B23 - Wednesday, May 23, 1984 - North Shore News Dial one reaches lower mainland NEED A plumber, painter, roofer or electrician? Need your television repaired, your pool cleaned, windows replaced, locks changed, trees pruned or carpets cleaned? If you're in business, you may even need a _ building maintenance service. According to a new Organization in the area, fin- ding that competent, reliable tradesperson or company to handle these and other needs has always been a problem for consumers and commer- cial users. But with the advent of Dial One (British Columbia) Ltd. help in finding the right com- pany is just a phone call away. Deal One can best be described as a leading inter- nauonal network of indepen- dent companies offering quality services at fair prices. Since its inception in southern California in 1982, Dial One has expanded to 14 Tegions in major North American population centres and will become operational] in Europe this summer. On April 14, Dial One became fully operational in B.C. with 33 of Greater Van- couver'’s leading service trades companies having signed on as charter members. As an umbrella company for the service industry Dhyal One providesconsumers with built-in protection through its rigid code of ethics and a strong consumer protection program. Not every service company is successful in seeking a Dial One membership. This 1s because the Dhal One regional office thoroughly checks the history and performance record of each company applying. “There's no question that we have high standards,”’ says Dial One regional direc tor Garry Rowell “To be blunt, we do not want Companies that fail to perform to consumer CR PCE LALLONS “We even go one step fur ther by reviewing the pertor Thhatie of Our tmnembers as all additional safeguard for con summers Dy usta Our con sumer response cards “The property service business 1s a trader Gallon Gollar odustey Those whe deoothert pots well wall flowr)ish apd Drab One members will ho chums fiyhe’ Doral Cosve tras altcedy ceva tos tach arty thie bow al Cetra thagrrely Iu os cee seb aa lov thre BA ¢ iat hbetple oc Vora CVn ated ats resents ceehuen Partly verde rth ade titaprcrse Mayet pereepeatety Foor Ret silanies Nec tebect ener Pheovuise ldo Notas rryan ed \ thee a) soa ian re Re ee 0 core vbetep a Wiebe cater ty oof rade cane bes. cided oon Kot ie ers Coen The tre wt theese t, : they Cortada boasetad ee ee, en ee rn 2 re bea er rads en rea re tatbbeattestr cot oa tres Tee petartibeng a teed 1 a proaetetvos pe Hoye Ve vusiicg ove tase aad vied re et \ Dae 4 Leva Cdr ve ! Gray Moot tep lou tae choo dieu Kod DISPLAY 980-0511 ing teamed up to install the new roof on Kits House, a neighborhood drop-in centre. “Il was a great way to in- troduce Dial One to the com- munity,’’ said Rowell. ‘“‘Our members felt good about helping people in need, and it also demonstrated the full potential of different trades pulling together under the Dial One banner.’’ Nor will Kits House be the other projects as our way of last Dial One community ser- putting something back into community,’’ said Rowell. vice project. the undertaking “We'll be Choose Chrysler Laser XE over Nissan 300 ZX and save over $3,600* US Automobile Club Sports Car Tests 0-50 MPH (SEC ) LASER XE TURBO NISSAN 300 7x CAMARO 728 CELICA SUPRA 6 22 6 03 BRAKING (FT ) 60-0 SLALOM (SEC ) 134 01 ENGINE & POWERTRAIN PROTECTION penne ernereneny ane | Dodge Trucks § Dodge Trucks (CHRYSLER) CHRYSLER: "Nissan 300 2X MOR $17 120 Laser XE MSRP $1347) if pone ne prawns ts " trae S Years: BO D000 km 2 Years/ 40 O00 kan (oe alet ay velit. 2 Years 40 OOO bere ate aternd acces Trg ed are plea at emtia cost 2 Years! AY OOO kar AO OOO ken ten Lea promt ation iocladed ton al tame enata PLAY IT OAL GJ BocKiE UP Based on percent of recalls for 1982 and 1983 madel years for cars designed and built in North America: { i i Vee \ i ~~.