[Ian101]

http://reportacustomer.com/

not sure if you all know about this or not.

I check every new customer through it.

[AuRavelling79]

Looks good. Any downside to joining?

What's to stop (e.g.) a malicious reporting?

[Cookie]

Have you found any of your prospective  customers listed on here? If you did would you refuse to window clean for them?

The downside with this sort of website, like with Google ratings, Trip Advisor etc... is that people can use them just to "get even". We've seen this on some recent posts to this forum...

[Marc Stock]

I'm not entirely sure this is even legal to do. There is no validation, no lookup of electoral voting, and follows absoully no regulations on data protection, mal-use, and it wont surprise me if it gets taken down.  The fact it is also littered with swear words and a general angst towards the possibility of new customers failing to pay its very biased. In addition to this, i wouldnt use this site as you can risk being sued for deformation of character.

If you really need to credit check a customer, do it the proper way with the correct tools to start with.  There are plenty of sites that offer genuine credit checks, that are compliant with uk law for a small fee.

[the king]

im also not shore if this is legal  but i think most of us that have bin in the trade for a number of years lurn the tel tale signs of a messer alltho we all get cault out every now and again 

[Ian101]

Looks good. Any downside to joining?

What's to stop (e.g.) a malicious reporting?

downside / malicious reporting  ... no idea its not my site 

[Ian101]

Have you found any of your prospective  customers listed on here? If you did would you refuse to window clean for them?

The downside with this sort of website, like with Google ratings, Trip Advisor etc... is that people can use them just to "get even". We've seen this on some recent posts to this forum...

I would tell them and ask for payment up front though I no longer clean windows .. pressure washing .. roof cleaning etc these days

[Ian101]

I'm not entirely sure this is even legal to do. There is no validation, no lookup of electoral voting, and follows absoully no regulations on data protection, mal-use, and it wont surprise me if it gets taken down.  The fact it is also littered with swear words and a general angst towards the possibility of new customers failing to pay its very biased. In addition to this, i wouldnt use this site as you can risk being sued for deformation of character.

If you really need to credit check a customer, do it the proper way with the correct tools to start with.  There are plenty of sites that offer genuine credit checks, that are compliant with uk law for a small fee.

no offence Mark  but I couldn't give a toss if its a legal site or not ... I would rather find out a £800 job was a chancer before I commenced any work.

also not my site so legal or not I aint bothered (spoke in style of Katherine tate character)

[Ian101]

im also not shore if this is legal  but i think most of us that have bin in the trade for a number of years lurn the tel tale signs of a messer alltho we all get cault out every now and again 

the old spider senses 

[windowswashed]

I've joined, the more that join the better informed we become
Obviously take things with a pinch of salt and commonsense but it can't hurt to join after all customers are quick enough to bad mouth tradesmen