to speaking with you following that. hopefully I get some of you that may see this on the phone, since Covid my team has been given back credit ability, so I’m crediting back as much as possible.
Like she said, the managers will absolutely shoot down any questions. My former manager would say “you sound just like the contractors” or “stop falling for their bullshit”.
Any way we can talk while you still there? 612-558-4881. Dmitry. You can text me
I’m new to the company but My last day is Friday, after watching this video it helped fuel another reason to leave
THIS LADY DESERVES A DIAMOND RING !!!
I just contacted an attorney. They got me, too!
How did that go, I'm considering doing the same.
Probably nowhere lol
Going through this right now, they will not stop calling and emailing me, I have asked them to put me on the do not call list. And they still call me, even when I told them to put me on the do not call list. Everything this woman just said is accurate. The last guy I talked to I kept telling him, I'm working and could not be on the phone much longer, and each time he would say "oh it will only take 5 minutes" or 2 minutes. He would not let me off the phone, I eventually just hung up on him.
They need to shut them down!dam scammers !!!how can they do this to people!
I was a HOMEOWNER billed for a fake CONTRACTOR call who supposedly came to my house, rang the doorbell, no one answered and was billed for my not answering the doorbell. Problem is I have 24x7 hour people plus security cameras that showed it was BS. I STILL had to fight with them..
Wow. I never knew Home Advisor was such a scam. Those socks are the definition of bravery, btw!
My first 3 days where terrible!!! Canceled after 5 they robbed me blind on over 1,500
Very typical story. 95% contractors have the same. $2-3k wasted before they cancel, and if they don’t cancel card HA will try it 6 months later. Where is attorney general?
I'm a customer of Angi's....probably not for long. I wish there was a Project Veritas for Angi's List. We are a small business and just last night received 4 fake leads that I doubt we'll get credit for. I lost over $380 over night. We are a small family business. They don't care. The leads I received last night were 888 numbers or business numbers, no lead address, other than a weird one, and when I call to talk to the customer, you literally can't get ahold of them. One of the secretaries told me that this person was in IT Security in the company. The lead is done at 2am and they leave the business number. There is something really really corrupt going on! We need to go after them.
I'm a former employee who recently left, I worked for Home Advisor after the merger and the Angi Leads rebrand. Exact same culture, exact same issues, exact same EVERYTHING.
Let’s talk
Some employee's feel pressured because they promise you 12 weeks of training and you need 8-10 submits in order to keep your job.
200 calls per day, 3-4 HR talk time. Using ARMS to overcome objections. You can't call back tomorrow, you must push them. Never believe the contractor's objectives. If contractor's say; " Do Not Call," you must remove that contractor from the system. You'll get weekly 1 on 1's... Peak training performances and other "support" system's in order to encourage you to sale, make them more money.
Contractor's must pay an annual membership fee - pay per leads. First 30 day's are like baiting them into continuing the service, in order to retain the contractor's. This will keep them on board and generate revenue. Employee's will get burnt out! You must be energetic! Forget your previous sales experience & learn the Angi's way. 1st wk of training is learning the script & last few days of the week, you learn the system. 2nd week you're on the phones. Contractor's will hear our script & disconnect or attempt to decline services. Employee's MUST continue pushing the calls forward. It is stressful, management treatment is obvious. Many people steal sale leads from newer hires to meet quotas. Director's will attempt to intimidate you if you're not knowledgeable to certain laws or regulations. Advising you to voluntary leave their place of employment if accommodations aren't considered.
Homeadvisor screwed me big time... I had to call my bank to get them to stop charging my card when I wasn't even using there leads. As soon as they weren't able to charge my card they kept calling me saying it was a mistake and they fixed it and they wanted me back. I did not let them charge my card though and now I just got in the mail a CMI Bill trying to scare me to pay even more money. WoW. I feel bad for every business that joins them and gets screwed over by them.
What happend they send you a collection debt? What did you do? Please help
ALL BAD. Same here. Tried to cancel 3 times over the phone and they kept charging the credit card. Every time I called in they would blame me saying it was my fault. They don't record their phone calls and they don't make notes of what each employee talked about with you. DO NOT SIGN UP WITH THEM! YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER JUST TO GET THEM TO STOP. I told them I disputed it with my credit card company. The lady said they will dispute it back. Wow. They sent my company leads for "handyman" work even though the company is for general remodeling.
I tried canceling my account with Home Advisor and they just wouldnt let me! Charged me for more than $1000 of leads that i never came in contact with the home owner! I was refunded some of the $... but not all of it. They wanted to just "Credit" my account. But i always demanded to speak to a supervisor above the rep i was talking to. My advice: DONT DO IT! IT IS NOT WORTH IT!
Wow, I’d been flirting with doing this.....but seeing this.....Hell NO!
Thanks for the definitive info on this pseudo legit mostly scam organization!
GREAT FKING VIDEO MAN!!! this just saved me alot of money
Hope more people will watch it BEFORE they sign up
I remember when Angie's list used to be the customers had to pay to be members and the contractors had to be invited to be able to get leads..For free.
They flipped the scripped. Lol 😆
Sales rep became rude when I told her I wasn't interested because of their lawsuits and why they had to change their name. She out right lied to me saying she's been with the Home Advisor for 20 years and they have never changed their name and have always been Home Advisor not Service Magic.
My friend uses a different lead service but he gave them a prepaid debit card and not his bank account or credit card. That way you can control the amount of money they take from you.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Houzz is using these same deceptive practices. We signed up for Houzz pro and we didn’t get ANY leads for 8 months and were paying $400 a month. We tried to cancel but they wouldn’t let us cancel and told us we were stuck in the contract. Once we cancelled our debit card so they couldn’t charge us anymore they used a different company name to charge the card but we had our bank reverse it. During this time they finally sent us a lead so I am pretty sure they boost your leads only when they feel like they need to, then send the rest of the leads to someone else to hook them in. Now they have sent us to collections. For what? We paid for 8 months without receiving any benefits! Please make a video like this about Houzz!
I worked there for 5 years in the sales department as a rep and as a manager up until last April 2022. I'd be open to giving you my story If you want any info or want to ask any questions.
You see I think I found the best way to use home adviser/ angis set your monthly budget as low as you can and then when the opportunities come in just pick and choose the ones that you want because the customer has to accept you as well if it’s an opportunity just makes it easier for the leads to be better
By no means am I saying angis leads is perfect because it’s far from it that being said there is pros and cons to it im a new buisness owner it definitely has got my name out there I did one customer from angis list and she referred me to over 10 plus people so if it wasn’t for angis list I wouldn’t have got those customers that being said I’ve had an entire 300 dollars worth of my leads completely wasted all bad leads before as well so definitely pros and cons
This is a great interview!
Thank you
Add the BBB to the list of shitty companies as well. They currently have HomeAdvisor with an “A” rating. What a joke.
Their BBB accreditation has been revoked.
This company reminds me so much of my experience working at Dex Media before one of my clients recruited me into roofing sales!
Dex knows🤦♂️ are they still in business?
@@RoofingInsights3.0 They are now called Thryve
I really wish I would have stayed in college for computer programming and learned how to program. After seeing what they have done to me and hearing her validate what I thought was going on I would create my own home advisor and do the exact opposite of what they are doing.
Home advisor worked for me in the beginning and I started doing work for a home investor and didn't use them for a year. Work finished with the investor and now kind of need to rely on home advisor because I lost my customer base because of working with this investor. Now the leads are 10 times worse and possibly going to shut the doors because work is so slow. Regretting ever thinking that home advisor could be my fall back if the investor deal didn't work out.
Let’s start a class action lawsuit!! They shut my leads off so I don’t get work to destroy my business..
What she is talking about is Call Center Culture, the upbeat vibe, the selling method, the stats, I mean Call Center Metrics lol ........It just happens that Home Advisor adopted that business model. I've worked at many call centers and this is how they measure their reps perfomance to grow their company. I've seen reps not cancel a customers account because they are on an "Action Plan'; which means they have to hit their stats for the month or they will be fired. So they 'forget' to cancel someones account so they can work another month. That's only half the issue, so it seems; the other half is there are no real leads?? I thought about signing up with Home Advisor but I've heard too many horror stories about them. This video just confirmed it. Thank you Rachel for telling your story. I myself have left a very large company because I didn't like what was going on. So I put in my notice and left, and ended up back in construction, but now as Commercial Roofing contractor. Life can take some interesting turns. Thank you for posting this video. Much respect to you and your team Dmitry!
the reason why it works for bigger companies, is because they have better sales people, and they understand the expected return on advertising. they make the numbers work since they are more efficient.
Yea they sent me leads while i was on vacation when i finally checked it they said i owed 1400 dollars so i followed up on them they were fake addresses so i canceled they account they sent it to collections with in a week and now they say i owe 2646 dollars definitely a rip off scam
Thank you for this important work helping people.
Totally agree, our entire mission is to put these companies out of business
Integrity and honesty is a 2nd today if at all with these large multimillion dollar companies. I know of far worse such as companies like PayPal, Venmo, and some of these delivery companies like FedEx where packages are "misplaced" after being labeled as "delivered". And it seemed to get worse since or when the plandemic began.
Has anyone successfully canceled their account with Angi? We can’t get a supervisor to contact us. I finally filed a complaint with the BBB today
How did it go for you? I told the sales rep I’m having a baby on Monday and I can’t take any leads till the end of next week and they sent me leads literally the day after I signed up. Lol
I called and canceled my membership with in two days after signing up. My Angies list account is in hold atm.
Ive never advertised but after a few calls I decided to listen to their pitch..When they told me I had to pay for leads I started laughing..When anyone calls trying to sell me something I tell them I’m retiring at the end of the year..
I do have some sympathy for the salesman since I use to sell tools over the phone for about 4 years..I left because I got tired of selling only to start selling roofs a couple of years later.
I worked for Angi Leads and did not have a pleasant experience. Everything she states is absolutely correct. However, just some food for thought, I see what you are getting at with exposing this company, BUT generally speaking in the world of business, you never trash a competitor no matter how bad they may be. Angi, no matter how bad their business model, does not allow employees to trash other companies. That is also very standard for any other business I have worked in. As a now business owner, I still hold true to that for many reasons. I would spend more time marketing your business, than trashing another, and you would likely see better results. But that is just my input. Thanks for the video and content! I know us former employees enjoy!
Thanks for saving me from sweating and donating my hard work to Angie/Advisor
Cancel your card tell the bank your lost it they will send you a new card with a new number they wont be able to charged.
I was scammed by them in 2020 and still hurting!!
Pyramid Scheme!!! Good leads for 30 days then trash after 30 days.
I know many people who are looking into home advisor might pass this off but trust me, don’t. They pull the leads out of their ass and charge you 25% for non guaranteed lead. They don’t give a fuck about your business they just care about what they make.
It took me about 1 year to finally get them to cancel my account, and also stay away from Angie's List they are just as bad if not worse
I love when they call me, I act interested and always end up hanging up on them after half a hour of mind games 🙂
😂😂😂😂😂
Based
Thank you for this they are doing all of these things.
I joined home advisor on 2017 and had to close the account on 2019 due to fake leads.I do believe they have a team of guys hired by them to do fake phone calls and charge the customers.
I received phone calls 24/7 and trust I have received phone call on New Year Eve 2019 6:30 a.m and I’m calling right back and didn’t contact the client.
If you have 10 leads day (around 6-7 are fake leads).
I agree they are very SNEAKY AND BAD BUSINESS OWNERS!!! I DONT EVER WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM EVER AGAIN!!!
My manager told us, if they say take me off the list in a “nice way” don’t do put them on it.
Im a contractor with home advisor and they sent me 6 leads this week only 1 answered at all each lead cost me $10-20 each and my bill is over $300 for those leads. And my spend limit for the month is $800 and my bill was $700 plus last week. How just how
Where can get my own jobs at ?as contractor where do you get your jobs ?where can I find the biding at?
BUYER BEWARE - The new home advisor brand is called ANGI.COM. Same scam different name
They are trying to scam me right now. Had my account paused per month to month. Got 3 leads in between calling to pause my leads again and was told the jobs would be credited to my account and my account was paused. Just got a letter for collections and now I’m taking them to court over $200 because they can no longer access my account. 😂
they have some new scam i think its called the guaranteed price app. they're ripping off home owners now
thank you, will look into it
MrBigtime1986
it’s all a ripoff , They charge big bucks for who ever to join there platform , and to keep the quoter going , they send 10-contractors to the same job
Ya they are. They are now precharging customers as well. Then will send out to handy.com. they started doing this with cleaning, assembly, and handyman. Now they are doing it for all kinds of jobs. They will charge up front then send out a "pro" with no tools, no materials and no idea what they are doing. Then the apt will cancel or the customer will find out they don't know what they r doing and scamadvisor will do whatever they can not to refund the money to the customer. So they are basically in a sense charging a fee to everyone involved. I am thinking they need fast money because they have lost so many pros. I'd be interested in now tt u dimitry. Thanks
MrBigtime1986 for them it’s always been about money no matter who they take it from.
@@instajobprodangeloslist8839 so true my friend!
You have to tell credit card company there fraud charges and they will block it
Unfortunately most of the time that’s the only option you have. Our #1 advice!!!
@@RoofingInsights3.0 yup and after I did that they where still tring to charge me and then sent it over to a debt collector saying I owed them another 800 for leads I didnt pay for because I blocked them from charging... and mind you this was weeks after I CANCELLED the account
@@RoofingInsights3.0 it was a nightmare I feel for anyone else who went through it or is going through it
Unfortunately, the bank will NOT consider this as fraud. Fraud is something where you have absolutely no idea where this charge came from. This will be considered a dispute between you and the merchant. The bank may give you a “provisional” credit but it is not your money back. The credit will be debited back once the bank settles that it’s not fraud. You can go up and down the street with your bank to explain why it’s fraud but at the end of the day, you voluntarily gave them your credit card info. This is why I said it’s not fraud. It’s a merchant dispute! Hope this info helps!
Thanks for the heads up. I reached out to Angi's for companies who do bathroom remodels, and they won't stop sending me names, PLUS they're giving companies my contact information without even telling ME about them first. I guess they aren't what they used to be,
Terrible ass company. Used to work for these clowns smh.
As a homeowner i use Angie's Lists and Home Advisor. And wonder my the contracts constantly called and text me. Now i understand why. So they have to to secure the leads right away calling back to back day to day. To make up for the fee they are losing.
Wouldnt they send collections agencies after you if you change your cc number
home advisor shares data with scammers. once you cancel your subscription they start sending you thousands of emails trying to scam you.
they are the biggest scammers!
When a guy is on a roof dangerous every time you leave them alone
We lost over $14,000.00 to these scum bags. Not only did they not cancel our subscription, but they also kept charging us and almost wiped out our operations account. We had to cancel our cards and change accounts in order to stop the continuous theft from our operations account. We are trying to get our money back through the fraud department, but no luck so far.
I understand that there was a lawsuit against HomeAdvisor a few years ago. A short time later HomeAdvisor buys Angi's List and rebrands as Angi? I've had a LOT of trouble with HomeAdvisor, mostly overbilling be each month. One month they overbilled me by 500%, that's FIVE HUNDRED percent! They WILL NOT OFFER a refund, but rather talk a bunch of jargon as to how the overbilling occurred and why it's ok
I had a call with local area code, with a voice-mail....
We don't have a finish carpentry in the ****** area.
Being a slow year, called tgem.back only to learn it was high pressure. Asking lot of sensitive information.
I tried to avoid the questions leave a vague answer.
After sometime transfered to a manager, then another still standing ground.
Transfered from department to manager.
I finally confronted them found out calling from Fort Collins.
I did my research was home advisor. They called several times a day, demanding that I sign up.
I was asked what is my close rate 98 pct. Or 9 out of 10.
That was dumb reply then had a team tag teaming me what would it take to get you?
1 million year in sales, 750,000 in salary, plus expenses and operating cost, click that took care of them
I've had "leads" that had already had their jobs done months before! How does that lead even happen?
They took the last 600 bucks I had to my name during covid. Flat broke with a newborn baby and a $2200 rent payment and no one would let you in their house to work..Asked for the money back, they refused over and over. I lost my mind and called them every name in the book then they said I'm not the type of contractor they want to be working with and closed my account. I did one job for them, they probably charged me around a thousand dollars. Loaded up with leads outside service area, turning my leads on or changing lead types to more expensive ones when I didn't ask. It's a scam.
They only want to give you more leads, they will never ever recredit money they wrongfully took from you. But you can't put leads in your gas tank when they've taken your last dollar out of your bank account.
Caught them sending me fake leads today after the phone number went back as a Volkswagen dealership and the person who "requested" they didn't know so I'm going down to the courthouse to file small claims
I WORKED THEIR FOR ALMSOT 2 years I DID SALES AND TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS SCAM! I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO AND ONCE I SAW WHAT THEY DID I LEFT QUIT WITH NO 2 WEEK NOTICE ITS SAD HOW MUCH THEY RIP PPL OFF
Man I am glad I found your videos! I thought it was just me, but home advisor (now just Angie's) is a total scam. Just another way for apps to steal money from hard working people.
I recently started a tree removal tree trimming business and Angi lead’s called me up one day while I was working. And I fell into that stupid sweet talking sale lady’s trap.It’s just been way more trouble than it’s worth. And now I’ve tried to cancel my account with them a couple of times, but I keep taking their f***kin bait.So if it continues to not work for me I’ll call em for the 3rd time and give ‘em hell until they cancel it for me 😎
I wish I felt differently about them,but that’s how i feel.
Thank you for shearing. Respect to you!
I canceled the subscription, got a confirmation number, time, and name of the associate. I additionally contacted my bank to ensure the credit card will be blocked to all Home Advisor, Angi or whatever.
Just got ripped off today. Customer states they don't want a bid and they are not ready for 2 months.
When is Thumbtack going to have a class action brought against them? They are the biggest scumbags in the leads business.
can't believe this video has so very few views, everyone should know about this scam
Agree with you, everyone needs to know
Who is in charge of checking this scams..? This people should be in jail..
They said they give out only 3 contractors..I went on a bid the lady said “10 contractors called me…I was number 11”…they are so full of it …get your own leads guys!!!!
Home Advisor is the worst
What’s your experience?
I just had to cancel my membership for the third time. Two annual memberships they got me for! Now they are claiming they "don't have a business email".
That has been my experience using them. In the early 2000s when they were Service Magic they stole 1,600 dollars from me. Same excuses, " We must have charged you by accident." Now they are Home Adviser and up to the same old tricks. I signed up with Angie's List and I noticed things turning south and left. There are to many good people to work with.
Sold! Wont be giving them a damn thing. Thank you
EVERYONE SHOULD CREATE FAKE LEADS!!!!