On April 25, 2019 we received a quote from VerdeGo Landscaping (Jesse Villaneuva was our design consultant). The bid consisted of a landscape design package which included a 7 foot Sylvester Palm costing $1,190.00. The total quote was $3,910.00. On May 7, I, along with a friend of mine, came to VerdeGo to select my tree. I found the perfect 6' Sylvester tree. Jesse stated he would tag the tree to ensure it would not be sold or taken by anyone else. My friend and I witnessed him tagging the tree. My friend even took a picture of me next to the tree. The next morning, I called an placed a deposit of $1,467.50 via phone call to VerdeGo. I then received (the same day) an email from Jesse stating the project was put on the schedule for June 7. On or about April 20, my husband went to VerdeGo to see the tree. A female employee took him in a golf cart (a distance from the actual building) to look for the tree. It was no where to be found. The employee stated to my husband that she would contact Jesse and have him call us. Jesse did not call, so the next day my husband texted Jesse. Jesse then texted a picture of "a" tree. It was not the same tree I picked out. My husband then went out to the site the next day to see the tree personally, It had at least 13 dead branches, was smaller, and looked nothing like the tree I chose. He sent me a picture of the tree, and I told him this was certainly not the tree I had chosen a few days before. My husband told Jesse this, and he stated we could come pick out another tree. No one would own up to what happened to our original tree. On May 24, 2019, my husband and I met Jesse and the General Manager Matthew Stinson at the site to pick out another tree. Prior to them coming outside, an employee (whom I promised not to disclose), came up to us and stated "I think they gave your original tree away, and Jesse tagged a different tree". We were shocked to say the least. Jesse and Matthew then came outside. They said they just received 2 new trees and we could go to the back with them to look at them. As a side note, previously we had been taken to the back area on a golf cart due to the thick, sandy dirt and long distance to walk. We are not young people. I was wearing a skirt and heels and they did not offer to take us on a golf cart and my husband had to help hold me up walking through the thick sand/dirt. I stated, it would be nice to have a golf cart, and received no response from either Matthew or Jesse. I feel they intentionally made us walk the long distance. We then got to the back and the trees were lying down and Matthew stated one of the 2 choices we had for a 6' tree selection was on the bottom. No effort was made to show us both trees, so we basically had no choice but to select the only tree choice they provided. We then walked back towards the office. We never received a formal apology nor any type of restitution for our trouble. Nor, did Jesse or Matthew ever admit to wrongdoing. We then discussed possible changes to a few plants. Our contract stated we could make 2 changes without charges. It was obvious they did not want us making any changes, so we just decided to accept the contact has written. They then asked us to sign that we would not make any additional changes (which we hadn't really made any changes to start with). I regret that I agreed to sign off on that. Jesse then walked back into the office confirm the start date, because they had also changed the start date on us after telling us it was June 7. While we were standing outside with the General Manager, Matthew, I looked at him and stated "do you think this matter could have been handled better?" He stated, "what do you mean?" I said, "well, we never received an explanation about why our original tree was taken and why someone would tag a different tree and try to pass it off to us." I said "you would just think you could at least apologize or give us a free rose rush or something". (I was using a rose bush as an example of providing good customer service.) He then said in a very condescending manner, "so you want something free?" I said "why not?" He then stated "I'll give you something free... just hold on." He then left us outside for several minutes. Finally, we got tired of waiting and went inside the office. We saw the owner of the company, T.J. McNitt standing behind the desk. He did not acknowledge us, and also failed to return several calls my husband made to him about the tree incident. Jesse and Matthew then returned and Matthew stated "here's you a gift card and a credit for our deposit, stating he did not wish to do business with us. We declined the gift card. I looked at Jesse and stated "why did you tag a different tree, when you knew it was not the tree I originally chose?" He did not have an explanation. I feel this was a fraudulent act by this company. This company does not take accountability for their mistakes. Be aware! read more