Mario's General Services

The Angi reviews for Mario's General Services say some version of the same thing: he came the same day. A February 2017 customer got a quick response, a quote they called reasonable and a same-day visit; a June 2017 customer had a garbage disposal repaired the same day; a February 2019 customer wrote that Mario answered immediately and was willing to come out that day to complete the work. It is a locally owned Revere company, listed on Angi and HomeAdvisor with 15 years of experience and three lines of work — appliance installation, electrical and plumbing. Its Angi rating is 4.8 from 22 ratings, 19 of them five stars, and the same 22 reviews and 4.8 average sit on its HomeAdvisor profile. A September 2017 customer had a kitchen sink drain unclogged by a crew that turned up ahead of the scheduled time, and a January 2019 customer came away with advice on usage and maintenance as well as the repair. Google tells a different story: 2.3 stars from three ratings, and a July 2021 review that calls Mario a scammer, says he will take your money and run, and warns against letting him do carpentry or any other service — the writer says he will hack up the finish work and leave as soon as he is paid. That review is the newest of the written accounts; the Angi ones run 2017 to 2019. So the written history here runs 2017 to 2021 and it splits cleanly: five short, satisfied Angi accounts about small same-day jobs, and one Google customer who says he was cheated. For a drain, a disposal or an appliance hookup, the older accounts describe exactly that work going fast. Get the scope and the price in writing, agree what "finished" looks like for any finish carpentry, and hold the final payment until you have seen it — that is the point the 2021 reviewer says went wrong.