I went to search Angie's List for contractors in my area and I entered Framing contractor into the search box, I should have been scared off since Angie's site reported that there were over 700 contractors in my city (Crestline, CA). I knew right off the bat that this number was inaccurate, since the tow on Crestline only has less than 10,000 people, 700 of them aren't contractors-even 70 is too high. Try like 3 or 4 and I'd be okay that figure. I thought that framers from surrounding areas were claiming Crestline as a town in their service area, which makes sense since some businesses do serve the area that aren't actually located there. So I thought it was the contractors who were lying. I signed up for a single month because it was $3.75 or so and I figured that it wasn't too much to risk. Then I entered the same terms in the search box after signing into my fresh one-month prepaid account and I got no results for "framing contractors" and after changing to "general contractors" I only got two results, neither of which had any useful reviews. Furthermore, the website is very hard to navigate as it's cluttered with all kins of useless text. Angie's List is a rip off. Granted, I bet that I would have found more contractors if I lived in a more populated area, though I only signed up because the initial results that showed so many contractors. Don't waste your $3.75. You'd be better off donating that money to the Boys and Girls Club or renting a lane at a bowling alley. I should asked Googled "Angie's List sucks" prior to spending a dime to see what popped up. Sure there are haters out there who defame good businesses, but there are plenty of quality anti-Angie's List reviews out there. Now, off to the a real source of info on local contractors.
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