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<DIV>Allan:</DIV>
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<DIV>Things may have changed since we used them (or rather, vice versa).
This outfit is certainly ramping up their advertising media dollars.</DIV>
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<DIV>My advice would be </DIV>
<DIV>1) Make sure you do not mind having to cancel the credit card you give them
(you may want to terminate service later);</DIV>
<DIV>2) Get and READ their lead return policy.... become a speed demon when
returning leads.</DIV>
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<DIV>Along with the occasional solar lead, you may be receiving names of people
who want to do anything for their home from re-roofing to installing double
pane windows on the doghouse. And get used to seeing the same contractors
bidding against you on any of their referrals. SunPower has recently
engaged their services on a trial basis but we are loathe to give them a credit
card number.</DIV>
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<DIV>The only magic for us was how they made our dollars disappear....but
things may be different now. Calfinder is cut from the same cloth - quite
literally. If I ever hear anything differently on these people in the
future, I'll let you know. If you do go ahead with their service, let us
know how it goes.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Patrick A. Redgate</FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><B><I>AMECO Solar, Inc.<BR>Serving
Solar California<BR>Since 1974<BR>7623 Somerset, Blvd.<BR>Paramount, CA
90723<BR>562-633-4400<BR></B></I><A title=http://www.solarexpert.com/ href="http://www.solarexpert.com/"><FONT color=#810081>www.solarexpert.com</FONT></A><U><BR><A title=http://www.amecosolar.com/ href="http://www.amecosolar.com/">www.amecosolar.com</A><BR></U></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/20/2010 10:50:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
ray@solarray.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Once you
sign up, they start charging you, even for bogus leads. You never get your
money back, just credit (if you're lucky) to get more bogus leads.
<DIV>Also, they waste a lot of your time with different sales reps calling
you, but never talking to each other, their internal communication is
zilch.</DIV>
<DIV>Here's a quick breakdown of our experience:</DIV>
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<DIV>cash out of pocket: <SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class=Apple-tab-span> </SPAN>around $40</DIV>
<DIV>time talking to reps, paperwork: <SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class=Apple-tab-span> </SPAN>20hrs</DIV>
<DIV>Leads generated: <SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class=Apple-tab-span></SPAN>a Renter wanting more information on"that solar
stuff", who was about an hour away.</DIV>
<DIV>Aggravation in dealing with a company that really seems to be
unscrupulous: </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class=Apple-tab-span></SPAN>Priceless.</DIV>
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<DIV>I was already suspicious before the first lead, but decided to
see. </DIV>
<DIV>As soon as I saw they had zero filtering of the leads, I
immediately moved to dump them, which took weeks, BTW.</DIV>
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<DIV><A title=mailto:ray@solarray.com href="mailto:ray@solarray.com">ray@solarray.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV>On Apr 19, 2010, at 8:50 PM, Allan Sindelar wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<DIV bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">Wrenches,<BR>There was a thread last
year about Service Magic's lead generation "service". At that time, the
strongest message I heard was not to let them in, because their leads are
seldom good and you can't get rid of them. I don't think that I recall a
single positive review of them on this list.<BR><BR>Has anything changed
since then? What's the current story, please?<BR>Thanks,<BR>Allan<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=il><B>Allan</B></SPAN><B> Sindelar</B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><A title=mailto:Allan@positiveenergysolar.com href="mailto:Allan@positiveenergysolar.com" target=_blank><SPAN class=il>Allan</SPAN>@positiveenergysolar.com</A><BR>NABCEP Certified
Photovoltaic Installer<BR>EE98J Journeyman Electrician<BR><B>Positive
Energy, Inc.</B><BR>3201 Calle Marie<BR>Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507<BR><B>505
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