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iadom · 26-08-2003, 19:37

I would use Yellow Pages to find a restaurant etc, but would never, ever use them to find a tradesman/women. In my particular trade over 75% of the advertisers in the local Yellow Pages are dodgy or downright criminal often using manufacturers logos to imply proficiency. If you watch any of the Rogue traders/ Builders from hell type programmes on TV you will see that most of them are in the Yellow Pages. The Thompson Local is just as bad. Good old fashioned word of mouth is the best method.

26-08-2003, 19:37	#8
iadom In the corner, sulking. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire. Services: 2 TV 360 boxes. 500mb BB, Phone line. Posts: 8,041	I would use Yellow Pages to find a restaurant etc, but would never, ever use them to find a tradesman/women. In my particular trade over 75% of the advertisers in the local Yellow Pages are dodgy or downright criminal often using manufacturers logos to imply proficiency. If you watch any of the Rogue traders/ Builders from hell type programmes on TV you will see that most of them are in the Yellow Pages. The Thompson Local is just as bad. Good old fashioned word of mouth is the best method.