How do you usually find a new handyman, plumber or electrician?
Thankfully, we have a lot of resources at our fingertips, now there are web sites for consumers to post their own experience and comments - in the same way members post their own product reviews on SheSpeaks Do Tell. People use these online sites (mainly serving larger cities at this point) to establish and verify a service record for local household services. Now online referrals are available for the gamut of products and local services.
I've moved fairly often in my adult life, and it is always a tough process to identify the best qualified and most professional furnace repairman or electrician. So, what is your method to rid household problem madness?
Yellow pages|It still seems like the most direct route ? let my fingers do the walking (16.4%)
Internet|I don't need a phone book anymore and, even local services now have web sites and testimonials. (13.1%)
Friend's recommendation|Unless its an emergency need, I take time to ask discriminating friends.) (68.5%)
Newspaper, TV or radio ad|Ad campaigns seem to stick in my mind and I haven't been burned yet. (2.2%)
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although i use recommendations it can also ruin a friendship if its not done correct.
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I usually try to get recommendations from friends and co-workers. If it's an emergency then we use the yellow pages or internet. Luckily, my husband works in the plumbing industry and has lots of friends who are plumbers. That alone has saved us a ton of money.
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My former landlord is a contractor in a neighboring state. I value his opinion because he hears both the praise and the horror stories through his job. Once I get some names from him, I check with my family and friends to see if they are familiar with them, or if they have other recommendations.
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I rely on recomadations from friends
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