The Blue Book Network

First of all, you guys gave me one month free, which I didn't recognize. I didn't receive any phone calls from you.

I have a service with you but I didn't agree to receive any job from you, especially bills. I'm not supposed to pay, especially when it was supposed to be a free month to check if I want to work with you guys. But as I said, I never received any phone calls from you to continue to the next month. I don't want this service and would like it to be closed.

If not, we’ll meet in court.

Thank you. Please advise.

Doesn't do anything for you stay away it's a scam. I refused to pay and they said they will sue me for non payment .

There was no way to sort through their lead generation to get to our scope of work only. Their two year commitment is a joke.

Don't sign anything because they tell you will be getting a certain type of leads that you NEVER get.

Our sales person Diane W did not want to even discuss our issues because it was too late in the day and per her exact words "I need to be with my family"Customer Success said that she could get us out of our contract and Diane W said Customer Success can get us out of the contract. Nobody will take accountability for their shortcomings within this company.

I have been member for 3 years not one single lead or customer lead.

Hey to cancel and they won't let you.

the blue book overpromised on what they said would be people finding us in their "search engine". The only job we have gotten from the blue book was a referral from a trailer park from the local rep.

They didn't even find us in the book or online.

15 months into a 2 year contract.

Can't get out of it. Buyer beware!

I am really surprised to read so many negative reviews- my experience has been very positive! I signed up 2 years ago and have made some really great, new GC relationships that have awarded me projects. The cmpany has unlimited resources available to me and my rep is constantly in touch and very clearly working for me.

We received an e-mail request for a local project over a year ago. In the e-mail was a project we were interested in so we responded to the e-mail.

Before we realized it was a scam e-mail there was a salesman from Blue book e-mailing us stating in order to bid on this project we need an account with them. We are a small General contractor in business for 38 years and had used the Blue Book Publications, provided at no cost to us through the years to find sub contractors, so we were aware of the brand.The salesman set up a meeting with us and claimed there were many projects that fit our requirements as a luxury home builder. We took his word for it and signed up with one of the more expensive programs because we were told if we selected the less expensive ones, we would not get any activity. Because this was a brand I was aware of I made the mistake of not preforming any due diligence on this company.

Shortly after that, we were contacted and told there would be a meet and greet networking event with Blue Book subcontractors enrolled in their network, we did not request this as we are an established firm with a large stable of subcontractors.

We did not attend as we signed up for General contractor opportunities, not a networking group to provide work for the

contractors they had signed up.

The salesman then communicated how important it was to be featured in their publication, he was pressuring us to get in fast because there was only a limited amount of openings, we declined and that was when we suspected Blue Books sales were more important to them than the success of their customers.

We checked the site often, all of the private projects we had indicated to the salesman we were seeking were listed as "in design There were none in the bidding phase. When we reached out to the sales person questioning this, we were told we were not using the system correctly, or

we should be contacting the principles of the projects listed, which we did with no positive result. We signed up for this service so we wouldn't have to do cold calls.

The original salesman took offense to this we guess, as we continued to complain another salesman started replying to our e-mails and the original salesman, who assured us he was servicing our account disappeared. After continuing to complain the second salesman sent us a request for proposal for a private firm in a neighboring state who they were well aware we did not hold a license in.

In over a year there has been one project we were able to bid on, the project was so over advertised by Blue Book there were over 2 dozen bidders.

There have been constant requests through Blue Book for sub contract bids from a third party in an area we are not licensed in as well.

There have been zero requests for bids that match our licensed region

in non union work.

We grew tired of being told we were the problem from their salesmen

and sent the terms of use to our company attorneys.

In these terms Blue Book states each legal action must be individual, however speaking to the New York Attorney Generals office there is a strong possibility of a class action suit if there are many impacted as we have been. We continue to pay our monthly fee of 900.00 per month and have asked both salesmen to close our account with no success.

Horrible scam of a company! Over a year paying for their services and not evening one lead.

Then they would not let us out of our contract for not having rendered the services they promised. Zero out of five stars.

Huge scam, DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! You have been warned!

I happened upon The Blue Book when I received a sham e-mail on our company account for a request for proposal for a local project. After trying replying to this RFP, I was contacted by Blue Book via e-mail stating my firm needed to "join" the Blue Book Network in order to bid.We replied we were interested in their service and they sent a salesman to whom told of the successes of their network.

I have been in Business for 38 years and had used the original free Blue Book to find subcontractors in the past. The original Blue Book was a catalog of contractors akin to a phone book, we had been listed it it for years and the listing was free. Having used the Blue Book for years, as it was always sent to us for free I trusted the brand. I feel rather foolish as I did not do my due diligence on their present "Online" referral service.

The salesman set up a meeting and promised we would be well served using their service for custom homes, our core business, and other small non union projects where we hold valid licenses.

He was eager to close the deal on the spot and I fell for it based on my brand awareness.I was told I needed to purchase the most expensive

program to make sure our firm was listed near the top, as those who purchased the the less expensive program were not likely to get any calls.

As soon as we were enrolled the sales person set up a meet and greet with sub-contractors who are also enrolled in their network for them to meet my firm. As mentioned above, we have been in business for 38 years and enrolled to make new connections with principles of parties that need General Contractors, not network so the subcontractors in their network can benefit from my firm joining the network. I did not attend this meet and greet as there was no benefit in doing so.

The next pitch from the salesman was getting "Featured" in their publication, I was getting the idea early on they were more concerned about their sales than mine, I refused that offer as well even though the salesman kept calling us and stating there were only a few openings left.

We started using the website and 99% of the listings were listed as in design. We e-mailed a few of the principal parties with no return communications.

Much of the RFP's we were receiving were for subcontract work. We are a GC. I started to complain to my assigned salesman and before I knew it another salesman was assigned to my account. Whenever I made a complaint, it was always my fault, I was told I was not using their system correctly, I wasn't calling on the principals an on and on.

If I had wanted to do cold calls, I would not have enrolled in their services. Lately we have requested to close our account, there was no response until we stated we had requested a review by the New York Attorney General. The response was for the new salesman to send me a RFP for a jurisdiction I have no license in for commercial work. We were very specific about where and what we are licensed for and most of the projects we are not licensed for.

Our attorneys have read the terms of use for

this company and Blue Book states each legal action must be individual. We feel there is an opening for a class action lawsuit as this service is so over sold that there are many firms finding themselves in the same place as us.

Hello everyone,

I read through all your comments, and I can totally relate to your situation. Back in June, 2019 Ms.

Shanel Mollica from the Blue Book reached out to us multiple times, and she illustrated all the benefits we would receive if we signed up with BB. We finally signed a one-year contract with her in September of 2019, so we are still actively involved with BB until 9, 2020.

In March 26 of 2020, Ms. Mollica contacted me due to the slowdown of the Covid-19, and she offered an additional service to our company WITHOUT charge for the next night months. However, the document she emailed to me had a two-year-term (9/2020 to 9/2022), so I emailed her back to request for explanation.

Rather than emailing me back, she CALLED me to explain that two years was only for documentation if I wanted the free additional service. Besides, I can cancel the additional service anytime I wanted to as long as it's before September 1, 2020.

Due to the pandemic, our work has really slowed, and we wanted to control our expenses; so we reached out to her on Monday (5/22/2020) to notify her that we will not continue our membership with the Blue Book after August of 2020. Ms. Mollica didnt call me back, but texted me a note indicated that I must continue TWO MORE YEARS with the Blue Book since I signed with her back in March 26.

She also requested that we call the corporate if we wanted to resolve this situation. I immediately called BB corporation in New York, and they said only Ms. Mollica can cancel my future contract. After I read these posts, I noticed that the BB company uses this tactic with all their customers.

I emailed to Ms.

Mollica that we will pay the remaining balance of our one-year-term contract for an amount of $690 ($230/month), and we even willing to cut our current contract early as of today; so her company will profit 3 months without sending any leads to us. The only one thing we are requesting is to CANCEL our future contract with the Blue Book. Her respond was she cannot terminate the contract now, but she can decide into it in September.

After reading all these complaints, I see a dishonest pattern from the Blue Book representatives because they dont keep their promise.

I DO NOT want to wait until September to get her blessing, but I want to proactively find legitimate routes to get out of my future contract. Therefore, I am reaching out to you, whom have dealt with the Blue Book in the past, and hope to learn some wisdom from you.

Thank you in advance and hope to learn much from you

FYI, our company is operating out of Garden Grove (Orange County), California

My book was not delivered on time. Please cancel order.