We paid this company thousands of dollars to remove about 10 trees, over the years, off our…read moreproperty. They were quick, safe, and cleaned up after themselves. We thought he was a little overpriced, but we were willing to pay because they did a great job.
Hurricane Beryl took down 2 trees in my backyard. I called this company immediately, thinking they could come cut up these 2 trees, one oak and one sweetgum, quick, and just put them on the curb for county pick-up. He sent his climber to take a look, and then the owner called us a few minutes after he left. None of them speak English, but the owner depends on his teenage boy to speak for him. Y'all, he wanted $2700 to cut up these two trees! That's more than he charged me for the last 3 trees they climbed to cut down, including grinding the stumps! It's ourageous to me how people want to price gouge when you are already down. When I told him there was no one stupid enough to pay that, he said, "Well, everyone went up on their prices right now, and we have to be higher than them."
My insurance is only paying me $500 for each tree for the clean-up. So, this just told me that Ear Tree Service has no value and no morals, and they only want to take advantage of people when they are down. I told him to go $#*$=;", and I would never call him again nor recommend them to anyone.
So me, at 59, my sister at 58, my 64 year old brother in law who just had back surgery, and my 80 year old neighbor did it ourselves. It took us a few days, but it's done.
When people pay these price gougers, they continue to do it.