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guest917d
楼主 (文学峸)

Hi, I am looking for suggestions.

I took care of my lawn. Last year (2020) the moss grew quite bit in my back yard. I called Truegreen and asked them to do two services (1) areation (2) lime application. 

For areation, they informed me when they will come. On that day they did come and performed the service. They also left a note in my door about the service they performed. All good. 

For lime application, I did not receive any call, and did not see any notice in my door knob. 

This year (2021) in March I called true green and complained that they did not come for the lime application. On that month, I noticed I got refund from Truegreen half of what I paid for lime application. I thought that I at least got something back and let it go. I then hired another reputable local professional to take care of the lawn.

To my surprise, on July 3, I noticed a true green flag on my lawn. On July 20 I noticed I was being billed for the lime application from Truegreen. I called my credit card company and disputed for the charge. My credit card company called me back the next day and told me the charge was removed. They also said they will mail me a new credit card. (the old one is invalid from now on).

Two days later, I heard loud noise from my lawn. I came out and found two guys performing some service on my lawn. I approached them and was told they are from true green. I asked them to leave immediately because I did not request any service from them. After they left, I got a call from Truegreen saying they will come to do areation today. Then 30 min later, Truegreen called me again saying they performed the areation service. 

Then in August, I received a bill from Truegreen for the areation service. I then called Truegreen that I never asked for the services this year. They told me that last year they mailed me the "welcome letter", in that letter it said the service (areation and lime) was yearly. They promised that they will mail a copy of that letter to me. First of all, I never knew the services from Truegreen has to be yearly, it does not make sense I need lime application and areation yearly. Secondly, it has been more than 4 weeks now and I have never received the copy of that letter. 

I filed a complain at BBB. The Truegreen bill kept coming. I am looking for suggestions. Should I just pay the bill to get over it, or fight it to the end? The bill is about $350. When I stopped them, they about finished 1/3 of my lawn. 

Thank you,  

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liu-fu
Check agreement. If indeed it’s annual, I would pay and then can
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guest917d
no document

I just logged into the account on trugreen.com, there is nothing under 'My documents'. There is no welcome letter for both 2020 and 2021. 

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hello2002
aeration 每年做做也没啥坏处。你让他们来重新做完整一次, 再付钱。然后再说。
笑薇.
不要着急。打几个电话到customer service 去complain , 一般就可以解决。truegreen 是个连锁

公司。有一次从外州打电话给我,给了一个cutting grass 的estimate,高达 一年6500美元,一次付清。玩笑,我问他,我目前是一次65 美元,一年8个月服务,其他季节不需要。你可以告诉我任何终止现在公司,而要true green 的服务的理由吗?对方很有意思,说,"true green 服务好, 质量高啊!" 我说,你为什么认为我现在的公司服务不好呢?从那时起,再也不理true green 了。

笑薇.
350 dollars 是小钱,不难解决。他们不会太在意。我这里aeration 是1500。你的太便宜了。
柠檬椰子汁
aeration 怎么可能1500,150差不多,除非你的草坪是我的十倍
选民
They will do the same thing again next year if you pay them this
笑薇.
是啊! 不知你家地多大。150美元,不管地有多么小,都没人干。剪草一次65。一星期一次。
柠檬椰子汁
I have 0.3 acre

My mowing is $30.  So assuming you have 1/2 - 1 acre land, the aeration might be 500, def. not 1500. 

Unless you talk about aeration/dethatching/overseeding/fertilization.  1500 is still high. 

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guest917d
that is what I thought.
笑薇.
只是aeration 就要1500。 这个错不了,我交的钱。还是几年前的事。说实话,从没听说有150的价。在改成

水泥地drive way 以前,sealing 是350。现在多少就不知道了。只会多,不会少。一次white grub service 是350,一年杀虫,杀杂草,施肥也是挺贵,一年八次。你在哪里,为什么便宜的出奇?

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goingplace
你抱怨服务不好,他们退你一半的钱,你有没有同时告诉他们不再用他们了?
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keeplooking
if no agreements, ignore any bill.
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Shanghaigirl98
我一直用他家的。好像by default , 如果不去说明,他家就照

上年的服务接着现年/下一年的服务,账单寄来。总体来说还是比较靠谱。你打电话解释一下。我记得刚用他们的前几个月,crabgrass 没杀干净,打电话让他们多来了两次杀crabgrass ,都没算我钱。

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Shanghaigirl98
那我真的太便宜了,夏天除草/冬天扫雪都是$30 ,出租房$20。
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Shanghaigirl98
我家的是$175 。
柠檬椰子汁
我也是这个价
笑薇.
啊??? 看来我用的这个公司赚大了。春天clean up 包括mulching 要1700呢!! 不过,地比你们的大些,不过

也不该差这么多。和房价有关系吗?我们小区许多家都用这家的服务,我们用他们快20年了。

柠檬椰子汁
豪宅,豪宅,我们下中农冒犯了。
笑薇.
不必发酸。你知道,美国没有统一价格,双方同意就是交易。
紫色海洋
我家稍贵200刀~~~