TURF GUYS

"I am not going to waste a lot of time on this issue but this customer refused to pay the final payment of his contract. He kept asking for more and more and finally we had to say no, we gave him alot extras at no additional cost. Very little of what he said in his report is true, if you can make sense of it. He wanted his wall taller and when we said no he said he understood but that he wasn't going to pay me my final installment. I had had enough and told him that was fine because as contractors sometimes we can only take so much. I did warranty the wall for two years. He called me in 2010 (over 2 years after the warranty was over) and I told him that I would look at it. I did and determined that the area that was leaning was where he added extra block. Additionally, he contacted the BBB and they closed the case with no merit on his part, and our company's record remains perfect with the BBB. It is unfortunate that Angie's List does not call the contractor and ask their side of the story before allowing people to post complete lies about a contractor. When I called Angie's list to dispute this they told me that the only way was to respond here. So now I wait for a back and forth with this guy, who got more than his moneys worth, but refused to make his final payment and then wants to post this nonsense on this nonsensical board because he has nothing better to do. ALL BECAUSE I WOULDN'T COME OUT AND FIX SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN OUT OF WARRANTY FOR OVER 2 YEARS, THAT HE SCREWED UP. Anyone that puts any merit in Angie's list must be crazy. I am sure none of you will read this though because when I was on the phone with Angie's List customer service they told me there was no way they could do anything about his post. When I asked them if I told what I thought about Angie's list they said they would take my post off. Funny how that works. But we will see. If you look further down there is another client, same thing, he wouldn't pay me. I actually turned him to collections and now he pays me a small amount every month. Funny how the complaints are from the ones that are cheap and don't pay. But Angie's list just lets the posts go."

"Plain and simple one here. I traded this guy over two years of lawn care, fertilization, mulching, etc, for a website. Website never got built after two years of "working on it". He owed me money. He asked me to come out and fix patio, normally, no problem, but why when someone owes me over $2,000 why would I go out and do more work for him. All I wanted was what he said he would do. He makes it sound as if we maliciously took a weed eater to his house. His siding was down into the grass and those accidents happen. Ultimately we sent this customer to collections and I had to settle for half of everything that he owed me. Real great deal, and I never got a website. Once again, someone using this Angie's List website to spread lies and to try and hurt my business only because they wouldn't pay. I would be glad to send anyone this person's name and a copy of the collection letter and outcome if they would like to see it to verify my side. Funny thing is, I think this person started a website building business instead of doing it on the side. Maybe I will look for him on here. Be careful of what you read on here people."