From the article: "Why can't I get decent contractors from ServiceMagic?"
Like it, hate it, ServiceMagic is a dominant force in matching homeowners with contractors. What's your experience with ServiceMagic? Review Now
Do business with caution
- Been using ServiceMagic for some months now and have only got 3 leads from them. All three leads were excellent. BUT be warned that Service Magic posts advertising for your company with there own phone number and web address. They do not post your actual info. It's a way for them to hijack your customers online. They have done this on WhitePages.com and CitySearch.com and couple others.
- —Guest Angry Business Man
They do not verify for insurance!
- insurance and workmans comp is not verified for. Buyer Beware!
- —Guest treedoc1
Fencer
- I got a fencer named Allan from Dunfermline, Scotland, through your contact. He was excellent for price, manner and skill. Thank you.
- —Guest Sekar Natarajan
Not Good
- Servicemagic appears to posts only favorable reviews of contractors that they recommend. I had Sanrad, Design come to fix the work that they did, and it was done poorly. I put this in my review which was never published. ServiceMagic did not respond to me when I questioned them about it 3 times. I would not recommend Servicemagic.
- —SirEdward7
Home owner
- You referred Shaw maintenance & I hired them they are from Effort Pa 18330 I have been trying to contact Shaw but phone is disconnected any suggestions ? ++ This site does not make referrals. You may be thinking of a referral from ServiceMagic. You should contact ServiceMagic to find this number. - ed.
- —Guest Dominick R. Perruso
home owner
- I used 2 referrals from Service Magic and they were both great! The Traditions Glass contractor installed glass shower doors and was very professional. He did exactly what was promised in the time quoted
- —Guest B Butler
Matched, but not very well
- Used ServiceMagic for a contractor to build an addition. The contractor pretty much gave a cookie-cutter estimate that, he admitted, could shift by tens of thousands of dollars. His heart wasn't in it, and he even said as much. He said that he got so many "bad leads" from homeowners that he no longer took much time on cultivating a sale because 95% of them fell through.
- —RenovateHouse
