- Approximate cost of services:
- $300.00
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You were advised of the length of posts to purchase, but you bought shorter ones to save a buck and maximize your profit.
You did not make mention of the concrete barrier wall we had to demolish in order to dig the post holes. You didn't mention it to us because you knew that concrete wall demolition is not in the scope of what post hole companies do.
You were NOT upfront about the scope of your project and you disregarded our site preparatory instructions. It took us 1.5 hours to get to your project location but we decided to cut our losses and leave as there was nothing for us to do. You begged us to stay and help you.
The only way to accomplish any work on your site was to rent a jackhammer. We advised you that you would need to at least pay for the rental of the equipment to which you had agreed. (We covered the diesel and hourly wages for our crew).
We were also forced to suspend HEAVY 6x6 posts in concrete. We had to use more portland and gravel than normal in each hole to be able to suspend those posts. That also increased the cost per hole.
We did not charge you anything extra in labour. In hind-site, we should have.
Now we have a dirty review from a hack of a contractor who is dishonest, unfair and greedy.
We'd like to say it was a pleasure working with you, but it wasn't. We too will never again do business with you. We only hope that going forward, you conduct yourself professionally, quit cutting corners and give customers the respect they deserve with quality workmanship!
Signed,
The Pompous "Owner" of The Post Hole Company Corp.
1. You phoned us on June 20th of 2018 to report the poor condition of one of 11 footings we installed in August of 2017 and demanded to be seen THAT SAME DAY for repair. We do not push customer appointments on behalf of anyone for any reason so we recommended you book an official appointment for the first week of August but you refused to do so.
2. Since you did not wish to book an appointment, we kept you on a waiting list to be done on a best effort basis. However, we could not fit you in as hoped due to it being the busiest time of the digging season.
3. You phoned one of our office lines over 35 times in the span of an hour for a total of 107 phone calls for that day. You did not choose to leave a voice message, but hung up after no answer and re-dialed immediately. We have 2 phone lines, one of which you were tying up for an hour and the other which was busy with customers. We advised you by email that your phone calls were inappropriate, un-called for and stated that we were limiting communication with you to email only.
4. You were advised back in August of 2017 to re-route your eavestroughs so as to direct water AWAY from the footings as it would indeed damage them. You obviously did not follow our recommendations or instructions last year either.
5. We have tried our absolute best to resolve this for you, but due to your inability to be flexible or reasonable, you essentially refused our help and took matters into your own hands.
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Thank you for your feedback Holly. It was an absolute pleasure working with you! We wish you a successful fence project and if you need anything, please don't hesitate to give us a call.