5/22/20- We move in to our new house that we bought. The previous owner had used Chiltons to rid the crawlspace of termites. The cost was around $1500. He also added a 5 year $500 warranty to the treatment to insure we would be covered if termites came back.
A few days later I call Chiltons to try and understand the warranty and what all is involved, what I need to do, etc. The front desk lady tells me it covers a yearly inspection and if termites are found, the treatment would be covered. She then adds, "Oh and if you would like us to come out quarterly, we could do that as well." I think that sounds great, and assuming that is included with the warranty, I agree to that.
8/7/20- Chiltons comes out to the house and gives me an invoice that says $95 and termites were found. I am confused by the invoice but assume it is covered in the warranty since termites were found.
10-6-20 I get a bill in the mail about two months later saying that my invoice is over due. I am horrified as I always pay my bills on time and immediately pay. I'm still confused but think that maybe they charged me for the new bait trap.
11/4/20- They come out to the house again and give me another one of those invoices with $95 that says "no termites found." At this point I realize that I wasn't charged for the bait trap last time, but just for them to come out and check them. I didn't ever agree to them charging me $95 to come to check them. They NEVER told me that I was going to be charged for this. I figure there was some miscommunication and I would call them later to cancel them coming out every quarter and clear things up.
11/13/20- I finally get around to calling them to cancel. I call at 2:57pm kindly telling the man of the situation and asking to cancel the quarterly as I wasn't told it would be $95 and that is just not in our budget to do at this time. He asks if he can call me back. I agree. At 3pm he calls me and I tell him I do not want to pay $95 every quarter and want to cancel. He tries talking me out of it and then tells me to write an email to himself and the owner instead. I email telling them the whole situation a third time and ask for a refund of the two $95 visits. I also ask for what all is involved with the warranty as I still have not been informed what it entails. The owner calls me at 3:26pm to tell me that they will not give me a refund (one of the first things out of her mouth). She is rude and threatens that another company will not take over the termite job done on my house without me paying tons of money so I'll be in a bad position if I leave them. This is absolutely not true, by the way. Once again I tell her that I want to cancel. I hang up. At 4:07pm the man calls me and talks almost nonstop going into detail about the bait system that I have. I stop him after 7 minutes because all I have wanted to do this whole time is cancel! He gets mad that I interrupted him and says, "Well, if you would just let me talk!" At that point I'm mad. All I have done is listen to them talk! I have not once been apologized to for the complete lack of communication, I still have not been told the terms of the warranty, I have been rudely talked to and they still haven't canceled like I asked over an HOUR ago. I tell him I want the service cancelled. He tells me that the warranty will be void if I cancel the quarterly. Which is the first I have heard of this! He says the warranty includes me paying $95 every quarter or is void. I no longer want anything to do with this company. I tell him to cancel the quarterly and cancel the warranty. He tries talking me out of it and I say that's what I want and hang up. At 4:40pm I get another email. They state that the warranty (which the previous owner put into effect) includes a quarterly bait check and an annual renewal. Once again, no prices are mentioned. If the quarterly bait check is $95 which isn't mentioned, then how much is the annual renewal?? It is not stated. Now I'm convinced this company is purposefully trying to trick me into paying money by making it look like it's included in the warranty when in fact, I have to pay. I also have never seen the warranty, have never signed anything into my name and have never agreed to pay anything.
11/14/20- I email them stating that I do not want anybody from their company coming to my house any more, that I want to cancel (how many times have I said this??) and that I would like an email confirmation of the cancellation.
11/16/20- They do not reply to email. I also notice on my invoice for my $95 quarterly check that it says in the bottom, "Agreement for One Year." I NEVER agreed to one year, never signed anything that said I would do quarterly checks for one year and was never told that. Which, again, lines up with what others have stated in other reviews about this company's tactics. By the way, they STILL haven't told me they have cancelled. read more