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I had similar trying to get quotes for a plumber to fit a boiler in London. After phoning the first person in the Yellow Pages and booking an appointment for th
by ljf 5y ago
I had similar trying to get quotes for a plumber to fit a boiler in London. After phoning the first person in the Yellow Pages and booking an appointment for them to come and quote, I moved down the list. 8 of the first 10 I called admitted to just being the same company, using different names - they obvs only wanted to book in to quote once! When they came they were lovely but there quote was very low and also low on detail for what they'd do. I found someone local in the end.
Old school spam!
- Nextgrid 5y agoI was wondering why this was so specific to locksmiths as I imagined the same would apply to other trades. Thanks for confirming my suspicions. I guess when it comes to licensed trades the best course of action is to ignore Google or similar unaccountable cesspools and see if that trades' licensing organization provides a list of licensed tradespeople - unlike Google they typically have an incentive to keep it clean and spam-free (unless someone wants to pay to pass the certification multiple times under different names I guess?).
- astura 5y ago>I was wondering why this was so specific to locksmiths Because you're locked out of your house, you usually need to get in ASAP, especially if it's late at night. You're in a vulnerable and low-knowledge position (most people aren't familiar with their local locksmiths). Its also not in a position that anyone expects to ever be in. So you call the "closest" place on Google maps.