Just received a call from an agency - Should I take on their work?

[Monchichak]

Just received a call from a company called professionals immediately who would like to sign up trades to undertake emergency call-outs for very good rates & no strings or obligations.

Electrician has to collect £'s from customer & then send the agency their cut which has its benefits & problems. Materials come out of electricians rate which could be a deal breaker.

Sounds too good to be true if you can just pick the good jobs - anyone worked with them?

 

[telectrix]

i'll give them a shot.see what the crack is. sounds like it's mainly call-outs, which is mypreferred sector now i'm getting old and past the floorboards up all over the place.

 

[Spoon]

What is their cut?

 

[Strima]

Sounds like a scam.

 

[Monchichak]

50/50 but the rates are still worth it.

Not a scam but I'm not sure how good it is in reality. Would be nice to speak with someone who's signed up with them.

 

[snowhead]

Just received a call from a company ....

 

[telectrix]

Just received a call from a company ....

was it Notre Dame Electrics?

 

[Andy78]

50/50 but the rates are still worth it.

Not a scam but I'm not sure how good it is in reality. Would be nice to speak with someone who's signed up with them.

Sounds very much like the ERG model. Customer pays extortionate rate so is not best pleased from the off.
Where do the leads come from ? Their (particularly shabby) website seems like a portal for trades only.
Do you set your rate or do they ?

 

[Spoon]

50/50 but the rates are still worth it.

Poor customers... They must be getting ripped off, big style, for the rates to be ok to give away 50%...

 

[Charlie_]

Sounds like a good little money laundering system

 

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[Monchichak]

Customer pays extortionate rate then electrician has fun collecting it.
Think you've dissected the setup well - thanks.

 

[littlespark]

These people were the subject of a thread that was taken down as spam.

There was a dozen or so posts from Ruth something and someone else, that normally contain links to Professional Electrician magazine.
Stopped opening the threads now, because I know they will be removed soon.

I recognised "professionals immediately" on one of the titles.

I'd suggest staying well clear.

How did they get your number? is it on your profile here?

 

[Andy78]

How did they get your number? is it on your profile here?

There's a lot of people getting calls from them lately, think they must be doing a push at ringing round.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

From watching the video, it seems the company tells the customer someone is on the way, then rings round their preferred tradesmen to see if someone can do the job.
If that fails, they then try to find someone in the Yellow pages or on the internet.

Reading through the lines, their preferred tradesmen are anyone who’s done a job for them in the past.

 

[Monchichak]

They have my work E-Mail & mobile number so it looks as though they have found my web page..