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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
And is that hard to believe? What makes you think he isn't qualified? What makes you think he is claiming credentials he doesn't hold?
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"Microsoft Partner" status isn't usually handed out to people working from their house. If he's claiming it when its untrue then its false advertising and taking advantage of people. The OP was asking where such things could be checked. If it turns out this particular firm is legit then I retract any statement to the contrary.
As for "Qualified Microsoft Technician", I can't say I've heard of such a qualification (except forr MSCE of course).
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Do you question every piece of advertising this way? Do you go check the references every time you see a TV ad that says "8 out of 10 users would recommend shampoo X"? If not, then why this guy?
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The ASA cover TV adverts (and they have to show their sources on the screen, much to my amusement), they don't cover door-to-door stuff like this.
My reason for wanting to check up on someone like this (especially if they were local to me) is that if they were to royally screw up a system I'd probably end up picking up the pieces (where I live the nearest alternative repair shop is a good 45 mins drive away). An equivalent scenario would be a gas boiler engineer checking if someone who'd started up in the area recently, driving a rickety van with GAS SAFE written on the side was in fact gas safe/CORGI registered. Its about kicking the cowboys out of the industry.