Terminix - Woburn -Termite & Pest Control

Terminix Pest Control is a poorly run, dishonest company. After their technician did not show up twice in a row to service my home/office, I canceled my service. Now, they just keep billing me for a service they never performed. Despite the numerous calls to request that they cancel the bill, they said they would investigate and get back to me, but they never got back to me. They just give me the runaround over and over again. I recommend you steer clear of this company.

I hate this company. They use fear tactics and they lie. Then when something serious happens, like my wife getting cancer and me losing a job, they do anything and EVERYTHING to try to not get you to cancel. They make you fight for cancellation. They want to throw $40 credit and be like, that is good right? Then they want to charge you $900 for a cancellation fee for their lies and fear tactics.

Termite bait stations were not installed properly. The installation "professional" did not even adhere to the guidelines on the Terminix site under the "Are They Effective?" section: [*** Link removed ***] We paid $800 to have the bait stations installed at approximately 10 feet intervals (since they discovered active termites) and 2-4 feet from the foundation of the house. The stations were not strategically placed and not at correct distances for effectiveness. Some stations were a staggering 14 feet from the foundation of the house! Many small holes were left in the yard trying to find an easy location for the bait station. Who knows if he hit the sprinkler line? The stations were not an even distances from the foundation and we're placed haphazardly. I would expect the bait stations to be installed in a straight line following the foundation, but instead, we have stations at 14', 6', 4' from the foundation... It looks terrible, the 14' one is in the middle of the yard! You would think it would be easy enough to stay in a relatively straight line following the foundation. Many of the stations were not all of the way in the ground so they are easy to trip on and wobbly when you happen to step on it.. which happens quite often when one is placed in the yard (16' from foundation) and another right in front of the grill (6' from foundation). All of the stations were not at roughly 10 feet intervals. The section of the house where termites were discovered didn't even have the stations at 10 feet intervals. I will have to see if the 100% money back guarantee is a real thing and just install the stations myself. It is clear that Terminix does not require their professionals to meet their standards, much less my standards. After doing some research it looks like using Taurus SC Termiticide will be a much better solution then the bait stations anyways.

I was given a FIVE HOUR window for the appointment! And then no one showed up or even called!! After waiting for five and a half hours I called the office and was told that while I did have an appointment scheduled, they had neglected to assign an inspector. I was told a manager would call me and offer compensation for my wasted time. It's been over a week now and the manager has not called.

I would not hire these people. They made the problem worse. Total incompetence. They charged me $1,850. Total rip off.

First appointment: Consultation went well. We bought services for 1 year of protection. Second appointment: 1 hour late past appointment window. No communication to set expectations on tardiness. Today: Made special appointment bc we saw a mouse in our living room. Complete no-show with NO notification. When I called, they told me their policy is not to tell people when they aren't going to show up! Seriously, their policy is to not notify their customer If they have to cancel! I stayed home from work today for this appointment. Horrible customer service!

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This technician, he noticed that there was a some past problem. He said he was going to quote me a price, it was not covered in their plan. He never got back to me on that. That was an issue for the house. I was very mad about his lack of commitment, so I cancelled the plan as a result. They should have followed up if they promised something. That's a major problem. There was another technician before this one, his name was Sinclair. The previous guy was pretty good. This gentlemen was knowledgeable and right on his work. This guy I don't trust his work, he not thorough. I don't like it.  I think their pretty responsive, they just don't follow up. When you call the they would send someone right away, but I wasn't happy that they promised to give me information on the plan. They never replied.

It was a little expensive because the first time they did give me a 14 years warranty which last for 14 years it gave me at around think about 3000 or something like that.

They did excellent service for these two.

I do use them all the time for the last seven years.

no more ants

Their employee's didn't come out and then charge me for it and he lied to them I guess and they were defending him so I guess I don't let them come out anymore.

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I ended up signing up for the service but I cancelled it. There was a hornet's nest in an area that I couldn't get to which was two storeys up. It required them to get a ladder and spray chemicals into where the hornets were entering so that they would get it into the nest. Instead he stood two and a half storeys down and tried to stream it up. He thought that would take care of the problem. I called him back and he still did the same thing. I figured he was lazy, so I decided cancel the contract. He was also supposed to spray for ants because my house is under construction and ants usually find it easier to infest such carpentry. He sprayed powder around the house but he wasn't focusing on the holes where the ants were. The attention to detail was poor and the service was ineffective overall.

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One thing I didn't like about them is that right when they came out, they looked underneath the flagstones near my house, and they said you have termites. I signed a contract with them, and then I look under the flagstones after a year, and the termites were still there. They said that was far enough away from the house, and I asked them how come it was not far away enough when I signed the contract. I was very disturbed by them. They would come back, but when I told them that I had termites there, the story changed. I spoke to a manager there, and somebody above him. The contract covered for them to come back. I was very disappointed. They are very misleading. They would come quick. In the beginning they were good, after I had them for a couple of years, and I would call them for the termites, they would say they can't come out. It went downhill really quick after 2 years.

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When I bought my house in '09, the seller signed up for a 9 year plan with Terminix, and paid for the initial work.  The first couple of years were OK, but in recent years I have gotten the impression that this company just doesn't care.  Multiple missed appointments, errors in billing, incompetent customer service. In fact, they assigned my last "inspection" to a technician who wasn't scheduled to work that day.  I only found that out after the 4 hour window had passed and nobody showed up.  Need an exterminator? I suggest you find a local company and give them your business.  I know Terminix isn't getting any more of mine.

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