Allan: Things may have changed since we used them (or rather, vice versa). This outfit is certainly ramping up their advertising media dollars. My advice would be 1) Make sure you do not mind having to cancel the credit card you give them (you may want to terminate service later); 2) Get and READ their lead return policy.... become a speed demon when returning leads. Along with the occasional solar lead, you may be receiving names of people who want to do anything for their home from re-roofing to installing double pane windows on the doghouse. And get used to seeing the same contractors bidding against you on any of their referrals. SunPower has recently engaged their services on a trial basis but we are loathe to give them a credit card number. The only magic for us was how they made our dollars disappear....but things may be different now. Calfinder is cut from the same cloth - quite literally. If I ever hear anything differently on these people in the future, I'll let you know. If you do go ahead with their service, let us know how it goes. Patrick A. Redgate AMECO Solar, Inc. Serving Solar California Since 1974 7623 Somerset, Blvd. Paramount, CA 90723 562-633-4400
_www.solarexpert.com_ (http://www.solarexpert.com/) _www.amecosolar.com_ (http://www.amecosolar.com/) (http://www.positiveenergysolar.com/) In a message dated 4/20/2010 10:50:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, r...@solarray.com writes: Once you sign up, they start charging you, even for bogus leads. You never get your money back, just credit (if you're lucky) to get more bogus leads. Also, they waste a lot of your time with different sales reps calling you, but never talking to each other, their internal communication is zilch. Here's a quick breakdown of our experience: cash out of pocket: around $40 time talking to reps, paperwork: 20hrs Leads generated: a Renter wanting more information on"that solar stuff", who was about an hour away. Aggravation in dealing with a company that really seems to be unscrupulous: Priceless. I was already suspicious before the first lead, but decided to see. As soon as I saw they had zero filtering of the leads, I immediately moved to dump them, which took weeks, BTW. R. Walters _...@solarray.com_ (mailto:r...@solarray.com) Solar Engineer On Apr 19, 2010, at 8:50 PM, Allan Sindelar wrote: Wrenches, There was a thread last year about Service Magic's lead generation "service". At that time, the strongest message I heard was not to let them in, because their leads are seldom good and you can't get rid of them. I don't think that I recall a single positive review of them on this list. Has anything changed since then? What's the current story, please? Thanks, Allan -- _<xm Allan Sindelar al...@positiveenergysolar.com_ (mailto:al...@positiveenergysolar.com) NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer EE98J Journeyman Electrician Positive Energy, Inc. 3201 Calle Marie Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 505 424-1112 _www.positiveenergysolar.com_ (http://www.positiveenergysolar.com/)
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