Deteriorating "Professionals"
I was a Thumbtack customer for years and got great service from a number of projects for a long time. Things have gone downhill. My last few projects I have had bad experiences. Three non-English-speakers showed up to provide quotes using an iPhone to translate. One made an appointment to provide a quote and, days later, told me that he lives a long way from us so there would be a charge to come give us a quote and got really snotty when I told him I didn't want to pay for a quote. An electrician installed a light switch in my son's room that also turned the electricity on/off in my wife's office and wired a driveway heater that stayed on in the summer until we got a $1,200 electric bill. I met many good professionals on Thumbtack back in the day, but it has gone from 90% good service to 90% bad.