tony c Gbp
map-marker Long Beach, California

Very poor results, poor customer service

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We are a small business. We were told by the sales person that we would have access for hundreds of leads, and we had to sign a one year contract.

After several months, and no relevant leads we tried to cancel.

They refused to cancel and we had to pay $107.25 a month for nothing until the end of our contract.

The leads provided are scant and not relevant for small businesses. If this is you, don't waste your time with this company.

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Loss:
$1500
Cons:
  • False advertising
Reason of review:
Return, Exchange or Cancellation Policy
1 comment
Guest

They done exactly the same thing to our company, misleading,liars a complete smoke screen

George M Lcb
map-marker Long Beach, California

No longer relevant

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We have had the problems others have had. paid a lot of money and very few if any real leads.

The talk a good game and promises everything - but they have POOR leads. Most public in my area and I told them I do not do public work - only private.

This company at one time had a good reputation - not any more - they just want your money. Not worth the money. And the kept billing me after I cancelled.

We want our money back.

We have a construction management business and we were screwed over. We're in Los Angeles and Orange country and you would expect a lot of leads - nope.

Don't bother with the jokers - read all the quotes here. they need train their people better.

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Loss:
$400
Reason of review:
Pricing issue

Preferred solution: Full refund

Randy T Jqs
map-marker Jefferson Valley, New York

Happy Blue Book Customer

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Been a member of the Blue Book Network for over 15 years...90% of my business comes from the contacts I've made by being a member of this network. The calls and direct emails I receive from GC's, owners, facility managers of commercial buildings are the best!

Yes, I look at the leads in their lead program a couple times a week and respond to only those I feel are a good fit from my business. The bottom line the majority of my work comes from a phone call I get from an estimator, or owner (be it a church, school, apartment complex or a corporate building) in need of my trade...these are the golden nuggets I want and have allowed me to grow my business.

Blue Book Network has been a great investment....if you're looking to grow your business check them out!

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Reason of review:
Fair pricing
2 comments
Guest

Sounds like an employee from headquarters wrote this one. What a joke!

Guest

Looks like a scam, my rep won't call back

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John W Huk

No help ever, canceled an was still charged

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They only want your money, they will not help you. Never once did i get a job from them.

They sold me on that everyone needed my service and i would make a killing, that never happened. They never had work in my catagory.

I tried to cancelled after 6 months and now they put my remaining balance in collections $945 I'm pretty freaking pissed Shocked Sad

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Andres M Dxb

Don't Waist your Money !

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We bided on multiple of proposals, never got awarded one. You have no ability to engage with contractors, therefore your bid just becomes 1 out of 3 for contractors to show their preferred vendor. Meanwhile, all your time is being consumed preparing proposals that you will never win.

They obviously don't require GC's to award a minimum percent of bids to bluebook subscribers, which is why the system is flawed an ineffective.

After a year of wasting our time and money over $8-10,000 just in subscription fees, we tried to cancel,they would not cancel our subscription.

Now, we just received a collection letter from their lawyers. We plan on taking this to court, in hopes that no other companies just trying to grow end up getting scammed by a system that DOES NOT WORK!

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Loss:
$9000
Cons:
  • Ineffective system
  • Do not waist your money
Reason of review:
Not as described/ advertised

Preferred solution: Full refund

mh Doc

Harassment

Repeated calls to my very busy Estimator, followed by emails saying they wanted to "drop by". I emailed back and notified the sender (Geoff Turner) to remove our company from their email list and put us on the Do Not Contact list. He replied back with a nasty email saying "couldn't" do both, which is an illegal statement. Companies are REQUIRED to remove you from their call list if they are perceived as being harassed. Here's the email for your own judgment:

"I am monumentally confused at your reply.

When you say “not interested”, do you mean you’ve stopped doing private, commercial work? I’m asking, because I specifically remember our initial conversation revolving around that exact desire for your company.

Secondly, I don’t remember ever having a discussion about pricing, or about the full gamut of what we do for our contractors, so I would think it’s tough to gauge true interest without having all the cards on the table.

Someone from your company updated your listing requests on our website, which is why I emailed Brian yesterday, as his name was the one on the request.

As for being placed on a “do not call list“, there is no such thing with us. Any company who agrees to a free listing in our network also agrees to receive occasional emails from us. " ***

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Reason of review:
Poor customer service

Preferred solution: STOP CALLING & EMAILING

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Trenise Wnc

There is no Geoff rep in Jarrell Texas, I can't say I can believe this review at all. Stop posting bogus rants.

Mike F Sxp
map-marker Jefferson Valley, New York

The “Grifter” Bluebook Constriction Network

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As customer since 2009, and four State coverage contractor, all I can say is that these folks are absolute Grifters.

We fulfilled our last 2 year agreement for 2016/2017. Now we are getting billed and sent to collections for 2018/2019? When I contacted the local 1099 contractor sales agent, Tony Birdwell to ask why we are getting charged for another 2 year commitment, he sent me a bogus email from February of 2017. I guess if they send you an email on their commitment form with no signature that locks you in?

We have spent over $17,000.00 to be part of their program with zero return on investment. We have actually lost money with a the other contractors we partnered with that still owe us...

Just a pitiful marketing company that’s about as legit as the Yellow Book.

We have the Michigan Attorney General investigators looking at these for folks pretty for fraudulent business practices.

Great Lakes Waterproofing, Inc.

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Reason of review:
Problems with payment
3 comments
Guest

Blue Book doesn't employ 1099 salespeople. Are you sure you have the right company?

Guest

They are trying to do the exact same thing to us. Our rep sent us an email last year confirming that our contract will not be renewed in 2019.

We just received an email stating that our contact is not up until 12/2019.

We also received that bogus contract email from 2017(with no signature) stating we owe another year. I’m reporting them...

Guest

So we’re supposed to believe you stayed a member and paid since 2009 but got nothing out of it, huh?

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Ebony T Dft
map-marker Jefferson Valley, New York

Blue Book Network is a scam

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Dan Bryant is a sales person at Blue Book who scammed me. The fact that I am an educated individual it pains be that I got taken by such a scheme.

He faked a contract that he claims I agreed to. I’m on the hook for 24 months in the amount $125.95 monthly. I actually never signed anything and what he was offering and promised never mentioned the amount stated above. Since he told me I would get leads and other things by giving him $1 to start and charged $30 monthly I agreed.

Never informed me that I would be under obligation to stay 24 months and at no time was I informed that my fee would ever be $125.95. I have submitted multiple bids never won a single bid.

Blue Book Network is a pyramid scheme that needs investigated by the federal government. I will not stop until they are held accountable for the sales people they employ.

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Michael E Uul
map-marker Long Beach, California

Waste of time and money for sure

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I got hit up by this guy Dan Weaver (Business development consultant/ employee owner)....Begged me to come up with some time to listen to his speech, so I did being a nice guy and all. Guaranteed to boost my business, which who can turn down.?

If I didn't like it don't continue, however some of the biggest guys around have been with them for over 15 years...ok got me thinking now. All the bid sites I use if I use are free but a damn near money back guarantee who can go wrong... In the 4 months I paid attention to this site I found nothing but false referrals and ads. After more time than I should have taken from real jobs and clients, I asked to be removed from the site and not contacted again.

However I still got weekly or more emails with referrals and "jobs" needing quotes. Again asked to not be contacted again, then after about a year i get a bill for $1284 for my subscription, email the owner employee, no response so I let it go... Now getting threats of being sued... Called their number and tried to talk to the customer success representative and was told I am in a contract (not what I signed up for but go-ahead) and have no choice but to pay or be sued....?

Really..? My response was enjoy, I would love to get in front of a judge an share how bad these people lied, with the emails to back it all up....

My advice steer clear of this clown show at all costs... Your business deserves better.

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Cons:
  • False advertising from the owner employee business
Reason of review:
Pricing issue
Anti J

Bogus company providing bogus information

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This phone number 845208**** began calling me regularly a few months ago. 'Jeff Solomon' was requesting access to information regarding open solicitations for construction projects we are currently bidding.

On one particular day, he called me 5 times in two hours. When I picked up the fourth and fifth times, he hung up on me.

When I called back and got his voicemail, I requested to be removed from him call list.

Our organization does NOT provide this information to outside parties and he is wasting everyone's time. Furthermore, the information for these projects listed on their website is inaccurate so any contractors using it would be completely futile.

Jeff Solomon direct line - 845-579-****

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Cons:
  • Absolutely everything
Reason of review:
annoying and unsolicited calls
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Guest

Received similar style calls requesting email access in order to provide my company requests for bids from contractors. Caller could not identify contractors or scope of project.

patrick t Epe

Very poor experience

Bidded on numerous projects and did not receive one solicitation for a proposal.Was shown a lot of shiny possibilities but nothing materialized. Did not have one colleague or associate who had a positive experience winning a contract.

Frankly this appears to be nothing more than smoke and mirrors. I would advise small businesses seeking to grow to stay away from this company. Companies posing as general contractors were not.

Some even had predetermined sub contractors lined up ever though the were still requesting bids.Several associates had advised that I stayed away from this company as they were not who they made themselves out to be. In the end got left with a whopping bill of $1700.00 dollars.

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Loss:
$1800
Reason of review:
Not as described/ advertised

Preferred solution: Let the company propose a solution

David J Aim

SAME RESULT AS ALL THE REST

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I was told how many leads I was going to get. The sales person was fully aware of what my line of trade is, Residential.

I was told I would get 40-50 residential leads each month. The leads I get are all commercial. When I bid on the few jobs that were in my line of trade, the contractors placing the bids did not even look at my bid. I spent several hours bidding one job and dropped it by in person to the contractor.

They explained that they had no interest in my trade, because they did it in-house.

I did not know this was a 2 year commitment. I wanted to cancel and It took three months to finally speak to someone. They explained I had no option out.

Don't advertise with this company. All the bull about the oldest and best out there is just a lie.

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Loss:
$4000
Reason of review:
Bad quality

Preferred solution: Price reduction

Jim H Awz
map-marker Jefferson Valley, New York

Worst SCAM EVER

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This Company is just like the others. We have in business 40 years ,The guy who called my Company promised me , we were going to receive lots of leads, it never happened, just like so many others.

I never received a single one. it is been a year and we have not received even one. ... But this is not all, I have to paid the second year because they don't let you cancel the contract threatening you with the collection agency.

I wish I have had read the reviews before getting involved with this Scammers.

I wish other people don't get screwed. It seems like the representatives don't last in this company more than six months, when you call them to complain, they are gone.

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Loss:
$2527
Reason of review:
Not as described/ advertised
Anonymous
map-marker Long Beach, California

Great experience

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I am really surprised to read all of these negative reviews. I’ve had a great experience with the bluebook.

My company has benefited from the exposure, my rep is extremely hands-on and I have won multiple projects because of it. I feel like I get some serious bang for my buck especially considering everything that comes with my program.

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Reason of review:
Good customer service
5 comments
Guest

I am 99.9% positive that this review was written and submitted by one of the Blue Book minions!

Guest

This is a *** post from The Blue Book.

Guest

the only good reviews you see are are fake!!!!

Guest

If you don't mind me asking, what was your reps name and what service do you provide? I talked with a Bluebook representative today and wanted to know if it was a good idea.

My service is a very niche one, but I want to make sure it is worth it (like any business owner). I'm in the LA area.

Wayne S Ksh
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Believe me it’s not worth it. Read the reviews. 95% of them are negative

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Anonymous

Crap!! Never any leads

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Joined for 3 years, always promised by salesman of good returns. Never happened. STAY AWAY!!

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Reason of review:
Bad quality