Yelp is not the only place for the "stacked" reviews.

Angie's list can be be a real bad place for that sort of stuff. Probably the worst, since a bad review tends to get buried. Sometimes never to be seen.


I hired, and fired, a tile setter using Angie's list. Rave reviews for someone that was the most unreliable person I've ever seen in the construction business.

Work was passable at best, and I ended up doing most of the job myself.


When I leave a review for a business on Yelp, I always mention that it's "in my opinion".


Sorry to hear of your "Shady tree mechanic" experience Stanley. Lot's of that in the auto mechanic world (much like in every other business).