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Has my 86 year old Mum been ripped off £730

gjf_2 · 2021-12-06 10:37:32

Went on Checkatrader which leads on to Barkteam.com to get a roofer to repoint ridge/hip tiles & guttering work done on her bungalow. This person has 54 reviews so I thought he must be reasonable? Whilst the repointing isn’t the tidiest it’ll do. However the guttering is low at the corner where it should be the highest to…

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canaldumidi Posts: 3,511 Forumite

7 December 2021 at 2:33AM

I read the "Went on Checkatrader which leads on ...." and immediately thought "Well, there you go then".
A commercial website dependant for its income on subscriptions from.... contractors. Why would they alienate their fee-paying cients by posting all negative reviews? Why would they assiduously monitor for positive reviews by their cleints' friends and family?

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