I hired Royal to plow my driveway during a recent storm - the highway was closed, and I couldn't get home to use my snow blower. Royal called me to discuss the plow after I sent in a website inquiry, and they told me it would be $200, which was "surge pricing"- more than twice the going rate of a will-call plow. After asking if they would reduce the plow fee for just clearing a parking space area, and them refusing, I agreed to pay the $200 for a full plow. We discussed my driveway, including an obstacle that would need to be plowed up to, and avoided. When I returned home a couple days later, I found that only about half my driveway had been plowed, and a large portion, in front of the very obstacle specifically discussed to plow up to, was not removed. Despite being grateful for the snow they did remove, I emailed Royal, giving them the benefit of the doubt being unfamiliar with my driveway outline, and very nicely asked them to please return when they had a chance to finish the plow of the entire driveway as agreed, as the snow had already been stopped for a couple days. I thought they might have been swamped during the storm, understandably, and would return to finish. Their curt response - not without being paid more money. They also said to return would be a "favor" - which of course was odd, since the agreement was to plow the entire driveway up to the obstacle as discussed, and especially given the hefty price for the plow that I paid. I asked them to refund half the plow then, since they only did about half the job. Silence. During the disagreement, Royal lied repeatedly about what was agreed to, even going so far as citing hidden "fine print" language on their website, that was never mentioned and completely contradicted what was agreed to, as an excuse to have not plowed what we actually had discussed - the entire driveway. And my driveway isn't remotely large. It seems clear that this guy said whatever he needed to secure the "surge pricing" payment, gave me a short plow, then thought he would be able to get more money out of me to come back and finish the job. Despicable. I don't blame someone for trying to make a buck, and was willing to pay given my need and the storm - but if you are going to up charge during a storm, at least have the integrity to do what was agreed. Do a complete job. It would have taken them likely 5 minutes to plow the extra area, if that. What an embarrassment to take advantage of someone like this - and what a display of ethics. I hope Royal learns from this experience and does better next time. From their behavior, I wouldn't count on it though. Look elsewhere for your plow needs. - Peter read more