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Thursday, August 17, 2006

Avoiding Termite Pest Control Scams

This ABC article describes some of the termite pest control scams that were experienced by their undercover investigation. These included:

• Inspector charged hundreds of dollars for surface spraying around the house which was useless for the termites being targeted
• Inspector who claimed the house needed a $500 treatment for subterranean termites without an interior inspection
• Subcontractor pest control that used bogus chemicals for the subterranean termite treatment before the building of a new house.

There are a few basic things to help avoid being ripped off. In addition to receiving several estimates, make sure the termite company is a member of the BBB and the National Pest Management Association. If you are having a house built, make sure to choose your own termite subcontractor.

# posted by Ken @ 4:22 PM

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