I dealt with two other pest control services in Hemet before I called Moat. The contrast was remarkable. I will call them Company X and Company XX.
Company X charged me $50 to spray around my mobile home. They set no bait stations or rat traps. When I repeatedly phoned them to come back to set bait stations, they repeatedly told me that my account wasn't in their "system." (Whatever that means!) Eventually, they simply stopped returning my call.
Company XX, answered my one and only call to them. Their phone person affected a little-girl voice. She could answer none of my questions and eventually, inexplicably, put me on hold... After several minutes of waiting for I knew not what, I hung up.
That is when I phoned Moat. Boy, am I glad I did. What a difference! Totally professional.
The Moat man showed up on time. He answered all my questions, explaining what he was going to do before he did it. He sprayed and strategically placed (in the shade) 4 bait stations. Moat's bait stations are weighed so they can't be blown or dragged away.
I was impressed. And the Moat man even had the mannerisms of an undertaker! You could tell he was way into his job. But then he asked me if I had noticed any insect issues on the inside of my mobile.
I told him I had only moved in two weeks ago and had already killed a couple dozen slow-flying bugs that appeared out of nowhere in my kitchen during the night.
He asked me how long they were. I told him about a half an inch long.
He said it sounds like termite swarms. 'Tis the season for them to fly. They're attracted to light at night. And the only way to kill 'em all was to tent my place, which would cost about $1600.
I was depressed. A mobile home just up the street from me had been tented the week before. So I figured termites were on the move and I was next on their menu.
But that's when this Moat specialist asked me a critical question: Did I have any of the carcasses of those bugs I'd killed? I hadn't thrown out my kitchen trash yet, and located one of those squashed bugs in a napkin.
Moat man whipped out a high-intensity flashlight and examined the squashed blob for about 15 seconds before announcing his postmortem's verdict: "It's an ant."
Boy, was I relieved. I felt that his expertise just save me $1600. And I signed up right then and there for Moat's bi-monthly pest control services for far into the future.
Compared to other two Hemet pest control outfits I encountered, there's no comparison! Moat's New Customer, Albert Cipriani read more