my hammer, www.mybuilder.com ...etc ~ (Rated Tradesmen Websites)

[Abstract tiling]

hi any1 used this site or any of the same sites???

 

[Gazzer]

Re: my hammer...etc

Yeah they are all the same and they all expect a cheap rate.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Re: my hammer...etc

Oh sorry! - I thought we were talking tools!

 

[Abstract tiling]

Re: my hammer...etc

from what ive seen its a joke, there was some guy willing to tile a bathroom for £90.:mad2:

 

[Bartlett]

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from what ive seen its a joke, there was some guy willing to tile a bathroom for £90.:mad2:

Maybe he's a specialist in bathrooms that are near to where he lives and very very small? With no bath or toilet or sink or shower to cut around? And very flat and well prepared walls?

 

[brian c]

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waste of time !

 

[doug boardley]

Re: my hammer...etc

Oh sorry! - I thought we were talking tools!

they are John:lol::lol::lol: (tools who'll do work for those prices)

 

[marke]

Re: my hammer...etc

yeah same as above, the people that post the jobs are choosing primarily on price and that can be a hard way to make a living

 

[LM Ceramics]

Re: my hammer...etc

these websites are all the same i tend to ignore them

 

[Colour Republic]

Re: my hammer...etc

these websites are all the same i tend to ignore them

I'd like to but its getting hard to. As i've mentioned before i'm a member of them all and have been for quite sometime, never quote as it just isn't worth it (the old little cracker on there were even the chancers know a job is out of their depth and it attracts decent tradesmen and prices). I'm starting to get worried about the amount of traffic these sites are getting from the public.

Everybody is going online now and it's only a matter of time that these boys will start putting thousands of pounds worth of SEO on your doorstep making you harder to find

 

[marke]

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Thats interesting CR you are right more and more people are using them just like the comparison sites , i noticed MyHammer started to charge for membership havent they ? Im sure they used to be free. I think someone needs to come with a new idea here ,,it cant just be about price

 

[Colour Republic]

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It was free, now they charge £40 a quater to be able to quote. It's still free to get the jobs emailed to you and check what's going on but you can't contact the customers.

When Myhammer email the jobs in your area it also includes the post code (this is not shown on the website, only the emails) so if you wanted to be sneaky you can go a flyer the street knowing full well somebody is looking for tradesmen

 

[sherbert]

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i have looked into a few of these sites (i cant remember specific names) and found a couple of things
some sites you pay for credits to be able to quote for a job ( i think it was about £4 per quote) but some of the descriptions of the work were so short with no detail to be able to produce an accurate quote but there is absolutley no way of contacting the potential customer or ask a question or anything so in my opinion big waste of time and money(i dont even like giving someone a quote over the phone someone could say the surface to tile on is good and you get there and you dont agree, then what? a lot of hassle that id rather do without!)

the other type i found was where you paid a % of your quote if the customer uses you. this one you could ask a question thru the site but there was still the lack of info in descriptions etc. With this site i posted a job as a customer (one i would like to do and knew in my head the ball park figure etc) i put lots of details in my posting and answered a couple of questions i got 30 odd quotes ranging from £30 to £2000 i was thinking around £1600 so how someone is supposed to decide from that?

as mentioned before they are purely for people who want the cheapest figure probably not having any idea in what it should cost( i have seen quotes on there for ammounts smaller than the materials that would be needed!)all this in my opinion can lead to is false hopes of the ammount they need to spend as surely the extras list will roll on and on. if someone else can see it diferently please tell me what you think. i suppose the only way they work for the customer is if they have no way of finding a reccomended tradesman from a friend etc and if they do need a low price

Also from another angle i personally like to see every job i quote for so i can see everything for myself like what state the surface is all the way to where can i set up my tile cutter etc also its a good oppertunity to sell yourself to the customer if they are still undecided and for you to judge what they are going to be like ( i know you cant always tell !) these sites dont want you to do this so you dont get the work without involving them as the middle man and them getting their money but if i cant do the meeting part i dont think i would spend my evenings working quotes out that will probably be one of many
i dont know what a estimated success rate would be perhaps someone is on one and can give a idea
sorry if i have waffled on !

 

[White Room]

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A good insight mate