Terminix
Subject: Unauthorized termination of pest services by branch office
Brief description: My pest services were terminated by the branch office without my knowledge or permission. I have tried to contact them repeatedly for an explanation but have received no response.
Service address: 1015 Chelsea Pl
Washington, IL
Narration:
As far as I know, the issues with Terminix began in late September 2023. I was accustomed to getting a phone call from the pest technician a couple of days before scheduled service to verify the time was ok. By Friday Sep 22, I had not received a call and called the Terminix 800 number and asked if they knew when I was scheduled for pest control service. They said it would be on Tuesday Sep 26, between 1 and 3. He also mentioned I could have an inspection at no charge, which I interpreted as an annual termite inspection. This was normally performed in either October or November anyway, so I agreed. It was scheduled between 2 and 4.
On Tuesday Sep 26, no pest technician ever showed up but the inspector did show up around 3. His name was Paul Matusik. It became apparent that there was a miscommunication as to what my understanding was as to why he was here. He was very helpful in trying to help figure out why no pest technician had showed up. He talked to 2 different people with Terminix and I even got on the phone at one point, although I had no idea who I was talking to. While he was here he tried to help by bringing up my service contract number to figure out what was going on. He couldn't get anything. The only thing that came back relative to my name or address was the termite contract.
Seeing that the whole situation was making me extremely distraught, he offered to e-mail the office (not sure exactly who) and ask them to look into the situation. He said someone would be calling me. No one called by the end of the day.
The next day, Wednesday Sep 27, I got an e-mail from Terminix confirming that my request to terminate service had been processed. I called Paul and asked him what was going on here. At no time while he was here on Tuesday had anything, even remotely, been discussed about terminating service. I was at a complete loss as to how Terminix could say I requested a termination of service. He said it was out of his hands at that point and could do nothing, but would e-mail the office again asking them to contact me. Again, no one from Terminix contacted me.
I then called the Terminix 800 number to get an explanation of what was going on. They offered no help, only to say the request to terminate service had come from the branch office and any further information would have to come from them. At that point I called Bud in the office and left a message on his phone. He returned my call on Thursday morning at 8:07 but I was not home due to a required election judge meeting. When I got home from that, shortly after noon, I tried calling him again, and again left a message. I also got another e-mail from Terminix Thursday morning stating my service had been terminated. I do not understand how Terminix could end service without contacting me to confirm this was, in fact, my request. There can be no documentation anywhere of this request because I never requested it.
As of Friday Sep 7 I had not received any response to my situation or questions.
At this point, here is what I am asking:
Reinstatement of the original service contract with no penalties.
This means you still owe me for pest service for September.
As before, payment if full for the next year qualifies for a 5% discount.
I am also protesting changing my technician. I would like Rick Hedger to be assigned to service my account. This is not an issue of skill - I assume all of your technicians are skilled. Rick knows the property, but most of all, I have built up trust over the 20+ years he has taken care of this account. The issue here is trust. read more