I agree that it’s better than nothing and I agree that you can always do the research for yourself. I think this is reasonable - to use Angie’s list or theserviceguide.com as just another factor in the process of deciding which contractor is best.

But when you say that it’s sort of sad that people are so skeptical, don’t you think it’s a bit ironic that you didn’t leave your name and instead left the name as “Anonymous”? Talk about skeptical!