Tradebank Of Atlanta

All in all, as I look back, this has been a very, very poor value for the money.  I would not join again or recommend them to others.

I have two examples: First, I wanted a bathroom tiled.  I had four estimates, one from a Tradebank barter member.  The barter member's bid was 33% higher than the highest of the other three bids.  His attitude was that he was doing me a favor to do the job.  I did not use the gentleman.

Second:  I currently have a tree that needs removal.  Tradebank has two members that will do that kind of work.  Unfortunately they are both very busy and each has a waiting list.  Tradebank has not given me any contact information; they want to keep people  from "bothering" their suppliers and ensure they get their cut.  I was put on the waiting list and after a week had not heard anything...the first step is to get an estimate and then say ok to that.  Once that is complete then the real wait can begin, waiting for the provider to fit one in around the cash customers. So after a week, I called again and the Tradbank agent said he would get back to me.  Three days later I called a third time...this time the agent got a little upset with me and said he was not responsible for how their members performed.  (And I see his point, but that doesn't help me get the job done.) He did say he would work on it some more. 

What I asked him to try to help with was to get an estimate of the charge and a time frame that the work would be done in; nothing unreasonable: like two weeks, a month, this year.  That what I can make a thoughtful decision to wait for the barter member or to to go the cash route.  While not an emergency yet, I'd like to get it done before the tree falls down.

I would really just like to use up my trade dollars I've accumulated and quit but it hasn't been as simple as that.for the money.