Economy Tree Service

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Did very good work cutting down trees and removing them I am very satisfied

Owner collected $200 deposit in November of 2014 with the promise to cut down tree in February/March of 2015, if weather permits. In January of 2015, owner comes by my home to tell me that he doesn't think he can cut down the tree for the price he quoted me and he will return my deposit to me if I couldn't pay more. When I talked to my husband about our conversation, my husband agreed to accept the deposit back. When I called the owner to get the deposit back, the owner told me that on his contract, it says he doesn't have to return the deposit and hung up the phone.

On July 29th an estimator from Economy Tree Service came to my house to look at two trees in my back yard and give me a price on what it would cost to have them removed. We talked about what was involved and we negotiated to a price of $800. I did not have all the money together that day and I apologized for not being able to offer the job that very minute, but I told him I would be in touch as soon as I was able to commit to payment.On August 6th I called the same estimator and told him I had the $800 if he still wanted to do the job. I specifically said that if he couldn't or was unwilling to do the job at this point that it would be perfectly fine and that I would understand. He said he could do the job for $800. He then asked if I wanted the stumps removed as well. I said that it wasn't necessary at this time, that it was only the trees that I needed removed right now. He then offered to remove the stumps for an additional $100. Given that that was less than I could rent the stump grinder for to do it myself, I agreed. About 40 minutes after our phone call he stopped at my house to deliver the written estimate. I let him into the backyard and he starts looking at the trees again. He then tries to negotiate for more money, but I decline to pay any more for the job than we had already agreed to over the phone. He writes the job up for $900 for two trees taken down, debris removed, and stumps grinded. He says the crew will be by at around 8:30 am the next morning to start the work. I gave him $100 in cash as a deposit on the job.At 7:30 am the next day the owner came by my house and starts saying he would need more money in order to do the job. I cut him off and say no. At this point I was very aggravated that every single time after I think we have an agreement someone from this company keeps trying to pressure more money out of me. I decline to pay any more money for the job (which I didn't have anyways even if I wanted to) and the owner gave me my deposit back and left.My problem with this entire experience is two-fold:1) The estimator was, in my opinion, an extremely pushy and abrasive person. The first time he was out at my house he seemed as if he was offended that I was even negotiating on the price, he almost seemed as if he was trying to bully or intimidate me into paying more by raising his voice and getting loud, and then continued to act as if he was doing me a favor by even taking the job. I want to point out that the estimator had two opportunities to inspect the trees for as long as he wanted to. If he honestly felt it was not a job worth what I was willing to pay, he had ample opportunity to say so and decline to take it in a polite manner. Raising his voice at me was unnecessary.2) I rearranged my entire schedule on less than a day's notice to make sure I was home to let the crew into the yard to start the job. If they didn't want to do the job for $900, they should have said so before I went through the trouble of changing around meetings. I do not want any business to do a job if they feel it is not worth their time or that they will lose money on it. However, that doesn't mean that I can magically afford to pay more than the price we negotiated to, and I do not have such copious amounts of money that I can take a day away from my work for absolutely no reason.If the estimator screwed up by taking a job that was less than profitable, the business should have still upheld the commitment they gave me. Sometimes employees screw up and cost businesses money. That's the price of doing business. You do not then purposely inconvenience someone else because your employee made a mistake. Overall I found the employees and the owner of Economy Tree Service to be very unprofessional and not a company I would recommend doing business with.

This guy is very unprofessional and harassing. He changed the price multiple times and kept calling me back to harass me. Very intimidating on the phone and would NEVER recommend this company.

Called Economy to come give an estimate. When he came by, was quoted $1800. Told him that we had a few more places coming by to give estimates and he became irate. Said if we had other people coming, why did we call him. He called back a few hours later and said he'd do it for $1200, but I had to supply his crew with water. Told him no thank you. He called back the next day and wouldn't take no for an answer. Showed up at my home again two days later, quoted my mother $500. When my husband went out to talk to him about two minutes later, the price changed to $750...because he was going to be "in the neighborhood" the next day. If he shows up at my house again, I'm calling the police.If you're lonely and want someone to visit and call you daily, give Economy Tree Service a call.

I called mike the owner to come give me a estimate on my trees. After talking to him he gave 3-4 different estimates without looking at my trees. Wanted to schedule for next day to do the work, but I wanted it later. He ended up hanging up on me. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL!! DON'T CALL THIS PERSON.