Angie's List

I have been an Angie's List member for several years now...don't ask me why...probably because they snagged my credit card information and keep billing me annually for membership renewals, without asking if I want to continue to be a ...

Unfortunately, Angies list suffers from three problems that make it more or less useless:1) They are constantly bombarding their members with garbage "offers" coupons etc. It really is like paying a monthly fee for the privledge of being added to ...

Our horror story regarding Angie’s list involves us purchasing “The Big Deal” service for dryer vent and line cleaning purchased on April 19, 2011.  In summary, we felt as though the services we received were "switch and ...

I am about to do some home improvement so i joined and tried to use Angie's list as it seemed like a good strategy to get more reliable contractors.  Got unanticipated scary and lax reponses. I selected 2 "top 10" rated contractors. My first ...

I do not recommend this service!  I was looking for a reputable roofer and decided to give this service a try.  For anyone interested in joining, do not join at full price.  Look for coupons, or just let them get your email from you and ...

I signed up for Angie's List a month after I bought my new home.  I was new to the area, did not know ANYONE, so I relied on Angie's List.  I used a home inspector, handyman, home contractor, electrician from this list.  Just recently, I ...

I am a remodeling comtractor in the mid-south. After seeing the angie's list ad on t.v., I decided to go to the site to see how it worked. I discovered that they were offering free trials in my area, and decided to set up an account with bogus ...

Um, useless in our small metropolitan city. Imagine if I put up a website called "MyRecipies.com" and advertised "Choose from thousands of recipies from real people for different dishes." So you buy, right? Great, time-tested recipes.As it turns ...

I really like the idea of Angie's list, but they literally have nothing without the open, honest reviews of actual consumers of business services. I am in a rather large metropolitan area (Los Angeles) that has not yet been fully immersed by consumers ...

  I have a number of serious complaints about Angie's List: 1. The company does not publish a direct phone number. Instead, they display a toll-free number only--even to paid members (which I am). (For your information, the direct number ...

Angie's List is not accurate or fair.I need some wide spread Good Press to counter the bogus press on Angie’s List.In my experienced opinion, Angie’s List is lousy at providing useful or accurate information on their popular ...

Angie's List is very much like Epinions.com where members rate various local or regional contractors, service companies, and now even doctors. Unlike Epinions which is free, membership to Angie's List currently costs $53/year. This membership allows ...

As someone who's suffered my share of half-wits, con men, and n'er do-wells in the area of contractors, I was excited by the prospect of having the "low down" on these "professionals" before setting off on yet another Home Improvement Wild Goose Chase. ...

Angie's list is poorly implemented, although a teriffic idea. The biggest problem is they do not allow business owners to add their own businesses. Being a business owner, I wanted to be included, but was not successful in getting a customer (EVEN ...

Angie's List is excellent! I subscribed as we were moving to a new area in a large city and didn't know anyone or any service providers. I have since continued my membership because I have been so happy with their services. All of the providers we ...

My wife signed us up for Angie's List last year and I didn't understand it at first and was mad that she spent money just to look at a list of companies when we already had a phone book that served the same purpose. After we used the list a couple of ...

We live in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. We decided to try Angie's list because we needed to have painting and carpeting done and wanted a good contractor and their premise seemed like a good idea. I was disappointed with Angie's List for the ...

If you really want to find out what kind of work a contractor has been doing, it’s best to hear it from their clients. Looking up companies in the phone book is a craps shoot. Sometimes you win sometimes you lose. Angie’s List allows you to ...

A great idea, but not everywhere well implemented. Angie's List is profit-making business: not an unbiased, non-profit like Consumer Reports. Read further to see how they try to renege on their 'membership' guarantees. In my midwestern location, the ...

Angie's List is the BEST way to find good people to do work in your local area. They are a yearly membership that you pay $50-$60 to join, but i agree with the other review, it is well worth it to avoid the headaches of a bad experience. They also ...

Epinions is fantastic, don't you think? Do you ever wish that there were an "Epinions Local" sort of service that you could use to find out who the best handymen and contractors were in your area? Or where to get the best haircut? If so, then you'll ...

Pros: None
Cons: Contradicting information; questionable BBB rating

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Perseverance is my middle name, which results in some strange looks when presenting identification to cashiers, highway patrol officers and banking personnel. I sit here at my keyboard, my head...

Originally the Angie's List was 10$ per year.  On the renewal they did not bill it just shows up on my PayPal at 27.99$.  I spoke with a rep on chat they first offer 20% discount to keep the membership.  I said no not worth it and he

This review is meant to be a warning and serious heads-up.  Since Angie's List went public in 2011, it became a scam.  My relative had a bathroom repaired through a 'highly rated' and very prominently posted contractor on AL.  Turns out

Joined looking for a roofing contractor-Angie's list rep told me they had about 200 from my area (Dayton Ohio) so I joined. There were about 10 roofers with reviews and over a hundred that had only their name and phone from the yellow pages. What a

This is a hugely disappointing service. I signed up expecting a wealth of reviews on various places and services and was shocked to find that there are so few actual reviews. I live in Austin and to my surprise I couldn't really find any reviews of any

Was a member of AngiesList and tried hiring a business to remodel my bathroom.   I called some of the contractors and many did not have a showroom or retail store to see products. Books and pictures, and that didn't work well.  First

Angie's List "sells" these "Big Deals" - STAY AWAY.  You pre-pay Angie's List for a contractor for a designated job/skill.  NEVER PAY UP FRONT!!!  They gave my money to the contractor months before he ever tried to do the job.  He was

Yep, a scam and fraud. First, they suck you in...to see Angie's List pay up. But then, surprise you can only see one list. They silo different lists under the unilateral, misnomer LIST. To see another list, pay more. Oh, and for the thirdlist, another

I would not recommend joining Angie's list. I had a membership, and at the end of my membership period, they renewed it automatically on my credit card without letting me know. Apparently, I was on auto renew without my knowledge....fine, except they

I live in South Florida and was driving to Orlando, about 200 miles away when my car broke down enroute near Sebastain. I was not familiar with auto repair shops in the area so I signed up on  Angie's List assuming I would be able to find a service

It is more difficult to cancel your membership with Angie's List than to initiate it... That should say it all.  They let contractors pay to get higher positioning in the results page -- this is a money driven business, not a user-oriented

I have determined that Angie's list is not worth paying for. Reviews are skewed because the review makes the home address of the reviewer made available to the provider. In the case of the plumber provider from hell, listed as a good one on Angie's

After seeing the numerous TV commercials i decided to see what Angie List was all about. After signing up i went on vacation for a week and returned to a inbox full of spam from Angie's List then its "partners". It surprised me how much emails they

There was a good network of service providers on the site but not all of them were licensed, bonded and insured. Anyone looking to have a contractor, landscaper or anyone in your home for that matter should DEMAND those requirements. It was nice to see

Angie's list sucks.  I live in the metro NY area...so lots of businesses should be reviewed.  Joined to get info about local roofers.  Roofers is the first item listed in the TV ad.  Surprise.  The closest roofer was 125 miles

Too many bogus & inaccurate 'ads' on Angie's List. I know of businesses that have their employees write reviews when not busy & some that write negative reviews of competitors. Do yourself a favor and ask friends & relatives for referrals.

I was horrified to find my fired contractor Mountain Lakes Contracting in the N H lakes region  listed, Steve Jones is a con, he promises the world cheap and then rips you off. Filthy worksite, shotty work, no oversite, change orders to

They charge you money for "membership" and then proceed to SPAM you with emails on a daily basis. They will continue even after you unsubscribe until you threaten to report them. If that isn't bad enough, their search capability makes it impossible

I wouldn't go near Angie's list as a subscriber.  I signed up and immediately started receiving text messages on my cell phone number.  Whoever Angie is, your phone number and email address are sold immediately.The information in

I was looking for a dependable roofer in my area.  I decided to join Angie's List for the shortest term possible...3 or 4 weeks for $8.95.  I found nothing acceptable and decided not to extend my membership.That was 10 months ago and I just

Very unhappy about experience here - first, there were no reviews in my area for what I was looking for. In fact, there were very few reviews in my area for ANYTHING! (I live in a rural area.) Then several months later they automatically renewed my

I subscribed and began searching for different service providers on Long Island.  What I saw was more like a phone listing with very few usable reviews, 1 or 2 at most for the few companies which were even rated.  After the first year, I

I ordered one month membership by paying about $15, and after one month of use, I didn't renew my membership, guess what had happend, I got charged $5 per month for another three months until I accidentally found out, I

Why pay for a membership to see how a business rates when you can get business credibility from the bbb for free, or word of mouth, hello!! someone needs to rate this biz. guess i'll have to check  out angie at the bbb. what a

I started to sign up for Angie's List, and the first form I was greeted with took down all my information. Only AFTER I clicked 'continue' did I learn that this is a PAY for use site. At this point, I said forget it, and opted not to continue. Thankfully

I called to cancel my subscription on 5/01.  My subscription was supposed to end on 5/04.  Today I recieved notice from American Express that I was billed on the day I called.  To me this was an obvious attempt to cheat me out of my

I have found that Angies List does very little, if anything, to ensure any sort of accuracy of information posted about a company. And it is true that Angies List edits a companies response to a posting; especially if it contains any negative comments

STAY AWAY FROM ANGIE'S LIST!!! AFTER I JOINED I STARTED GETTING SO MUCH SPAM IT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS ALL FROM HOME IMPROVEMENT, MORTGAGE COMPANIES, ETC. AND AS THIS WAS THE ONLY SERVICE I JOINED IN A YEAR I BELIEVE IT COME FROM THEM...ALTHOUGH I HAVE NO

I tried to become a member of Angie's list. They sent me discount codes three times - and none of them worked. When I contacted customer service to ask for help - no one got back to me, even though I sent 4 requests in over a week's period of time.

I'm a contractor on angies list. I don't pay for advertising. Angie's list is very highly rated, but it's changing. The average consumer doesn't know that when you use or even click on a contractor, Angie's list salesperson calls that contractor

Angie's List sounds wonderful, but it is just a money making operation under the guise of a consumer advocacy group. It's quite simple, businesses who care about their reviews simply buy memberships posing as consumers and write great reviews about

At a local home and garden show, my partner and I met a vendor who gave referrals for contract work, for free. We talked with him and drafted a list of all the work we wanted to get done on our house. A few days later, he called us with some people

I asked for a refund. On most of the service providers in my area, there was just a single review. One person's experience isn't any better than just 'asking around.' What finally tore it is I needed a new pair of glasses. Couldn't find opticians

Angie's List is awesome. Check it out at www.angieslist.com - you can find out which companies are doing great work in your area. The list is a collection of people's comments and stories about the companies they've hired. There's lots of detail - you

I'm a carpet cleaner in Seattle. I also travel the country screening for the best carpet cleaners in each given are. Unlike the Consumer, I actually have considerable knowledge in what makes a good carpet cleaner. I have seen little correlation in