RatedPeople

Chris contacted me very quickly after posting my advert and arranged to call to look at the job. We received a quote straight away and the work was completed to a very high standard which consisted of preparing and painting fachias to the outside of the house. Chris and his workers were always polite, courteous and on time. They were very tidy, always clearing up after themselves.
We were delighted with the excellent job Chris and his workers did for a very reasonable price. I would definitely recommend this company

Joined Rated People, was told about lots of jobs for decorators, first month was £70+vat got zero jobs, so I reduced to £42 inc vat a month, still no jobs, if you can call decorate a whole house for £2000 I couldn't believe people took in, so under priced! No wonder people criticise the tradesmen, pay as little as possible and you will get the dregs of tradesmen, if you can call them that.
I am now in a 12 month contract, still no jobs, all way below what I would charge, but still they charge me.
Avoid at all cost, the "customers " have no idea what professionals charge, hence why they end up with cowboys.

Put a job out and got a reply. The guy gave his name and did the job so I paid. The work didn't last the day and buckled and leaked. Now I know his name is false and he had no I yention if doing a proper job and no full refund forthcoming. Rated people won't reply to my emails. You're safer closing your eyes and poking the old yellow pages.

Rated people. Seriously dont bother.
Save your money and time. They dont vet leads.
I read a lead once that said " for hire one foxy lady who loves cxxk.

They will cancel youre account if you dont subscribe to paying massive yearly subscriptions.
They will not refund a lead price... no matter how foxy you are!
They employ staff who can only read from dummy cards.

Listen. The concept of rated is viable it is but the underhanded conduct of this company cant be forgiven.
Big money is being made by this company on a daily basis and its tradesmen and women are being abused.

Blind robin hoods robbing from the poor to feed the rich...

How long is left on the cards for rated people?
Me thinks not long!

I have been a member of rated people since 2010. In that time I have managed to gain work through them. The problem is the price of the leads are very expensive in my case around £60 each, and if the person putting the job on the website does not get back to you or has changed there mind then we get screwed as rated people don't allow a refund. This website has become a rip off and they don't have any respect for the trademens anymore greed has got the better of them and taking into consideration it was started up by a guy called Andrew Skipwith who once was ripped off himself he has let greed become the better of him.

Rated People do not sufficiently vet the tradespeople they advertise on their platform, they only check the current credit score of anyone applying to them. This means that an individual can open up a LTD company and apply with a clean record even if they have a dubious history and scores of scam companies behind them. They only trades they check for are plumbers on the Gas Safe register. No other competency checks are performed for other trades. It means that anyone with a screwdriver can pretend to be an electrician. The reviews on the platform can be easily faked and are not a true indication of competency. A rogue tradesperson can have people they know advertise fake jobs, then they pay for the lead, both pretend it's been done and submit a 5 star review. I am sure that the platform has a majority of reputable trades on there but if anything goes wrong, you are on your own. In this current day and age, people are crying out for quality trades, most of whom seldom need to advertise. So who are the people on here? We are currently taking a conman to court over electrical work, sourced via Rated People. He has falsely advertised NICEIC membership, he has owned, operated and closed 12 LTD companies in 7 years and this is "Vetting" for you. Beware. 2 Stars is for the fact that they removed this scum from their platform, he should never have been on there in the first place.

I wrote a one star review for a company who did a dreadful job in my garden and we're ordered by court to repay my money. Rated People didn't put it on the website. I messaged them 4 times through the website, no response. They responded to a review I put on Trustpilot, asked me to email and that the issues would be dealt with ASAP. I emailed 6th June and again 16th June. No response from Rated People. Avoid this website, they have no regard for the customer at all and support tradesmen rather than the people hiring them.

Hetas stove installer Steve Hill from Steve Hill & Stoves Flue systems (High Wycombe) is one to avoid. After starting work by coming to my house to commission a wood burning stove he left me waiting nearly three months and finally emailed me to say he could not do the job. He previously said the installation was perfect but had not noticed that the Flue was missing a flue adjuster which is now required by law...what a cowboy.
I called him and told him I would report him to Hetas so he changed his mind again and said he would do it, however later that night he rang me up and sounded very drunk on the phone and said he would not be doing the job and furthermore he would come over to my house and threaten me...i had to report the incident to the police. Stay away...in my opinion a dangerous and unstable chap who is not able to hold his drink.
Hetas have now arranged for a different stove installer to attend site and this new chap is very nice and is going a great job. Pity some people are so nasty and give a bad reputation to some trades.

I used rated people to select a rated decorator. He was rude and I wrote a review. It was published. The next day the said review and another that was not favourable was no longer there. This leads me to believe that the service is a waste of time as the views shown are not representative.

The leads are expensive and most of them are duds. Rated People falls somewhere between the category of "parasites" and "scammers". Save your money, and stay well clear. What they are doing should be illegal.

Conmen selling lies and fake leads to Contractors and empty promises to the Customers...
Cowboys and Losers fancy to con Customers. Only 20% of Leads are real Customers! Contractors are wasting money paying for 80% of fake leads!