I just cancelled my contract with them, and was glad to do it.
About a year ago, a sales rep from Aptive was going door to door, and they must have caught us at just the right moment, with perfect timing, because my wife and me agreed to sign a pest control contract with them.
The first couple of times an Aptive rep came by, they did wonderful work. They were careful and methodical, they sprayed inside and out of the home, they let us know well in advance they would be there, and we were very happy.
Over time, the notifications they were going to be there got closer and closer to their arrival. . .going from saying they'd be there on "X" day a few days from now, to saying they'd be there in a few minutes, and then just not calling and showing up.
Then the work started getting worse and worse. Once the COVID lockdowns were over and my wife and me were back to work at the office instead of at home every day, and they were coming by when we weren't home, they started definitely doing a poor job once we weren't watching. Of course, if we weren't home they couldn't come inside to spray either.
However, we do have security cameras. The cameras would catch Aptive reps doing poor jobs like only spraying the front yard and not bothering to go into the back yard, or just ringing our doorbell and when they realize we aren't home just driving away and billing us anyway. They thought they could get away with anything if we weren't home, and didn't notice all the cameras we had watching what they WEREN'T doing.
When I would call to complain, they'd offer to have the place re-sprayed "as a courtesy", but when I would insist it would have to be on a day I was at home (working from home several days a week), they'd always say they were never available on any of those days. . .not just this week or next week, NEVER available on any of those days of the week, they could ONLY come by and spray on the days I wasn't home. That was VERY suspicious.
Eventually I got fed up with this and called to cancel. The service rep asked if there was a specific reason I was cancelling, and I explained all of the above. The rep said they'd waive the cancellation fee and put in a request to refund the fees for the times they didn't spray my house but billed us for it. They were at least fast about processing that refund. The only time their customer service was decent was when calling to cancel, if you're just calling to complain then they'll blow you off.
Don't go with these guys. For the cost they charge for a single spraying you can go to a home improvement store and buy a large spray bottle of pesticide and use it yourself, and save hundreds of dollars, and you'll probably do a much better job than them in the process. read more