Yavapai County Contractors Association

Ash Budsby _{on Google}

Apr 10th, 2023

Our company joined the YCCA right before the pandemic. We were a new company and thought the membership would bring us exposure, perhaps advertising discounts, informational resources, contractor advocacy, and all the other things these organizations usually provide. Having a place where a potential client can call and obtain information on member contractors so that they can get the best fit for their project. Sadly none of these things came out of our 3 year membership to this muddled organization. As near as I can figure this is a one person organization with a few helpers for certain tasks. That one person is the laughably titled Executive director Sandy Griffis. On the one hand she is knowledgeable in some areas in others she is sorely lacking. She definitely plays favorites and if you are not in her inner circle, you are likely not only to not be recommended to the public who calls her. You could just as likely be badmouthed regardless of her knowledge of your company or its practices. As a business owner I am all for customer advocacy it helps keep everyone informed and honest. If you are an honest business owner you should want transparency, as a potential customer you need sound advice and information. However, our experience and the shared experiences of our industry peers show us that she wont recommend the best company for the project and only recommend her friends and associates.
This is not serving the client or the contractor. After many conversations with her I have come to realize that Sandy and her organization are NOT a contractor advocacy or help group. It is my opinion that she thinks very little of contractors and what she does think is negative. She thinks they knowingly do illegal unlicensed work, she said and I quote, well, most contractors are scam artists and if you arent running your business that way then you are the unicorn She quoted us a price on her home and garden expo for booth space only to double the price when the billing came due. She told us we could place a free ad in her building Yavapai magazine. We paid to have the ad made from her recommended graphic designer for $540. Only to have her send us a bill for ad placement for another $600 that was never discussed. Sandy Griffis is flippant, condescending, rude, abrasive and complacent. She is so self important and narcissistic it was nearly impossible to have a positive discourse with her. We did not renew our membership for 2023 and by the grace of God may we never have any interaction with her or this useless and corrupt, dog and pony show of a contractors association.

bbwalter1 _{on Google}

Sep 4th, 2022

very unhelpful. We had a complaint about a business owner that threaten us and she immediately started to defend the contractor saying that it was my attitude that cause the issue. She knows the contractor and claimed that he would never do that, he did and harass us over the phone a number of times. I ask her not to contact the contractor but she did anyway and is waiting to hear back from him.

Carlo P _{on Google}

Sep 8th, 2021

Extremely rude Sandy Griffis!!!!
Dont bother trying to get information on contractors to assist you with your project from this organization. They do not know the meaning of customer service or understand that part of their mission is to help the public obtain information on contractors, which directly benefits their members. I was faced with a very rude, curt and unprofessional Sandy Griffis on the phone, who is their Ececutive Director! Imagine that! She did not want to provide me any information on contractors or wanted to take the time to look anything up. She did not even spend a minute on the phone with me and said I have to go and hung up. The association does not need an Executive Director like her. Bad for YCCA.