I was very impressed with the information provided on their website for handling pet urine stain removal. I had recently lost my elderly pet who had urination problems so I was looking for a company that could address this issue. I also looked up the company on the San Diego Better Business Bureau. I should have been weary as there were 4 complaints in the last 3 years, but I felt the way their website described how they handle the stain removal was important.
Their rep came out and gave me a quote, breaking down the cost of the process. I called the office to setup the first appointment to treat the area and then later a second appointment would be made to clean the carpet and replace the pad. When they arrived, they told me they didn't have one of the products needed to to the job, a barrier sealer. This surprised me, as I would have expected a call to let me know this so that we could reschedule. He said he went to the supply place to pick it up that morning and they didn't have any in stock. I asked him, was it possible to try some other supply place? He said that it was the only one that the company had an account with. Seriously?
Anyway, he started the process of treating the area/carpet. He put bleach on the sub floor and sprayed the carpet with the enzyme cleaner and removed the padding. Once he was done, I noticed the rug I have on the tile was discolored. I said to him that he must have gotten the bleach on it as he used a spray bottle. He said no, he did not. I used my fingers to wipe the tile in front of the rug and it was wet. I asked him if he would guess that this is bleach? He wiped it up with a towel but said nothing more about the rug. He left, taking the
old padding with him so that when they come to clean the carpet that the padding will be replaced.
I called the office and spoke with the manager about the rug that was ruined. He wanted to see the 5 foot rug to see if he could spot dye it. I said I couldn't take more time off work but said I could give the rug to
the person that comes to clean the carpet. One thing he didn't mention was that he would be gone on vacation.
A few days later, they came to clean the carpets. The new padding he brought was not the same density as my old padding. It appeared to be the same thickness but not the same density when you press down on the padding. My existing padding when pressed down on, didn't give much where the new one was very soft and giving. He said this is what they gave him and he called the warehouse and decided not to install it instead taking another piece of my old padding with him. and said he would personally look for a match in density in the warehouse.
I then got a call from a woman at the company office saying they
had the padding. She was under the impression that I didn't install the padding because of the padding color. How absurd, why would that matter? Carpet isn't transparent, you won't see the padding, hello! She was insistent that I pay the whole balance as I had only previously paid for the treatment and cleaning as that was what the carpet cleaner guy asked for, He had crossed out the padding and install since he didn't do that. I told the woman at the office that I didn't agree that I should pay the outstanding balance since there
was still an open issue with the bleached rug so the job wasn't completed. She said they needed payment in order to allow the appointment to replace the padding to happen. I said okay but I didn't think that was right. I had no guarantee that the rug would be addressed once I made full payment. Also she told me the manager was on vacation and no one else could deal with the ruined rug issue. Really? I told her I would go ahead an pay so that we could schedule the padding to be replaced but I would not recommend the
company to anyone.
No one showed up for the scheduled appointment time! I called the office, spoke to a different woman. She said I was not scheduled for an appointment. What? The other woman didn't schedule it on purpose because I was apprehensive about paying, even though I gave in and agreed to make payment. The woman on the phone says she doesn't have access to my paper work as it was in the other woman's desk and she was not authorized to get it. She couldn't help me setup a new appointment to finish this job. She said I could just leave a message for the other woman to call me on Monday which I did. Do you see the trend here, people who can't seem to do their job!
I didn't want them back in my house so I ending up replacing the padding and stretching the carpet myself. They did give me a $40 credit for the area rug they ruined. Note, I was never able to find a comparable replace rug. Then a year later they called me saying I was in collections for the $40 dollars balance. Yeah, seriously! Hello, that was a credit for the rug that was ruined. Unbelievable but that's what happen. read more