Let me preface this review with saying I hate to leave negative reviews and if you look at my profile, I typically never do. But given my extremely poor experience with the owners, I find a negative review is justified as necessary.
My one and only requirement when I hired Krystal Waters Pool was that under no circumstances they or their employees ever prop open our gate while servicing our pool. The owner swore on it and she shook my hand and personally said that our gate would never be left open, or propped open during servicing. This was a requirement because I worried that our dogs would get out. I work and the dogs have access to the outside during the day.
I am a handshake kind of person. That is how I do business. I trusted them entering our backyard and trusted that their employees would be properly trained never to prop a gate open. I trusted them when the co-owner shook my hand and looked me in the eye, stating that I had nothing to worry about.
After about two years as their client, not only did they prop open the gate one afternoon, resulting in the escape of two of our dogs, but the owner lied about it. When presented with security video evidence clearly showing her employee left the gate propped open, she retracted, but refused to apologize. Later that night, her husband called me, screaming, saying I was the aggressor in all of this for upsetting his wife by questioning her honesty. He said that I was verbally abusive to his wife. Yes, my voice was raised, but I did not get out of line. I was justifiably upset at the fact that I was being lied, to which escalated my voice. Her husband continued to state what a rotten person I am for being upset while continuing to minimize the magnitude of the situation, stating that the dogs escape "wasn't the end of the world." Well, to me, and most animal lovers, it's a HUGE deal if our pets escape and go missing or get fatally injured by a car. So yes, I got upset. But instead of taking accountability, I was completely gas-lighted and made out to be some sort of irrational misogynist for being agitated with his wife and questioning her integrity by stating she indeed was lying.
I left a review back in early 2019 about what had occurred, but since I was threatened with legal recourse and physical harm, I decided to take it down. But every time I drive by their new physical location on Monterey, I think back to that day and that experience. I feel as if this review is warranted, given the nature of what happened. It is truthful and honest. I have not made any false statements nor embellished the facts.
As I stated earlier, I rarely place a negative review. I don't like to potentially harm a person's livelihood over an honest, simple mistake, especially when they apologize or try to right a wrong. However, when a business doesn't take accountability and then lies until presented with the video truth, I think a negative review is acceptable. I sincerely hope both owners learned from this situation, but after reading the other negative reviews, honesty does not appear to be their strong suit. Instead, even when presented with facts and evidence, they'll blame the client and act as if they are in the wrong. It's unfortunate too, because our pool had never looked better than when they were our pool cleaner! read more