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I thought services like Angie's List were a way to circumvent the 'finding a _____ guy/gal' for some job. How do you envision a perfect service functioning?

• ghaff 8y ago
  Ask your neighbors for a recommendation? I actually don't mean to be facetious. I'm just not sure that finding a good general contractor is as amenable to a tech fix as getting a driver from point A to point B. Where the post lost me was implying that Uber for X was part of a logical progression and I'm not sure it is. I'm not sure what's available today for things like local plumbers is any better than the Yellow Pages was 20 years ago. Especially once you get out of high density population centers.
  • all2 8y ago
    And for a plumber I'd rather a) do it myself if I can, or b) ask family for a recommendation. I see your point. Trust is a key issue, I think.
    • ghaff 8y ago
      >Trust is a key issue, I think. Yes. And that's also the business challenge with these listing services. Once you find that A+ plumber you'll just work with them off-list. (For cookie cutter jobs, I've been happy enough just using the Yellow Pages but for something more complex and ill-defined I'd rather have someone I know and trust.) That was my biggest annoyance about the contractor I had for my last big job. I would have loved to have a new contractor person in my Rolodex but nope. Just too hard to deal with.