Buildzoom accepts reviews of a contractor from the people that hired a contractor. Buildzoom will not accept a review of a contractor by an adversely affected third party. For example, my neighbor hired Anchor Fenceworks to build a fence. The contractor built the fence from my property. The contractor did not have permission to be in our yard. They drove a mobile power auger across our property to drill post holes. They left the dirt and rocks from the post holes on my property. They did not clean it up. They used part of my materials to help them build the fence. They damaged a bunch of plants I was overwintering in my back yard. I called Anchor Fenceworks about the damage and the guy hung up on me.
Under Alaska law I believe Anchor Fenceworks committed a criminal offense.
AS 11. 46. 330. Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of criminal trespass in the second degree if the person enters or remains unlawfully
(1) in or upon premises; or
(2) in a propelled vehicle.
(b) Criminal trespass in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.
Anchor Fenceworks employees entered our property twice without permission. The first time they drove a mobile power auger around on our property to drill post holes. The second time they came and stayed on our property most of the day. They used and damaged our property. I am currently filing a complaint with the State of Alaska regarding their business license.
I wrote a review of Anchor Fenceworks for Buildzoom as an adversely affected third party. The moderation team, in their infinite wisdom, refuses to accept a review from an adversely affected third party. They don't care the contractor trespassed and damaged property in the process. That tells me that Buildzoom is being dishonest to the general public. I think it's very dishonest when the moderation team knows something adverse about a contractor but they don't want to tell the general public. They refuse to accept a review to that effect because it isn't part of their guidelines to accept a review from an adversely affected third party, guidelines the moderation team likely wrote themselves. After all, they wrote the guidelines, how could they possibly be wrong. What the general public doesn't know is just too bad. To the general public, if you were hiring a contractor would you not want to know how that contractor is likely to treat your neighbor? If the contractor destroys your neighbor's property that neighbor might well sue you for damages. Keep in mind, you hired that contractor and turned him loose on your neighbor. I think the moderation team is dishonest for refusing to accept reviews from adversely affected third parties. They are withholding potentially important information from the general public. Buildzoom has had 67 complaints filed against them through the Better Business Bureau in the past 3 years. Why would anyone trust them?