Bark

I have been trying to get android working for two weeks, and every day I speak with a different customer service rep, I have to explain the issue every day to a different customer service rep.
Problem, my child's phone is locked out of all service, I am unable to reassign the device. Bark doesn't provide phone support and there is no way of resolving this issue.
I will try to get my money back, this product isnt ready for release. Worst ever.

Miguel and his cousin@ *******690 took excellentv care of my large yard today that is heavily landscaped with a veriety of mature trees and shrubbery. They pruned, weeded, trimmed edges, raked up hauled away heavy grange and cuttings. The yard is clean and looks great. They also tested and repaired the extensive irrigation system. I highly recommend Miguel for your yardwork.

Was looking for a personal trainer after moving to a new city, got a few matches but only one person reached out to me. So I got what I was looking for but I dont think the platform is one I would use again.

Needed to find two local tradespeople - one PC repair, one TV repair. I found each on Bark with very little fuss and both were excellent. Hard working, very polite, completing the jobs for a fair price. I may have been lucky but am very grateful.

Bark create fake leads in order to take small businesses money. Hardly anyone response of the number and details provided even exist.
They then double charge you and refuse a refund.

Look at other ways to market your business, avoid at all costs!

Barks is the biggest scam and thief out there people please keep your selves away and when we speak the truth they simply terminate your business with credits in it with no good reason. They use one same lead for multiple platforms like one bone for ******* dogs. Now go get it. Most customers are also scam in there as well. Please refrain from this bark.com site and its leads as they are the biggest scam of all times. They don't like it when we bring it to their attention that they are the biggest scam so they keep your credit and terminate your account knowing they are from UK and no legal action under consumer regulations can be taken. They are all really rude with no English language on the phone either.

I can not believe the total amount of complete incompetence, rudeness, and unprofessionalism shown by any singular company on the planet.
I experienced things with Bark.com in the last two weeks that you could not possibly make up.
My first take on it when I viewed the leads was they looked so vague and incomplete I had already moved on to another leads company, however, they made me a 50% offer on the credits, so I thought I'd take a shot with them. Big mistake.
First off, they promise at least 10 or more leads in their starter packs.
I ended up with 8 leads, and six of them turned out to be completely fake ads, that had the word "Verified" beside them.
As I found out later, a lot of people just give fake information only to look at the inside of Bark, and the word verified is meaningless.
Each time I realized an ad was fake, and reported it, the minimum wage inexperienced staff members would rather pick a fight insisting I prove it was fake, rather than do their own investigation, which was pretty easy to do.
As of today's date, only 3 of the 6 fake ads have been returned in credit.
Where are all the employees? Other than the one rude obnoxious email opener, I've tried calling over five different times and sent over 20 emails in two weeks with only three of the emails replied to.
Bark is a total train wreck. I can not see this company lasting more than another year.

Nick is the best most efficient and easy going painter I have ever ever come across. Beautiful work, left the apartment spotless. Highly highly recommend.

Thank you Bark for putting me in touch with the wonderful Norman and his lovely wife from Fork and Nice. I contacted them with just one weeks notice and was blown away by the professional service they provided as well as the most delicious menu they laid on for my moms 80th birthday.
We highly recommend them for a very professional service.
Anthia Dixon and family

Used Bark a few times and it has proven to be very useful. Found local cleaners plumbers and gas engineers very quickly

I am getting the most ridiculous requests for our company's services. All through lockdown we are being asked for DJs, Magicians and acrobats to come to kids parties for 1 or 2 hours. Yes we are an entertainments company but never in all the years of working are we asked for such random services, especially in the Covid situation.
It definitely makes me think they have a computer sending regular fake requests to clients.
As soon as I see Bark in my inbox it's now immediately deleted

COMPLETE SCAM! Signed up with bark to get renovation leads. Bark said if the leads don't result in a job they would refund the credits. No one answered any of the numbers in the 6 leads so we called Bark and they did refund them. (that's 12 leads) 1 of the next 6 numbers worked and the one that worked said they were inundated with 10 calls from contractors, that they were annoyed and didn't want to talk to anyone else. Continued to call the numbers on several times with no answer - some numbers didn't even ring. Called Bark again to get a credit for the numbers that didn't answer and Bark said they verified the numbers so no credits were going to be issued. Realized we had more than 60 credits on the account and saw that the system charged us twice for additional leads when we didn't want them and they wouldn't refund that money either. Do NOT waste your money. This is no different than someone making up fake leads and charging you for them

Storm Ciara demolished the whole of my back fences, exposing the garden from the road, including the oil tank and the rear bedrooms. Within an hour I had been contacted by two good fencing firms, one of which came later that Sunday and gave me an estimate to renew the fencing as I want. The other arrived a day later but didn't send the estimate until the following Friday. As the work was urgent and both firms appeared good and professional, I gave the work to the first one (who were also a bit cheaper) as they appeared more keen to get on with it. They start tomorrow.

The person that Bark put in touch with me was very professional and very helpful. I will be making a second appointment. Thank you Bark.

Very quick find all tutors for my daughter. I like I can choose if same tutor was unlikely. Quick communication. Excellent service. Thanks you for your job.😊😉

I am a License-Insured NJ HIC Contractor with 35+ years of experience and local to Morristown, NJ... I had paid $160+ for the basic referral service. Bark.com is definitely a scam! The referrals I had received were without full names, without full addresses, with 90% of the referrals never responding to a phone message-text or an email... I had a friend use Bark.com for a bathroom remodel post within my area code, and my company did not come up as a choice for him, nor did I see his posting, which I should have for the money I had spent... I was able to speak to #2- out of the #10- referrals, who supposedly were committed to a garage conversion (which we have experience), and neither of these referrals were vetted by bark.com, which means that Bark.com does not even speak with anyone calling in for referral work... Unfortunately, neither referral was in a position to afford to do the project, and they called only to inquire information, which I advised free of charage! I would warn Handyman and Home Improvement Contractors not to waste any of their time or money with Bark.com!

I was so pleased with my windows I have asked for a regular window clean.
I would highly recommend this company as they wash the windows properly' leaving sparking windows.
Many thanks.

My first session with Gregor and I was a little nervous, not having done any serious exercise for quite a while. However it is never too late to start again, if you can find a personal trainer you can relate to.
My session was good, showed up my weaknesses! It was fun and we managed a few laughs along the way. Today I know I have done something more than usual, a good feeling.
Here's to the next session.

I replied to a quotation request and the customer? Sent over a plan of works once you opened it, it asked you to sign in to you your email account to access the document! This i unfortunately did then the document doesn't open and they have now got my details.
BARK should make sure that all there leads are viable and not put companies at risk with these type of false adverts.
I would infact say they are breaking the law and they sould be held accountable for the dater breach.

Fernando was excellent on time. Easy to speak to, clean up was done properly, job complete. The price was right for the work they did. Thank you

I think that the Bark system is good in some ways but the charging system for leads needs to be changed. It is way too expensive for service providers / freelancers as many of the jobs are not real jobs and it costs money to buy a contact even if they are not serious about hiring. As a service provider I am happy to pay a small amount of money for genuine leads, but often leads/job are posted with very vague information. Some clients are just fishing for a price but not intending to hire anyone. If I need to contact a potential client and ask for more information before I can quote, I am still charged by Bark even if the client does not reply. If a client is not willing to answer questions / discuss the job then I think that these are not genuine leads. In this case I think that Bark should not charge or should refund the credits.
I just purchased a lead and immediately the potential client cancelled their request, it seems very unfair that I should pay for this lead, if I had waited a few minutes then the lead would not even have existed!

Mark Wilson is a cosplayers best asset and dream. In less than a few hours I had some of the best photography untouched in my hands that I know I'll spend days figuring out which to actually retouch! Amazing person to work with and can't wait to work with him again!

Bark was recommended to me by a friend who had used the system with some success. My experience was completely different.

The leads aren't actually potential quality customers looking for my services they are all people just thinking about it and I'm paying for it. I spent quite a bit of money with bark And never got a single contract. As a start up business I could've put that money to better use. Bark did call me and tried to sell me another package which guaranteed me leads but After spending £250 and receiving nothing I won't be using them again.