County Farm Service Inc

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I arranged to take off work to supervise the spraying. The
weather report for that morning said that there was a high likelihood of rain,
and the skies had dark rain clouds. I called Kenny, who insisted that it was
fine to spray. I refused. There was a substantial rainstorm an hour later. If Kenny
had sprayed, it would have been wasted effort.
We arranged the spraying for the next day. However, Kenny
did not knock on the door or let me know that he was at the house, although I
had told him via phone that I was there and my car was in the driveway. I
watched some of the spraying from the windows and deck, specifically the
spraying around the house. He told me he had already sprayed the trees.
I asked if he had finished spraying the neighbor?s trees. He
then told me that the trees actually belonged to a different absentee neighbor
who probably was not going to spray. I asked him why he hadn't told me that
before he started work, since I probably would have cancelled the order. He
repeated said that the trees did not need to be sprayed?that they always ?come
back.? I asked him why?if the trees did not need to be sprayed?he had done the
spraying and charged me for the work.
Since he said he had done the spraying, I went ahead and
paid him the $350 we had agreed upon. However, as he left, I noticed that there
were no footprints or tire tracks going down to the trees with the tent
caterpillars. I called Kenny and asked him about this. He admitted that he had NOT
sprayed these trees?the whole purpose for my calling County Farm Services! He
said the ground was too wet to get his truck down to the trees (although in the
estimate, he said he was going to carry the pesticide because it was too steep
for the truck). I asked him if he was going to come back to finish the job. He
said yes.
I called County Farm Services and talked with the branch
manager, Don, who said he would look into the situation. I followed up with an
email outlining the situation. I had not heard back by Monday mid-morning, so I
cancelled the check and sent an email to Don saying that I would be happy to pay
the full amount as soon as the work was completed. I asked him to schedule a
new appointment to have someone come out and complete the spraying.
Having another appointment to complete the work means that I
or my husband must stay home from work. It is a considerable inconvenience.