[phoenix]

back to Angie's list as I have stated I have enjoyed having it in Phoenix which of course is a large city so whether it will work in lakes region who knows but I will give it a shot. How the process works in the 6 times i have used it . the list of say plumbers is available with the reviews and you book and pay thru Angie's list . You get a receipt and call the contractor to schedule. You give the contractor the receipt when the work is done. A few days after that you get a request from Angie's list to rate which you do . the contractor gets to see it and issue a rebuttal and contradict if a negative review. Also Angie's list gets involved to try to resolve . It's not perfect and i am sure if a bunch of friends want to tout a contractor they can buy the service . But to my knowledge cant " stuff the ballot boxes". It seems to offer an alternative but will see if it works in lakes region. Don't know if they sell the e mails as I get so many spam e mails anyway but I haven't noticed a lot of contractors sending me notes. Angie's list makes its money on the yearly fee and I suspect they take a fee off the payment from the various contractors.