If the system allowed me to give them minus stars or zero, I would!
Total lack of concern, customer service, zero follow up & no shows for promised service with other continual problems contacting the company.
Pre paid for a year's pest control (ants, other insects) "service". I have had Terminix service for ants for the past 10-12 years. Their service was always mediocre at best. In spite of dozens of request & complaints about their seldom contacting us in advance (we have large dogs) they almost always showed up unannounced.
Our contract included additional free services to spray for ants etc. in between quarterly visits if ants became a problem.
We had a large infestation indoors last week (late August 2017) & called for an additional visit. We were told our next scheduled visit was mid September & they would move that up to the following day (Aug 31) at 8-10 AM.
They no showed without any notification at all. I called them about noon that same day & they told me they were sorry & after complaining & asking to be put through to a supervisor, I was told Supervisor Maurice Johnson was issuing a credit to our account & they would reschedule the same time the following day (Sep 1). Again the next day, they no showed with no notification.
I made NO LESS than 11 calls to their listed local Ventura, CA office between Aug 31-Sep 1 & spent at least 2 hours on either hold or was cut off numerous times. When I did get through, I later found out it was to their central switchboard far from CA. If & on the attempts I made that did get through to them, there was always an excuse about high call volume & then almost 10 minutes of the same sing song recording about all their "services" so at best every call was delayed about 10 minutes OR MORE before I ever talked to anyone.
After their second no show on Friday, Sep 1, I asked to be put through to another manager. One of their recordings said my next service would be a full week later, Sep 7 but that was never confirmed nor did they ever tell me that. I simply heard it on one of their numerous recordings. Meanwhile we had ants all over our home from our bed to another bedroom to my home office & all over the kitchen & family room.
On this last call I initiated to them, the manager I spoke with was named Mark he was totally obnoxious, & refused to give me any other info other than the name Mark. I told him I was firing Terminix, their service was a total disservice & that i wanted my prepaid remaining balance refunded as well as the measly $50 credit the prior supervisor had added to my credit balance. He refused anything more than my pre paid balance & since my credit card had been cancelled by me & a new one with a new number had been issued by the credit card company, the only way they would refund my balance was by check in 4-6 weeks.
After this last contact I had with him, I immediately called a very reputable company & hired them. They came out within an hour at 4PM on Friday Sept 1of Labor Day weekend & did a FAR FAR better job than Terminix ever did. The rep spoke English & was here spraying at least 3 times as long as any Terminix service we ever received. He was FAR more thorough than they ever were by a long long shot.
The indoor infestation of ants we had been dealing with for almost a week were gone in less than 8 hours & have still not shown any activity 4 days later.
Terminix is a problem company. I don't know how they are outside our local area but I would not use them for anything ever again. Upon checking various ratings on them nationally, they get very poor ratings & I can see why.
In short, they are a rip off & are totally unreliable, do not live up to their own promises or contracts & contacting them is painful & far too tedious. Further at their so called supervisory levels, they are not customer oriented. I tried to get the first supervisor i mentioned above to talk to me directly & asked that he call me directly after their second daily no show & he never did. They are only good at making excuses, & have zero follow through &/or actual concerns for their customers & I was one of their longtime customers. read more