We only show a phone number if the business actually answered us.

You're looking for an electrician or plumber in South Texas. You find one on our directory. You see a phone button. You tap it. That's the whole point.

We run a free online list of local service businesses around Corpus Christi and the Bend. For years, people would call numbers on our site and reach nobody. The shop had closed or moved. The number was five years old.

So we changed it. Now we only show a phone number if that business owner or manager actually told us they're still there and taking calls. If they haven't confirmed it, we show their name and address instead. You can search them on Google, find their hours, call their main line yourself. That's honest.

It's a small thing. But when you need someone fast, a dead number is worse than no number at all.