Compliance Depot

[wolfman56]

Any one have dealings with, Compliance Depot? www.compliancedepot.com

A few months ago I did an emergency repair for an apartment complex that uses a company called Guardian Management LLC. Now Guardian Management is bugging me to set up an account with this Compliance Depot, (a screening company), as a vendor. Yet I have no ongoing arrangement to do work for them. I may never see them again.

Compliance Depot wants $100 per year to be an approved vendor!

I guess I see this as one more company trying to profit from those of us in the trades by forcing us to pay for the right to work.

RW

 

[mjf]

Any one have dealings with, Compliance Depot? www.compliancedepot.com

A few months ago I did an emergency repair for an apartment complex that uses a company called Guardian Management LLC. Now Guardian Management is bugging me to set up an account with this Compliance Depot, (a screening company), as a vendor. Yet I have no ongoing arrangement to do work for them. I may never see them again.

Compliance Depot wants $100 per year to be an approved vendor!

I guess I see this as one more company trying to profit from those of us in the trades by forcing us to pay for the right to work.

RW

Dear Guardian Management LLC,

I have reviewed the invoice I submitted to you regarding the emergency repair I performed on (date of service) at (the apartment complex) which you manage. I have determined that I neglected to charge you my standard approved vendor fee of $100.00. I certainly appreciate your prompt attention to this matter and look forward to continuing our business relationship.

Regards,
Your newest, favoritest electrical contractor




Ooops, forgot to answer your actual question..no, sorry, I have not had any dealings with compliance depot

 

[ramsy]

If widely adopted, Compliance Depot has potential for screening commercial service providers, and doing what licensing boards won't; such as address shady insurance coverage, according to this vendor's story below. For $95 in 2009, it appears Compliance Depot did a lot of work.
http://windowcleaningresource.com/v...rtising-sales/6649-compliance-depot-scam.html

The Better Business Bureau would be a direct competitor of Compliance Depot, and with a "C" rating don't give it a high score.
https://www.bbb.org/dallas/business-reviews/investigators/compliance-depot-in-carrollton-tx-90034393

Contractor-screening type services are selling there idea to more of my customers. Clients from referral-services believe an extensive background check was done on me, and if don't agree, the client appears noticeably disappointed.

There are plenty of contractors who have operated for years in defiance of some licensing, training, employment, tax, or insurance law, with plenty of empirical experience avoiding enforcement actions. Some worse than others, there is no level playing field with regulatory matters.

It appears Compliance Depot is making an effort to investigate one of the worst offenders of industry practices, "bogus insurance" sold to clueless contractors, and in 2009 appeared to help one clueless idiot above, who just got mad about paying $95.- then complained about getting screened.

 

[jusme123]

Dear Guardian Management LLC,

I have reviewed the invoice I submitted to you regarding the emergency repair I performed on (date of service) at (the apartment complex) which you manage. I have determined that I neglected to charge you my standard approved vendor fee of $100.00. I certainly appreciate your prompt attention to this matter and look forward to continuing our business relationship.

Regards,
Your newest, favoritest electrical contractor




Ooops, forgot to answer your actual question..no, sorry, I have not had any dealings with compliance depot

Nice letter Mike :lol:

 

[mjf]

thanks Jeff. I'm just a wise GUY through and through.


To the OP. $100 bucks is $100 bucks and with this economy maybe it'll hurt you, but it would be tax deductable and in the big picture $100 is nothing.

I do work for 1 Condo complex that uses a management company. Sometimes I hear from them 3 times a month and sometimes I don't hear from them for 3-6 months, but I'd probably invest $100 to continue to work for them if I had to.

 

[Fulthrotl]

Any one have dealings with, Compliance Depot? www.compliancedepot.com

A few months ago I did an emergency repair for an apartment complex that uses a company called Guardian Management LLC. Now Guardian Management is bugging me to set up an account with this Compliance Depot, (a screening company), as a vendor. Yet I have no ongoing arrangement to do work for them. I may never see them again.

Compliance Depot wants $100 per year to be an approved vendor!

I guess I see this as one more company trying to profit from those of us in the trades by forcing us to pay for the right to work.

RW

yeah, i'm registered with them.... that is to say, i complied with all of the insane
BS the customer wanted included, which my GL provider wouldn't provide...

for example, EVERYONE in a private school had to be a named insured..... including
passerby on the street. Nationwide had never even *heard* of that one.....

then, by the time i'd spent a week getting all this STUFF together, before i dropped the
check in the mail, i spoke with the customer, and they were gonna put the $1,500
worth of work out for bid, and was i going to be at the job walk?

waiter, check please.... and a glass of water to get this taste out of my mouth...
forgive me if i spit....