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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Reader Comments

at 2/3/2009 1:41:05 PM, everycontractor.com said:
Check out Ripoffreport.com and do a search on everycontractor.com there you will find 40 complaints about this company ,if thats not enough then you deserve what you get.

at 2/4/2009 11:53:15 AM, Chuck said:
I have used their service for 2 years and received plenty of real homeowner leads. No company is perfect, but overall I have been happy with the leads I have gotten.

thanks

at 2/4/2009 1:27:15 PM, brian said:
We searched everycontractor.com with the B.B.B.in the state of Nevada and the bureau has processed 153 complaints against this company as of 01-23-2009 in the previous 36 months.This company should be closed down ASAP.

at 2/6/2009 7:49:46 AM, Gerald said:
You know what - this REALLY gives me goose bumps. I have a recorded message saved from Jose Luna offering to sale me "tons of leads" of customers wanting work done on their homes. Now this comes out and it has a familiar air to it. I need to do a little more research.

at 2/8/2009 10:24:27 AM, obie said:
there are a ton of complaints against these guys - not sure why anyone would do business with them. There are other companies out there that are much better to work with.

at 2/8/2009 11:19:32 PM, David said:
they call you because their business model only allows them to call you if they have a need in that area. Company has been in business for 11 years and has approximately 44,000 customers. 150 complaints doesn''t sound too bad afterall!!!!

at 2/8/2009 11:21:57 PM, sheryl said:
good company as far as I am concerned. 4 months and I have won about $68,000 worth of jobs.

at 2/9/2009 4:50:01 PM, CONTRTUCSON said:
ABSOLUTE SCAM
$500 AND NEVER REC'D A PHONE
CALL OR EMAIL

at 2/24/2009 5:03:23 AM, Handyman said:
We were listed with these guys for 100.00 for the year. We received 7 leads, all of them were bogus - one was for a friend of my father''s, who had never heard of them, and had no plans for remodeling his home. As I thought about it, they are all hard sell - as bad as used car salesmen. Anything that you have to work that hard to sell has got to be crap. I took our company off their service after 2 months. After all, it was only 100.00.

at 2/27/2009 5:34:27 PM, andy said:
liars,cheats and thieves, never return my calls, or e-mails

at 3/3/2009 8:12:57 AM, Gayle said:
Well Chuck,

Since you are the only one that has ANYTHING good to say about this telemarketer "scam"...I have to think you work for them. No one in their right mind would pay for leads that you can get for free all day / everyday....GET A REAL JOB...buy some friends, pay back your old ones...."
A LITTLE FREE ADVICE FOR YOU!!!

at 3/10/2009 8:05:04 PM, koa said:
I'm from hawaii!!
i use everycontractor! I needed work, I wasnt doing too good! everycontractor called me one day with a job already in hand;with a description. they promised to call me, or email me, and i was gonna get work for the yr.
I paid a one time fee for a yr. and they sent me a desription of a homeowner,an what they wanted done. i met with the homeowner. got the job done. an then a second one! thank you. So, I guess it depends on the person like myself. If you have trust or not. Because if i wasn't happy I'd get a full refund. But it don't matter cause I made my money back & extra.


at 3/11/2009 4:01:11 PM, amber said:
well im going to be honest with you guys i do work for everycontractor.com and it works out for most. you people that are complaining must not be following our terms and conditions anyway...gotta go get more contractors for some projects see ya!!!
love
amber

at 3/15/2009 8:42:31 PM, ex employee said:
I use to work for this company they are a Scam , they dont pay there employees the way they should and they will never give you contactors any work . they are the THE BIGGEST SCAM IN THE WORL RUN CONTRACTORS RUN.

at 3/25/2009 1:40:17 PM, A W Smith said:
They called again today. I interrupted the guy and told him never to call my number again. He promptly hung up and began a series of harassing phone calls leaving blubbering guttural noises on my answering machine. When I tried to confront him he continued. So far in the past two hours he has attempted to call seven times.

at 3/25/2009 4:49:49 PM, chuck said:
sevice is ok for me, most contractors are so stubborn that they don''t adapt to the new rules of the internet. Simply put if you dont follow the rules then you shouldn''t get a refund. party

at 4/14/2009 3:08:33 PM, friendly neighbor said:
Im going to be truthful. I work at everycontractor.com, and i beleive in my program. The ones who have excuses must not have followed the terms and conditions. Request a copy of your verification, and hear yourself yoa assholes. Everybody has a job go and do yours. If you di8dn''t beleive in the program why buy? Some its great for sum its not. For the ones who didn''t follow the terms. Get a life and do your job.Start in basic reading lol..... You dip shits !!!!!!

at 4/24/2009 9:18:49 PM, Gerald said:
The two people on here that said they are "employees" of this scam. Your attitutes portray arrogance and emulate a most negative air of the company you represent. Your tones prove the complaints some have about your company. Your comapny should fire you for the unprofessioanl responses you made (which are out of protocol) because it ultimately reflects upon the company (not the individual). A company provides a service (scam or not) and unsatisfied customers have the right to complain - but never does an employee have the right to berate a customer - irregardless. To me you prove this company is unworthy of providing a service for my company.

at 5/5/2009 3:29:22 PM, desert rain landscaping said:
I was contacted today by a verry professional man named Will Small. He fed me his speal and I said I would talk to my partner and call him back. I looked them up on the internet and am I glad I did. Thank you EVERYBODY for saving me from another rip off. At a time when Americans should all pull together to get through this, snakes seem to come out of the woodwork. Again thank you. Marilyn

at 5/16/2009 3:29:13 AM, David Johnson just kidding said:
It''s your biggest fan!!
Every good thing on here is written by you or your company. How is th especial investigation going with the NV. Department of Consumer Affairs? Oh, and lt''s not forget about your D- Rating with the BBB, My Company has a A+. I guess the attorney general is contacting you as well. I looked all of your name servers and have the info on you for these people to sue you personally. This would be fun. Remember me, you called me a F@cking #sshole when you thought you hung up the phone, you stated "who the f*ck put this &ssole through, what the f$ck do I have to do to get some decent help around here", well you said it all, Mr. guttermouth. It seems like I got my money back, all $3499.00 of it more than one year later. Here is a fact, if you do not sign a contract with your signature with all the promises and gaurentees, then all of these people can go back to there credit card companies and demand the same I did. All they have to do is document the good faith they maid in contacting everycontractor to get their refund. Guess what, I told you I was going to do everything I could to shut you down, all these little things pile up.

David Johnson just kidding

at 5/16/2009 3:39:02 AM, David Johnson just kidding said:
It''s to bad I can not spell at 3 am.

PS.

That recorded agreement means nothing unless the full agreement is recorded, including all terms and conditions. For example: we will assign an executive account rep. to call and prequalify your leads and set he appointment for you ( that was the first hook), we have a state of the art website that you can communicate through24/7 (nnnnnnnnggghhhh wrong answer bob, the website does not work and then they say you did not respond in time), and my all time favorite, we''ll call you back!! Ha ha

Have fun david

I know I am

at 5/22/2009 3:46:55 PM, WowSavedMeSomeMoney said:
I have been talking back and forth with a sales rep from this service.

He initially identified himself as someone from the "City of Agoura" who had some work for me, same catch line I''''''''ve been hearing everyone talk about.

I''''''''m very glad I decided to check this company out before going further.

Regardless of how you feel about the BBB, a "D-" rating speaks pretty loudly.

at 5/29/2009 7:25:47 PM, THISPLACE SUCKS said:
In these economic times it's hard to fine work. I found a job at everycontractor.com i did not research this company before going there. I quit after a day. The way they ran things there. The things they taught me.......i have a conscience. i couldn't do it. PLEASE DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE

at 6/2/2009 1:43:29 PM, If is sounds like a duck it must be a du said:
I thought this guy was crazy with the rude tactics he was using trying to get my business. When i insisted that i needed to check with my partners before deciding he absolutely flipped out on me then said he was going to find my competitors to do business with. After he hung up on me a quick search soon revealed the truth about that huge scam!!!!!!!!!! Anyone who is posting good comments must work for that company.

at 6/3/2009 9:51:12 AM, Guards are up! said:
Our company recently signed up with EveryContractor.com. We have one lead that wasn't even related to the type of business we do. 2 months later, we have yet to receive a lead. Then they had the nerve to call and ask us to move to a premium package that promised more leads. What? More leads than 0?We didn't do it. Im reading awful things of this company and seriously considering getting my refund via Credit Card Company. I would not recommend them to NOBODY!

at 6/10/2009 11:23:05 PM, Vic said:
This company is a total SCAM!!! I signed up a year ago and have not received even one lead! I updated my profile every ninety days. Now that my year is over and I want my money back, they found that I was a little late updating my profile one time. So, no refund!

at 6/12/2009 5:50:52 PM, paaul jones said:
we signed up for flooring leads and paid $499.
After 3 months I won a job, didn't pay much but it was worth about $1300. Hopefully we will win a little more work. And for all you other Contractors that are saying they are a scam cus they have complaints, why don't you look up Microsoft on the internet - they have hundreds of complaints and I don't see them going out of business.
Get a clue contra tors and if you don't like lead services don't sign up - Wow that was hard to figure out.
oparty

at 6/14/2009 9:14:48 AM, Mike Snow said:
on June 6th of 2008 I was contacted by a guy that asked me if I could take some counter top jobs because he had so much work that he was turning away work left and right. After much conversation with this person he told me that he was a representative for Every Contractor and I would have to pay a $1000 fee for the referrals he was talking about. I told him that I would not pay because I have never had to in the ten years that I have been in business for myself. He than handed me off to a manager who continued to claim that they had so much counter top work in my area that I would make my investment back in no time at all. He said I would have work from them in the first week with them and that he could offer me a discount of $500 because I was a first time customer. He assured me that I would get a minimum of 12 bonafide leads in the year or I would get my money back. So I finally agreed to try it as it seemed they were serious about referring me to real jobs. Well after a year and one lead that did not even qualify as a good lead they tell me that I will not be getting my money back because I did not update my profile on time. I called at least two or three times a month to find out what else I could do to get some leads. I never had anyone tell me anything except we have twelve months to deliver on our promise to you. This company is a BIG JOKE!!! I am going to file a complaint with the attorney generals office, contact my credit card company and try to get my money back and I will do everything I can to tell as many people as I can to avoid any business with this fraud of a company!

at 6/14/2009 6:20:18 PM, fukit said:
these guys r not gonna do what they say there gunna do not even for the people that work 4 their sorry selves tyhey wont pay and need to b shut the @#$% down if i were u i wouldnt spend my money with these guys if they were the last lead generating service in the entire world

at 6/14/2009 6:27:44 PM, DEREK CARDER said:
My dad owns a building tha temploys every contractor sales people on 8820 russel rd ste125 id advise u not to work there if u wanna get paid all they do is sell people dreams and piss people dreams

at 6/22/2009 8:53:00 AM, Big Daddy said:
They called me for some last minute work they could not get a contractor for. And that they were going to put me in a 3 way to call to home owner to setuo appointment. Guess what ??? No one was home but they would get me other leads. They went into their repetitive crap of how they would get me all of these other leads. I said great send them over and if I get the job I well call you back. These guys and others like them are the armpit of america. The good old USA...UNLIMITED SCAMS OF AMERICA.

at 6/23/2009 3:59:34 PM, John Bramble said:
Well, I feel, most of the comments above are rather amateur. (read, childish)

If you are in business, you pay for what you get - mostly.

I got a call from EveryContractor.com they had a roofing lead, it would cost me $99.00 for a year including the lead. I thought what the hell. I gave them the lead money.

The lead was for an apartment complex about 40 miles away. We contacted the owner, he returned the call. Very professional (He was a developer/architect) the buildings were over 500 square. There were a lot of companies that EC called for the job. Dozens.

While we were there, there were 3 other companies trying to measure the roof. Well, we won the bid. The Job was over $130,000. The roof was not cut up so it was mostly a straight shot with some repairs needed. If anyone doubts what I say I will send you the pics of the job, approximately 350 of them. The project (the apt complex) people were happy with the job and we left with a good reference in our pocket and a few dollars to boot.

Later, EC called me and ask me if I would get on their premium program. The salesman is very motivated to put us into this program. At our company,we have been discussing the pros and the cons of the EC company. Even if we sent them the money they want for their premium program, we are still money ahead. You have to go for the business to do business.

We tried the Bob Vila program and several others, mostly they give us leads from across the state (some are 3 to 4 hours drive) Not really what we need. We also spend a great deal of money on the Yellow pages, etc. etc etc. If you do not spend you do not get. Some programs work some do not. Maybe in some areas some lead programs do better than others.

As far as I can tell, the main difference between our company and most of these other people and companies on this webpage is. We give our names and our Website, most of the people that complain do not leave their names or contact info. Not much credibility as far as I am concerned.


All in all, I do not think - they are as good as they say they are, and they are not as bad as some on this site would have you believe they are.

JB www.FixFlatRoofs.com

at 6/29/2009 12:06:53 PM, Gerald said:
JB - Even the sun will shine on a dogs arse every now and then - the comment that you may have had a good report for this company can not and does not debunk the (literally hundreds) of complaints that most everyone has on them. There are 4 different hate sites for this company and there are well over 100 bbb complaints. Coming on here and poking or calling people names lacks as much character as those that work for the company and have done the same thing. Let me ask you a question - where on the coast of South Carolina is your company based on the number you have i would say Hilton Head? Your website is very vague and I find no information about your company through the BBB nor the State liscensing board. Being a business owner myself I can agree that you have to spend money to make money, that is common sense. But as for me, I would choose not to use this company because they have a 95% + complaint rate. In this case saving ones money verses spending it foolishly is the better practice. I hope you prosperity, but coming here calling people on this blog immature, childish and even "amateur" makes me wonder if you are really a employee of EC - i mean your website url is new and freshly created and the BBB does not recognize your name (at least the Coastal area BBB (and that is where your phone number traces to - Hilton Head). Forgive me for being suspicious - but there have already been three known users to come on this blog that work FOR EC and posted as satisfied customers. <shrug>

at 7/6/2009 7:03:56 PM, chris h said:
i was contacted by ec. my fee went from $799 to $400 to $95 for year. they make the claim that they are turning work away because there is too much in my area. i think i will pass it up. thanks for the postings.

at 7/22/2009 7:14:20 AM, Tim in NH said:
Wow, I wish I had seen this prior to signing on back in Nov. 08. Since then they have provided 2 viable leads both returned zero work. I had them move us to prefered status which was no different only costs us more money for nothing. None of what I was told ever took place, I have never heard from them like I was told how "You will be working very closely with one of our account reps to manage the flow of leads", pure bullshit. And to all the bloggers saying people aren't following the system, well we follow it and it is just a waste of time. Wishing this hell to end and hoping they refund me as promissed. A pipe dream I am sure.

at 7/24/2009 10:51:21 AM, david said:
I got a phone call from a mark helton at every contractor telling me he had jobs in his system right now he needed to place. he went on and on about this program and how he needed a good contractor that he was not worried about money he just needed to find someone within 72 hours i told him 5 thousand was just to much he asked me all these wonderfull questions like do you go here do you go there and wow yes i did they were so close to were i live i was so happy he then told me if i send you out on a 40 thousand dollar job today can you fit 2500 on your credit card well hell yes i said and bam that slimeball got me and sure enough everything he told me was a lie here it is two months later iv'e gotten 3 leads all bullshit. thanks mark. so i called a lawyer who contacted the FBI fruad unit and low and behold Mark helton and a list of others from a las vegas office are under investgation for fruad, defruading a credit card company,defruading a company, telemarketing fruad and more there are 14 counts they are looking at. i cant wait till the day the search warrents are served ill be waiting and i will show up at court to testify untill then mark have fun with my 2500

at 7/24/2009 11:41:39 AM, Jack said:
I really hate everycontractor. They charged me 1000 bucks for leads and none of them are any good. They told me that their leads were good but there not. Save your money!

at 8/6/2009 10:44:19 AM, Star Energy said:
I recently signed up with Everycontractor.com and I have nothing but good things to say about the company. Mark Helton signed me up for 75,000 worth of work and I have already got 12,000 worth of jobs. Thank you Everycontractor.com and Mark Helton!

at 8/6/2009 11:59:42 AM, Chris L Tucson AZ said:
Well I am another unsatisfied EC contractor. I have been lied to by Sylvia and sworn at by Chris. When I call to complain there is no response. Yesterday some guy named Snyder Marks ext: 4244 called, apologized, and asked me to update my profile again. After only two bogus leads I was tempted to try again, but after reading all of your similar experiences why should I even try?

at 8/11/2009 10:37:55 AM, Not Shocked in Virginia said:
No surprise, they've called us here in Virginia too, almost daily. Same as all the above, rude, aggressive and even had one keep calling after i said we weren't interested. Cussing at people trying to get their business is not how we do business.

at 8/11/2009 10:41:26 AM, Not Shocked in Virginia said:
Oh, almost forgot, the guy called back (same number showed up on caller Id) and then proceeded to ask for the Owner. When I recognized the voice and the phone number, I told him that we were not interested and to please not call anymore. He called me a _itch and proceeded to call 5 more times in less than 30 minutes.

at 8/18/2009 10:07:56 AM, Vicki in PA said:
Thank you to all who posted comments to this website. I've made the decision NOT to do business with EC. If you are a reputable company, there's no need for paying anyone for leads, word of mouth is the best advertising, and it's 100% free! This company has been calling us repeatedly trying to get between $100-400 for leads in Belvidere, NJ. If there is anyone who needs a reputable contractor in our area, please visit our website. Thanks, Vicki Cooke from Cooke Contracting, Inc.

at 9/9/2009 8:35:14 PM, Susquehanna Fence Co said:
Just wanted to say Im glad the nightmare is over. I was a victom. Calling me constantly all times of the day and night. They have to be the most rude and inconsiderate organization I know. Everything everybody complained about is true. Everycontractor got me for the $799. Would of took me for more if I left them. But with my skeptism on the whole program I didn't allow any other transactions on my credit card. Then one of there representatives threatened me with my credit card #'s, from my previous transaction stating he has my #s, and could withdrawal from my account if he wanted to screw me over anytime. I didn't appreciate him threatening me, or having access to my account. Buy the way since april, I have received 7 leads out of my twelve, only one looked like one possibility. Turned out to be nothing. Since my last arguement with the one ignorant rep., I haven't heard anything from them. Thank God!!! p.s. If anyone can help me get my money back it would be appreciated. You can e-mail me at tomsfc@aol.com Thank You and contractors beware.

at 9/10/2009 12:12:23 PM, 6nhr3 said:
They have a few hundred phone numbers 300 employees and many satelite offices. I did hear the raunchy sales tecninique you mentioned but that is not company policy. When I heard the sleeze and his crew do that I left immediately. Tom and his crew are renegates.
I don't recommend advertizing with the company unless you have a computer expert and lawyer on retainer, the personel need to pushed very hard to perform.
Tried to fix the problem wheb I worked at the home office but found impossible. The company is run like a large street drug business with noone taking responsibilty for anything including Mr. Johnson.

at 9/18/2009 3:45:55 PM, topscorer1 said:
They are offering me a $95 unlimited package for a year as many leads as i can handle, does this sound like a way to extract $95 from 1000s of contractors. Email me your comments topscorer1@hotmail.com

at 10/8/2009 9:54:57 PM, almost got me said:
That was close.

I almost forked out 100bucks today had I not forgotten my wallet.
the original cost was 1000.00 for 2 yrs then it went down to 100bucks to cover admin fees. After I said give me the lead first and if it works out I'll pay in full this way its a win win.
but they refused and said if i pay 100buck they would waive a full yr.
I'm glad i did research.

at 10/21/2009 2:51:43 PM, Samual Brudzewski said:
I paid everycontractor.com $2,500. I was dealing with a rep named Erica Roth. She seemed nice at first, but when I told her I needed more time to think about it since that was a lot of money, she became very high pressure. She had a hard time breathing when she would talk, so my guess is she''s extremely overweight. Next she put me on the phone with another lady named Rose Zuniga. Rose was very rough around the edges with a heavy hispanic accent. She sounded very uneducated, but she guarnteed me my money back if I did not recieve jobs in the 1st month. It''s now been 3 months and they won''t return my call. Stay away from these con artists. Especially Rose Zuniga and Erica Roth. They think they can pimp small business owners. Both of these women clearly have no soul!

at 10/31/2009 8:53:27 PM, SCAM ALERT, SCAM ALERT said:
These jokers are the biggest scam artists in the world. Isn't it ironic how there terms are similiar to BidClerk? Guaranteed they signed up for BidClerks service and are just reselling the leads to ordinary hard working folks. What a scam!!

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