Report Abuse

“I am a Napit registered electrician. I got a call from...”

written by Bazmataz on 08/08/2013

I am a Napit registered electrician. I got a call from a salesman called Dane wyton, he told me he was calling from trust mark (which is a trusted tradesman organisation) and that Napit had given them my details as well as four other companies in my town that could be potentially become their registered company for all council/government work 300-400 jobs per year.
After initially thinking it was a standard 'do you want to advertise with us' sales call, I was quite taken in.

It was only afterwards I was adding it all up that it fitted typical scam criteria that I realised.
I would have to pay money to make money £250for domestic and £250 for commercial registration (admin fee!)
They give a time restraint, 3 other companies were due to get their call.
Money back guarentee, 300-400 jobs a year but your money back if you don't get any.
Job values from £1500-25000 so one job will pay for the admin fees, this sounded the most dubious, I don't know how they could say the job would be at least £1500 and how could they say the profit on that would be £500+

I told him I'd consult with the missus and check I could take On all the extra workload and took his number. I googled the number and the guy and that's where the big green book.com first came to my attention and I found all the forum entries about their sales techniques. Avoid!