Pest Control Services
Croach® Pest ControlHeadquarters
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Complaints
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Customer Complaints Summary
- 13 total complaints in the last 3 years.
- 5 complaints closed in the last 12 months.
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Initial Complaint
Date:08/10/2022
Type:Order IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
One of Croach salesmen named ****** came to *********** day trying to sell their service. I repeatedly told them that I could not afford it. After a few minutes and receiving a persistent no, ****** went into my garage and told me I had a black widow in my home (which I later looked at and was not a black widow). He then advised me he could reach out to his company and ask them if I could do their service month to month. He walked away, got on the phone and returned stating they were going to allow him to do this. He asked if I could pay $150.00 upfront, and $58 mins every month thereafter. He was clear that I could cancel at any time. He asked that I sign for the services and again, I asked before signing to confirm I was not under contract. He showed me his tablet and I read the EXACT agreement we talked about. It was consistent with what he told me so I signed. Now the company is emailing me and sending me bills stating I owe $139 and a termination fee of $200. They sent me a copy of my contract today which has been COMPLETELY CHANGED but has my signature on it. I have called them three times I hopes to resolve this and pay the $59, however I was advised they are reporting me to a collections agency. I have also asked three times to speak with my original salesman and they told me they would not have him call me. From what I understand changing the contract is fraud and I will be looking into other options to pursue this.Business Response
Date: 08/11/2022
*******, thank you for working with your account manager to get this resolved. On 8/10/2022 we spoke with you and came to the agreement that you would not be charged an early termination fee and would be responsible for payment of services rendered on 7/12/2022.We have record that on 8/10/2022 you attempted to contact us to make a final payment on your account and you called after business hours. You will be contacted by your account manager today to accept your payment and confirm that your account has been closed, in good standing without any early termination fees.
Thank you,
Croach
Customer Answer
Date: 08/12/2022
Complaint: 17701277
I am rejecting this response because:I do not understand what I'm paying for! I have only received services twice. I agreed to pay $150.00 upfront and now I am being billed $139.00?? And according to your contract you are charging me the $139.00 for July, August and September. I have received no service in August or September.
I will not be paying you. You can do what you feel you need to do but if you look at the BBB website, it appears you all have a pattern of doing this to people. I will be disputing this with my credit agency. I have an 800 credit score and I pay my bills but when your sales man is committing fraud by having me sign one contract and changing after it is signed....that is called forgery. I will be filing a report with the ************************* here in ******** and a criminal report with the ******* ************************ You guys need to stop getting away with defrauding people for services you have not performed. And I requested two days ago that you come and pick your rodent box up from my house. This should have been picked up two months ago when I cancelled. I will be disputing your collections notice with my credit agency and I'm sure the ***** other complaints that were filed against your company will show exactly how you do business. Your salesman ****** will be documented in the police report.
Sincerely,
***********************************Business Response
Date: 09/01/2022
*******, on 8/12 we reached out to you again to explain the charges for services rendered. We did not charge an early termination fee to you account as agreed. After that conversation on 8/12 to come to a resolution you stated you would not pay and asked that we not contact you again. At this time your account balance of $139.00 has been turned over to NCC (Nationwide Credit & Collections). If you have any further questions regarding this outstanding balance you will need to contact NCC at **************.
Croach
Customer Answer
Date: 09/13/2022
I do wish to reopen this.
I believe I am more than paid for the service that were rendered to my home. As you can see they are trying to charge me $139 upfront for services that were not performed on my home in August or September. I paid $150 upfront and was only asked to pay $49 dollars. To be fair, I told the man named ************** would pay for three months upfront l, which was the $150. I read the document he presented to me which stated I could cancel at ANY TIME and I would pay $49 for continued services after that. So I signed the document and he left. What I believed happened is that he changed the words in the contract on his tablet after I signed it. Now the contract they sent to me has been changed. My understanding is that is forgery and I will be contacting law enforcement to file charges on them. This is not okay and after reading your reviews, the have quite the reputation for doing this to people.Initial Complaint
Date:06/21/2022
Type:Service or Repair IssuesStatus:UnansweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
In May 2022 a salesman came out and fed us a story about a ********* based company with a couple of local boys just trying to make it around here. He told us his company would come out and get rid of cobwebs, wasp nests, check mice traps, and spray around the home and all out buildings including the inside. Apparently this company came out for an initial service when we werent home to complete said service. It was noted that absolutely zero wasps nests were removed and that they did not spray inside or around any buildings. We asked them to come back out to complete service and pointed out the wasps nests. The man was at the house less than 10 minutes before leaving. Once again, no wasps nests were removed. We paid the initial service fee and then we were billed for a contract that we never signed. When we called telling the company we did not want future services, the company told us we signed a contract with a disclosure to pay a $200 cancellation fee or be sent to collections. The copy of the contract the company sent us had a line through the signature spot which is clearly not our signatures. This company could literally be finding names of homeowners, writing up contracts, forging signatures and then sending people to collections or to collect fees. This company is a scam, fraudulent, and deserves to be reviewed by federal agency.
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