BEWARE!!! - ServiceSeeking.com.au.

My experience has been that this is not a reliable service to find your trades. They make a number of statements on their site about checks - but my experience is that whatever checks they have done did not prevent a fraudster ripping me off. In top of that - trying to actually speak to someone from the company - I have found almost impossible - let alone actually getting a return call.

We had a landscaper (sourced through service seeking) steal our money and after we couldn't contact him, service seeking took forever to reply to my requests for contact information. He didn't even hold a landscaping license. How could he possibly quote on a landscaping job without a landscaping license?

I would not recommend these people and I would not ever use their service again.

UPDATE!!

Finally I have received contact from Service Seeking.....unfortunately it is not good news! Service Seeking have admitted to me that the fraudster that ripped me off was already known to them - I understand that they knew he was a fraudster - they said they had his account previously shut down for ripping people off - and yet he still managed to be listed by them as one of the people they facilitated an introduction to on their website.

I am really disappointed with the lack of responsiveness and now having had the benefit of a response - the lack of care and responsibility that Service Seeking accept. They have even said that I could have been ripped off if I contacted someone through the yellow pages - of course silly me I thought service seeking did something more than provide a yellow pages listing - which is exactly why I used them. It is not clear to me what service Service Seeking are actually offering if it is not something additional by way of comfort that the person you are getting to do some work for you is legit.

My experience of Service Seeking's "service" is that it is terrible and it has left me out of patience and out of pocket.

I don't want anyone else to be fooled by their 'claims'.