Incredibly unprofessional, he wasted my time and left me hanging!!!
I contacted A-1 based on good reviews including one for the same service I needed - chipping several large piles of pruned tree branches. Jerry returned my call a day later and swung by that afternoon to take a look. He gave me an estimate and I agreed to his rates. He had me sign his estimate and we scheduled the work for 10 days later. It was farther out than I would have preferred, but it would still have been finished the Thursday before the Memorial Day holiday when I had family arriving from out of state.
I stayed home on Thursday to facilitate the work. By that afternoon, no one had arrived and I had received no phone call indicating there was a problem or delay. I called to find out what was up and got screened by an answering machine. I called two more times that day and once again on Friday but never received any return call. Nor did anyone ever show up to do the work.
If Jerry hadn't agreed to do the work, had me sign his estimate and scheduled the work I would have had plenty of time to arrange for someone else to do the work. I ended up having to rent a chipper and my family and I had to do the work instead of the vacation we had planned.
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