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Alan of Incline Village NV (07/15/08)
This is the same company that is registered for IPInvestments.com. That company files frivolous lawsuits to extort money from small businesses. No surprise that they are affiliated with this site!
My small company of five is looking at anywhere between $25K and $1M (we don't have) to defend against a false patent-infringement. This is basically extortion since the legal costs are equal or more than the cost to settle. This is legalized extortion!
Corey of Auburn AL (07/02/08)
Wow!have i entered a time warp and am reading my own story before pressing enter? Fortunately I was only ripped off for 600.00; boy do I feel sorry for those of you who paid 3k. At any rate, one year later not a single lead. But, shame on me, i didn't update my profile. Indeed, if i had added to my profile over a time period of three months that our services had expanded from landscaping and irrigation to construction of nuclear reactors and rides to the moon (for a price of course). Had I added this to my profile I am sure they would have sent me at least a hundred leads (who wouldn't want to go to the moon and have their own in-home nuclear
reactor?).
I decided to have some fun with these guys just to see if their sham worked. I put on a wig and sunglasses so they couldn't recognize me and then called them up. I said i was looking for some landscape work in auburn (shhh, this is where i live and work). I gave everycontractor my wifes number. Well, when i get home she tells me EC was trying to hook her up with some dude called 'Steve' (hey Steve!stay away from my wife man!!, oh, I'm sorry, you just called because you wanted to landscape my yard). My company has 8 phones so I figure I can pull this trick off 8 times before I'm caught (I probably wouln't get my 600.00 back but what fun I'll have with them).
I wish D. trum_ had a hot-line because I just don't know if I should renew this service or not, any suggestions?
they ripped me off for 600.00
Pat of Orlando FL (05/14/08)
I have had the same experience with this company. Gave them money, they promised work, got only duplicate, old leads that had been sent from other companies weeks earlier.Then they claim that if you dont update your profile every three months they cant send you leads and you cant get a refund for 12 months. This is all you will get period. Save your money and dont deal with everycontractor.com
Brycen of Tuscumbia AL (05/12/08)
I too, as many others have been taken by these silver tongued devils. I am a landscape contractor and was promised great things by their sales department. The sales person went as far as stating many local construction projects in my area that were currently looking for contractors in my field, NEVER HAPPENED. We did have all the projects he mentioned going on locally, but all already had landscape contractors lined up. These people seem to use every tactic in the bag and then some to only rip off hard working americans just trying to better themselves and promote their business.
I am not a large contractor, but am fastly on my way. WITHOUT the help of everycontractor.com. My business and reputation have been built on honesty and customer trust. It pains me to even think of all the promises that have been broken and hard earned money lost to these kinds of people.
I ,STUPIDLY, gave these people $3500.00 with the expectations of a great direction for my company. I thought I did all the research before investing. Everycontractor.com had few complaints and only two better business bureau disputes at the time of purchase,5/11/07. My contract expired yesterday with ZERO leads a year later. I will recover from the $3500.00 loss with a very valuble lesson learned. Stick with local advertising and names that you know and trust.
Tasha of Fort Worth TX (05/09/08)
FAKE LEADS! For commercial leads, the GC hadn't even heard of everycontractor.com and hadn't solicited my type of bid. Residential leads were all phrased the same and every one, no matter how quickly I responded, had already secured a bid.
I lost a full year of marketing funds to this company.
Giovanni of Tarrytown NY (05/08/08)
I sighned up with them 5 months ago and they promise alot of leads of construction work in these five months I have not recived any leads in this time and they do not return my calls or e-mails.
Colleen of Newcastle CA (04/22/08)
Five years ago our company purchased a domain name and registered it with Everycontractor.com for $200.00 for 5 years. In February of this year they called wanting me to renew the name for another $200.00. We have not used the name but knew that we had it as soon as we developed a web page etc. Knowing that $200.00 is ridiculous for 5 years I asked that I transfer the name away from them. I was told that the name would go into a holding bin or some kind and that I needed to renew it right away. Okay, this was stupid on my part; I paid them the $200.00 to renew the name and then asked that it be set up for transfer. My receipt shows this. My web designer tried to transfer the name and was given the run around for 4 days. He was even told that we needed to pay $600.00 for the name. He knew better and they told him they would email the transfer information. Of course we never heard back. Everytime we called we were on hold for hours. I started calling and received the same treatment. I then find out that the name was purchased by another company that buys domain names back in 2006. So, I paid them for the original 5 years and then an additional 5 years and they didn't even have the name.
I finally got hold of the VP of operations who is a real ditz. It took me several calls with her. I explained that I wanted my $200.00 back and they needed to purchase the domain name back and transfer it to me. She tells me that she can't do that. She finally agrees to giving me the original $200.00 and the renewal totalling $400.00. She was to email me a release form of some kind. Not to my surprise, I can't seem to get the woman to send the form let alone the refund she promised. In the meantime I purchased the domain name back from buydomains.com. She actually had the never to say that there shouldn't be a problem because I hadn't used the name for the first 5 years.
I am out the $500.00 that it took to purchase the domain name. Everycontractor.com has the original $200.00 plus the renewal of $200.00 when they didn't even have the name when they renewed it with me. This has cost me many hours of my time.
Corey of North Highlands CA (03/07/08)
I signed up with everycontractor.com. I had an agreement that they would provide a 20 to 1 return on investment. They explained that they have so much work that there customers need to pull their advertisement from time to time just to keep up with the work. I signed up as a perferred contractor for $3000.00. After 60 days and not receiving any work, I would email them no response. I would call, and when a real person DID pick up the phone I was told that major advertising in my area was going on, and I would receive work soon. In 1 year's time I received NO work. I finally got through to Everycontractor on the phone and was told that I did not return an email once during the 1 year period and this voided the contractor. OH. This also meant they did not have to return my $3000.00.
Jazmine of Las Vegas NV (03/05/08)
Everyone has complaints about services they chose to use. I used everycontractor and got great results so I dont beleive that all these people have not received leads, and after reading the complaints, they all sound exactly alike, and I do mean exactlty; like word for word, so It looks like someone got angry because they werent entitled to a refund after tems of the contract were not met (which are very strict). The company has been in business for over 10 years and had over 40,000 contractors. I seen about 6 or 7 complaints here, What percentage is that? Come on poeple think about it. Also have you looked at complaints from the homeowners stating not to use this service because some contractors dont contact them in a timely matter. Please if you're going to bash another company, do some real research. A few complaints within a company of that size is okay, Check out complaints on Disneyworld and They're the happiest place on earth.
Jt of Garden Prairie IL (02/11/08)
I recently found your website and read the complaints that the numerous other individuals had about everycontractor.com. Reading their stories was like reading our own story, almost word for word. We are currently trying to obtain a $3,500 refund. What can we do as a group to help each other? Something has to be done and soon.
Loss of $3,500 plus the numerous hours spent attempting to get their so-called leads.
David of Matawan NJ (01/14/08)
In January 2006 I purchased a preferred contractor program and was said to be guaranteed 15 times the amount of my investment ($3000) within 12 months--whether it takes 5 jobs to bid on or 50 jobs to bid on. "Our job is to deliver you the proper return on investment" was advertised in their packets. Also, in writing they guaranteed a return of $45,000 in the form of a signed and contracted job or a combination of signed or contracted jobs. They also claim an iron clad, money back guarantee if results are not met within 12 months. Well, one year went by and they delivered NO jobs. The leads they delivered were all dead leads. The potential clients would never schedule estimates and never return calls. Most of them seemed angry and annoyed I was contacting them.
Well, I tried to get my money back and was declined because one time throughout the year I did not press the save changes button for the address and business info that had not changed. So, instead they gave me a t-shirt (hardly worth $3000) and extended the advertisement with the same guarantee for one year. Another year has passed; and every time I call, the person I need to speak with is unavailable or not in. I have left several messages, and my calls have not been returned. Whatever you do--do not advertise with everycontactor.com!
The consequences of this are a loss of $3000 plus all the man hours it has taken to try to resolve this issue! These hours are still to be determined.
Judi of Flagstaff AZ (10/16/07)
I purchase from Everycontractor.com a Preferred Contractor Program which guarantees $54,000 in contracted work within one year, with a guaranteed refund if I did not receive the contracted work/sales. I have often contacted my account rep and have emailed, requesting my $3,000 refund--and no response from the company. I received two leads of potential customers without funds to do the work; each were under $1,000. I have not had other leads from EveryContractor.com.
Melynda of Shawnee KS (10/02/07)
My business, Maintenance Made Simple, signed up with EveryContractor.com as a Preferred Contractor. According to the contract, which begun on 8/4/06, they were going to provide me with $72,000 worth of business from 8/4/06 to 8/4/07 or I would receive my $3000.00 back which I paid to be a part of the Preferred Contractor Program. In actuality, I received $0.00 worth of business. I have called, emailed, faxed, and sent certified letters to EveryContractor.com stating that the contract has expired and I have yet to receive any response from the company.
This resulted in a loss of $3000 which I was promised would be returned to me if they did not meet their part of the contract.
Gilbert of Los Banos CA (10/02/07)
I purchased an enrollment in EveryContractors Preferred Contractor Program on July 25, 2006 for my business in Modesto, California. My decision to purchase this program was based upon their offer of providing me a guaranteed return on investment in the from of signed and contracted jobs and/or sales. My purchased of the program constituted my acceptance of their offer, creating a binding and enforceable contract between us. I have performed my obligations under the contract. I paid the full purchase price of $3000 and then proceeded to fulfill my portion of the agreement. EveryContractor has failed to uphold their agreement with us. Past attempts to resolve this situation with their agency have gone without a responses.
Stephen of Mount Laurel NJ (09/28/07)
I purchased an enrollment in EveryContractor's Preferred Contractor Program on July 28, 2006 for my business in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. My decision to purchase this program was based upon their offer of providing me a guaranteed return on investment (ROI) in the form of signed and contracted jobs and/or sales.? My purchase of the program constituted my acceptance of the offer, creating a binding and enforceable contract between us. I have performed my obligations under the contract. I paid the full purchase price of $3000 and then proceeded to fulfill my portion of the agreement by updating my profile, accepting/declining all leads, contacting customers in a timely manner, and providing feedback. I have requested a refund in accordance with the terms of the contract. However, attempts to resolve this situation with EveryContracor have gone without a response. EveryContractor claims that my profile was not updated until January of 2007,so they are not required to return my money until a year from that date. However, my program started in July 29, 2007. I accepted a job from them that same month--how could I accept a job on their website in July if I didn't update my profile until January? Also, everytime you access the website, your profile is updated. If that's the case, the year technically never ends.
EveryContractor failed to perform under the terms of their agreement and I am demanding my $3000 fee returned IAW the contract.
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