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Blue Book Construction Network The Blue Book, BlueBook.com, BB-Bid, BB Supply, Blue Book Construction Leads, Contractors Register Inc. Overpriced Advertising, Inaffective Advertising, Terrible Customer Service, Dishonest Staff, False Promises Internet
I signed on with the Blue Book four (4) years ago in an effort to get my company more exposure in the construction industry. I was under the impression that Blue Book was a big name in the industry, so I was willing to fork over the 10 grand a year in advertising fees. My father always taught me, it takes money to make money. In the case of Blue Book, it just took money.
I cannot believe how many problems I ran into with this service. If it were just 1 or 2 issues, I would not bother writing this complaint. Instead, I ran into problem after problem. So I boiled it down to the top 10. I'm writing them down not to hurt anyones feelings, but to protect innocent consumers like myself:
10. Push Sales People. They didn't leave me alone. They show up at your office. They waited in my parking lot. They called me on 3 different numbers. They had multiple sales people show up. The harrassed me.
9. Ineffective Lead Service. The leads simply do not materialize. I'd say most are just bologna in the sense that there is very little grounds to them. It becomes a complete gamble whether or not to invest time.
8. Horrendous Customer Service. There was an instance where 5 phone calls got me 3 hang ups and 2 "I'll call you backs" out of 5 different Customer Support.
7. Inconsistent Service. Despite paying in full, we experienced a premature cut off from service. We paid in full, but it didn't matter.
6. Poor web platform. Blue Book is constantly upgrading their site, but with one underlying theme, poor layout and not a user friendly platform.
5. Poor Leads. Most of the leads were junk. Nearly all went no where. We didn't get one job from them in 4 years.
4. Incompetent Management. I tried so hard to get a hold of someone responsible, with no luck. My patience ran thin after months of poor service and inability to work with management.
3. Overpriced. I spent 10 grand a year for 4 years with no results. My experience with Blue Book was that it was a huge waste of money.
2. Lies. The staff will lie to you. It happened to me twice. I was simply lied to. If I wasn't locked into a contract, I would have quit after the first instance.
1. NO ONE USES THE BLUE BOOK ANYMORE. The whole thing is a mirage. No one uses it. I would bet a lot of money that their ad revenues fall for a while as this service becomes less popular amongst us construction professionals who have to work for our money and not kick back and be useless as is the Blue Book staff.
STAY AWAY. HUGE WASTE.
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Multi-Clean
Tulsa,Oklahoma,
USA
bluebook, bidscope rip off, I agree
#3General Comment
Fri, February 12, 2016
I signed up with them in September of 2015, I was told that this service would be great for my construction clean service, and all of the leads that I would be getting. Well, it is now February of 2016 and still have not received 1 lead for construction clean service. When I suggested that the service was not suiting me, they said, OH NO, you signed a 1 year contract and we got you for 1 year regardless of how we are serving you.
My suggestion is that you dont use them and take the 200 per month that I was giving them and use google adwords or some other type of advertising. I look forward to the day my subscription with them runs out. No leads means No business for me.
The Blue Book Network
Jefferson Valley,New York,
United States of America
The Blue Book Network's 100 Years of Industry Service Makes this Unqualified Report Questionable at Best
#3UPDATE Employee
Thu, November 15, 2012
The Blue Book Network's 100 Years of Industry Service Makes this Unqualified Report Questionable...at Best. However, we are willing to discuss your concerns at your convenience, either in person or via a conference call. Your anonymity makes it difficult to determine our next steps. Once we confirm you as one of our Network's 30,000 Customer Members, we can assemble the right individual or team of individuals to directly address your statements.
Again, as we are very fortunate to be celebrating The Blue Book's 100th Aniversary - and with many of our Customers celebrating their 30th, 40th, 50th and even 60th Aniversary with us - we find it extremely difficult to accept your comments. That said, we are certainly willing to personally discuss them with you as soon as possible.
Look forward to hearing from you.