Charles Shaw and Capitol City Tree Service STOLE nearly $4000 from me....but did it legally. Here's how: I first hired them in October of 2007 to do some tree pruning for me. That work was satisfactory, but the invoice he handed me was $300 higher than his quote. When I showed him his estimate, he stammered and stuttered, then adjusted his invoice. Then I made the mistake of asking about doing some landscaping....he sent me his landscaper the next day, who gave me a reasonable quote for the work I wanted done, so I hired him and gave him $2500 to start the job (very common for a contractor to require enough up-front payment to cover materials) But more than a month later, the job wasn't finished and the work he had done was totally unacceptable...and then then day before Thanksgiving he call to tell me that Capitol City had fired him. I told Charles Shaw, owner and president of Capitol City, that I wanted my money back...he PROMISED that he would send a new landscaper to make everything right. After 6 months, I filed a suit in small claims court. That's when Shaw proved what a slimy crook he really is: instead of offering to settle he hired a lawyer, which moved the case out of Municipal "small claims" court and into Civil Court, forcing me to hire a lawyer too. His lawyer then proceeded to try to bury me under "interogatories" and motions, all of which ran up my legal fees. By the time I won the case, he'd cost me more than $4000 including the original $2000. And I did win the case, I didn't get a dime, because I'd only sued Capitol City Landscaping...I hadn't also sued Capitol City Tree Service..and by then he'd folded Capitol City Landscaping LLC, leaving no company or assets from which to collect anything. I won the battle, but lost the war. And that's how they STOLE my money, legally. So don't even THINK of hiring Capitol City Tree Service! (I'll stand behind every word of this and dare Shaw to sue me for slander, 'cuz this time I'll win AND collect!)