HomeAdvisor review: Contractor referral

I have used Home Advisor 3 times - once for handymen, once for a long distance moving company, once for the names of dryer vent cleaning contractors.

The two handymen they referred me to were disreputable, especially JD Construction which was purportedly in Carpentersville IL, but was a scam and didn't really exist.

Then they referred me to Allegiance Movers which had never been verified.

Allegiance Movers tried to scam me out of $3, 103.00, in fact, they deposited an electronic check which bounced. My bank sent it back.

The final hurrah was Kleen King which is a purported dryer vent leaning service. I tried to contact Chris on his cellphone to confirm our appointment. I left several messages. He never returned my calls.

Home Advisor has a terrible reputation among reputable contractors.