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This has been covered before, the following threads have pretty comprehensive responses to your question;
http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/rated-people-trad...
http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/rated-people-1
http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/rated-people-2
http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/rated-people
http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/rated-peoplecom
This is my response in 2010, which I still stand by;
"Further to previous discussions - Our quarterly membership just ended - and they were most shocked, and then took another £47 dd before suspending our account ---
Simple output for us was that they were asking for £10-£14 per lead for what are often clearly 30-50 jobs, and again of those we tried 8 out of the 9 were people looking for a garden tidy for £50 or a patio for under £200 - total time wasters living in cloud-cuckoo land, beliving the nonsense in the adds about cheap labour and jobs.
To quote one customer "its supposed to be 40% cheaper isn't it?" They simply demanded 40% off what they thought maint work was worth, which was already low.
Not worth it at all given the pricing structure and nature of our trade."
Tried and they failed me badly!
An auwful and FLAUD way of generating business.
As the above says some jobs i had to pay £10 for and it was a small small job.
And you also get lots of people wanting a £100 job done for £5!
Avoid!
I havnt use rated peolple for the last 18months, as i was more than busy enough with self generated work
In the past i used them, and if you were choosy about jobs it could be ok!, i had some good jobs, several are still regulars of mine, but also some real timewasters and pathetically small jobs. On the whole id say the low value work outways the better jobs, but it can be of use if you are cautious but, then again i am in south london where i guess the chances of a higher value job are increased, maybe!