Buyer Beware

As the housing bubble continues to deflate I decided to take some refuge in the remodeling/home improvement market. This is nothing new for Harris Builders I have quite a portfolio of completed jobs in this area, but lately I havn't done much there. One of the challenges for me is not to waste my time with casual shoppers and deal with the serious and qualified customer. I have spent a little time looking into getting a web site as well as a refferal service that can help to weed out serious leads. I guess I shoudn't have been surprised by the army of bottom feeding middle-men who are equipped electronicaly to drain your advertising dollar. 3 simple e-mail requests for information generated nearly 75 electronic sale pitches. As near as I can tell if you realeased your billing info to some of them it would cost you just to open their mail. Fortunately for me I have a suspicious nature and won't move twoards anything the least bit questionable, the problem is they almost all look questionable. I thought it would be nice if you googled Home improvements or remodeling and designated my area my site would pop up I just didn't realize there are so many ways to get there. I am in no hurry so I plan to move cautiously through this maze of info, this is a great dissapointment to all who have contacted me. I am accepting all advice from my tech savy family. Enough shop talk I have to leave for the Wizards v Heat game Dan is hoping to obtain Shaq's autograph so we have to get there early.