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Douglas & Sons

25600
Original Poster

After posting a job from Hereford to Bradford, with only 1 response, I spent a good 45 mins phoning members in the directory. Of the calls I made, many members in the directory are no longer operating or their phone numbers were incorrect. I had a 50% strike rate.<br><br>It is imperative that the directory is kept up to date and members are prompted to do so.<br><br>However, of the members I did reach, many were willing to take the job for a reasonable price and [business] came to the rescue.

Long Services

10314

I agree<div>Anyone who has not been active for say 90days should get automatically removed, then we'd all be confident that the members on here are genuine active ones.</div>

mtvan.com Ltd

2185

Yes we agree too and have already started to deal with it, following previous comments on the subject.<div><br></div><div>We are gradually going through and removing members who have not logged in for over a year.</div>

Douglas & Sons

25600
Original Poster

Brilliant [name], thank you.

mtvan.com Ltd

2185

If anyone has any ideas on how mtvan could be changed to speed up the response to jobs posted, we're all ears.<div><br></div>

Williams Express

242

Unfortunately the text alert i&nbsp;received for a local job the first one&nbsp;I&nbsp;could bid on came through about 2 hours after it was already allocated.

Long Services

10314

sorry doo...saw your quote for GL3 to WR6 but timing was out...good price tho

Williams Express

242

Cheers Buddy :)&nbsp;

Douglas & Sons

25600
Original Poster

Hi [name], i see there has been a flood of members updating their details but upon checking I see some are still not providing all the information us vendors require to make an informed decision on who to book. It should be quite simple, until a member fills in all of the forms he cannot register or if they are just trying the site out without too much fuss then they should not appear in the directory!

Website Admin

5839

I do agree that it would be more ideal to have a minimum requirement before appearing on the directory.<br><br>As a stop gap, could those members who have not logged in for a given period of time be removed from the directory?

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