We rented our house out to people. When they moved out we knew that we would have to go in and paint, but when we got there to inspect the house it was filthy. We wanted to have an exterminator come in, Before we moved into the house, so i called Terminix.
The woman I talk to on the phone was extremely nice. I told her we needed an evening or weekend, as we do not get out of work until 5 PM. She gave me an appointment for a week later, a Tuesday from 5 to 7 PM. I left work early so I did not miss the exterminator. When I arrived at the house about 4:50 PM, I had a note on my door stating that they were there at 3:15. I called Terminix and the lady said the local Newburgh Office change the appointment time to 3:00 to 5:00, without calling me and informing me. She rescheduled my appointment for Saturday between 1:00 to 5:00. She stated that she contacted the branch manager and he would call me back, also.
On Wednesday (the day after), The manager called me back. He was also very nice and apologized for the inconvenience and guaranteed me that they would be there on Saturday. On Saturday, I went to the house at 12 PM waiting for the exterminator to come. About 2:15 PM I called Terminix to ask them if they had an ETA on when the exterminator would be there. She put me on hold and tried to contact the driver, with no success, but she said she left him a message to contact me with an estimated time of arrival. At 5:15 PM (which is 15 minutes past the end of the appointment) I still had not heard from the driver. So, I called Terminix again, the very nice associate tried to contact the driver once again with no success. She then called the manager and the manager was in the field and said he would return my call as soon as he could. At 6:15 PM we received a phone call from the exterminator, stating he will not be able to come to the house, that we need to call Terminix and reschedule. I asked him if he could at least come spray the inside of the house and he told me no, his exact words were, too many appointments not enough time. I proceeded to say that it was unacceptable as this is the second time in less than a week that they inconvenienced me and did not show up when they were supposed to. He proceeded to say well I am not going to be able to coming today. I asked him to have his manager call me back, and he proceeded to say call the 800 number that is the only thing I can tell you. I told him that I had already called Terminix and was waiting for his manager to call me back. read more