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Quality Trades Register - does it exist?
ilikepoints
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had some work done by a builder - his printeed invoice claims he is a Class 1 member or the quality trades register with an official looking logo and everything. Searched for them on Google but not found anything.
Do they exist please or is it fake?
thanks
Do they exist please or is it fake?
thanks
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There are 100's of these so called Tradesman sites that anyone can register with for free or a small fee.
The problem is no one is vetted. Plus it is quite easy to make up a Logo on you pc and print off bill heads.
Best to always get recomendations .A thankyou is payment enough .0 -
yes i think he has made it himself. Confirms all my suspicions about him - work is very poor. Will have to take him to small claims court..0
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I am very reluctant to join any trade organisation as none of them, not even the government sponsored ones, will do much for my business except take money off me. None of them are widely accepted by the public, a lot of them would not even be recognised by the public. Here's a thread where tradesmen are talking about one organisation:
http://www.trustedtradesmen.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11476A house isn't a home without a cat.
Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others.
I have writer's block - I can't begin to tell you about it.
You told me again you preferred handsome men but for me you would make an exception.
It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.0 -
In the main I would agree, most of the organisations out there aren't exactly very good.
I tried to redress this by not taking money from the tradespeople that use my site, instead we vet people based on the work that they do and the comments from people that use them. It's far less biased and doesn't lead to the accusation that anyone can join if they pay as, they don't pay. Anyone in my trade can join but, step out of line without justification and they are quickly removed.
It can be done it just strikes me that, in most cases, it's done badly.
K."It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. Its what you know for sure that just ain't so." Mark Twain0 -
Can't comment on other trades, but the electrical industry is quite well regulated.
You should use a competent person for the work, links below
In Scotland:
Individuals regitered;
http://www.sbsa.gov.uk/register/ListAC.asp
Companies
http://www.sbsa.gov.uk/register/SearchCo.asp?T=Construction&ID=2
In England and Wales:
http://www.competentperson.co.uk
You will see links to the various schemes. The 2 I know personally of are NICEIC and SELECT (Scotland), and both have complaints procedures.baldly going on...0
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