Service Magic - Service Magic Faces Mass Complaints Nationwide
- by ncconsumernews Sep 13, 2009
- Review #: 157098
| Company | Service Magic |
| Product / Service | Service |
| Location | Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| Category | Repairs |
| Views | 293 |
Service Magic faces ongoing , distrust, and serious over their negative business practices!.
Negative complaints continue to mount against home improvement online contracting services from unhappy consumers that have tried their online contracting services".
The complaints are so negative, that NC has decided to expose the negative business practices of and issue a consumer alert on this company:.
Service Magic is an online home improvement and repair that operates in all 50 states online, and offer some very impressive Internet advertising to entice consumers, but this is just a veil of deception, as many customers continue to find out first hand, after doing business with ,.
Customers continue to complain that neither Service Magic, nor the contractors they use are professional, and many of these are validated by the unprofessional,
Sub-standard, poor quality work that they received from many contractors|.
In one customer's word, "This Company does not thoroughly screen those they recommend for service of any type in your home,.
If you happen to have good luck with them it was a coincidence and not the rule, way too many complaints to list here however most recently they send a Company here for Painting and that were comprised of !. I questioned them about it and they avoided the subject!. I submitted a complaint to that refused to publish my findings condoning laborers who work for registered Service Magic Contractors to use unsponsored aliens."
In another customer's words, they said this about Service Magic, "They claim to have a "10-point" screening process that all contractors go through to be a part of that network. This is a very for me as I know some people who have had their trust "violated" by those who have been let in their home to do work. Unfortunately, Service Magic's process is mostly style over substance."
Service Magic is a contractor service that any and all consumers should be weary of before allowing their unprofessional contractors into your home to do work.
Consumers should at least request that any Service Magic contractor present their business license, company bonding, five customer references, and their company liability insurance policy, these are the minimum credentials that any legitimate contractor should make available to all customers that request their services.
Please follow the links below to read detailed customer complaints about Service Magic.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeowners/servicemagic.html
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/service-magic-c49604.html
http://www.complaints.com/directory/2005/november/23/20.htm
http://andreagoldmanlaw.blogspot.com/2007/09/servicemagiccom.html
http://www.ripoffreport.com/Consumer-Services/Service-Magic/service-magic-ripoff-service-m-2245f.htm
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http://ncconsumernews.webs.com
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Oct 08, 2012
Service Magic or Home Advisor is all talk. When you receive shoddy service they will not refund money, your best recourse is taking the contractor to small claims court. When the despite arises HomeAdvisor backs off their happy "customer service first" talk and claim they are only an advertising agency (their exact words).
Avoid them at all costs.
Sep 24, 2012
at ServiceMagic wanted to resolve the issue. No one at ServiceMagic ever called me back after I made several calls and sent
emails to Darrick and customer service. And then ServiceMagic sent me the following email:
"Final notice! Because we have not received a response to numerous inquiries regarding your outstanding balance, your
account is now being staged to go to an external collections agency within the next few days. To pay your balance and avoid
having your account sent to our outside Collection Agency, having additional collection fees and/or litigation fees
assessed and possibly a negative reporting against your credit, please provide a valid method of payment below or call
Customer Service toll-free at (877) 947-3639. Account summary: XX. Current balance due: $1,336.55. This is your final
opportunity to resolve the matter."
In this complaint, events are described in chronological order. Consumers' information is deleted from emails for their
protection and is displayed as "consumers' information." My name is Trung and I am the owner of AC Pro (licensed HVAC
contractor) in Huntsville, Alabama. I am writing this complaint to ServiceMagic because I have been set up, lied to,... Show more
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He was a scam artist, who has numerous complaints against him by the State. I'm sure thanks to your site, he will find another "mark" to pay all the fines they will levy against him. Just a contractor's ponzi scheme- thanks for nothing!
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They are not to be trusted for ANY reason.
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Nov 27, 2011
This lawsuit has now been accepted for Federal Court by the Judge, and the entire complaint may be read (free)here: www.kerodin-lawsuit-against-bad-faith-businesses.com/
Nov 25, 12:09 AM
Original review:
A civil lawsuit was filed October 19, 2011 in United States Federal Court against ServiceMagic, Inc., their subsidiary Market Hardware, and Market Hardware's CEO Brian Kraff for bad faith business practices, unfair and deceptive trade practices, unfair competition, cybersquatting, and other serious violations of law.
If you are a service contractor and have ever had a complaint against ServiceMagic, Inc, please consider visiting our website at servicecontractorcomplaints.com and fill out an Affidavit.
You can have your experience submitted in Federal Court!
We have provided a PDF at our site for an affidavit - so all you need to do it download the form, fill it out with your experience, have it notarized at your bank and then mail it to us for inclusion in the suit.
servicecontractorcomplaints.com
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