Arizona Exterminating Co.
About us
Welcome to Arizona Exterminating Company. Local Knowledge is the key to successful client service. Opened in 1936, our Valley-based company has quality solutions to Arizona's unique and challenging pest problems. This allows us to make client referral a cornerstone of our marketing philosophy. Our Flagship service is the All Pest Solution, a single-service plan that encompasses all the pests that infest your homes and businesses--including termites--for one price. Give us a try and find out why we have been voted the #4 Pest Control Company for ten years in a tow by Ranking Arizona, The Best of Arizona Business.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Animal & Bird Control, Lawn care, Pest Control, Termite Control
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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we concluded after the 4 visits and haven't seen a pest since.
The tech had never seen them before and he was supposedly one of their most experienced contractors...really?? The fact that they contract out their tech positions would prove to be a significant contributor to bad service and lack of proper training on the part of the company. Springtails are not as common as some insects found in AZ like roaches or ants, I admit, but they are not uncommon in a large development, which is where we live, and my neighbors 2 blocks over had dealt with them, too. Once I helped the tech identify the type of bug they decided to use DELTA Dust in the walls because regular spraying was doing nothing at all. The problem with Delta, which works great for roaches and silverfish, is that it is a very weak solution for springtails. I found this out by doing my own online research! The tech had no idea what he was doing. The springtail problem continued and they were unable to suggest a solution. They tried sealing up part of the outside wall but the little jumping bugs continued to come in. I finally told them I'd had enough and canceled my service. We ended up fixing the problem ourselves by sealing inside areas where they were finding their way into our bathrooms. We never had the problem again.
Now comes the really unbelievable part of how they dealt with us: While treating the walls with the Delta dust initially, the tech did not use a drop cloth of any kind and ended up cracking one of our custom tiles in the master bathroom in the spot where he kept laying his drill on the floor! Neither he nor the company offered to fix or pay for the damage once informed that it had happened, including the supervisor I spoke to in their offices whose only response was to say he was sorry that it had happened and that the tech we had used was no longer with them. After canceling the service, we made the decision not to take them to court over a square of tile. But nevertheless, we were very angry as the tile was only a year and half old. To add insult to injury, after I spoke with the supervisor, I had to call them back again to tell them that the tech had showed up at our house later that month trying to do another treatment! The supervisor had lied to me and said the tech no longer worked for them! (I guess that absolved them from their legal responsibility in case we decided to take them to small claims over the tile, which we'd decided not to do).
I would never use this company again. The lied, they offered lousy service, they were not knowledgeable about their industry and available treatments for specific infestations, and this company hires contractors they don't require to be properly trained, don't train their techs themselves (or not properly), and their policy is to give you someone clueless about insects to treat an infestation. I would not recommend using them for any service and would warn people to be cautious in dealing with them as I believe they're operating just this side of illegal.
We solicited quotes from several companies; most of the top rated ones on Angie's list. My only requirement was that they provide an initial estimate by e-mail without calling me. Besides being the only company who could follow these simple instructions, AZ Exterminating had a competitive price and their people were a pleasure to deal with. No high pressure sales pitches and I felt they were interested in giving me the information I needed to make an informed decision on my own.
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