Travis Lawn & Garden Services

I made arrangements with Travis Morgan (Travis Weed Pulling & Lawn Services) to come by and do a maintenance lawn mowing after working with me once on a general weed/​yard cleanup job. He requested payment in cash under the mat. After 3 days of no-​shows and him personally assuring me either he or someone else would be there on day 3, I texted him again today to verify if he would show up. No response to me whatsoever… and then the calls started.
Why?
He then posted my cell number, personal home address and the fact payment was under the mat to a PUBLIC «buy/​sell/​giveaway and jobs» group on FB asking for random people to go mow/​edge my lawn — not the mow/​edge/​weed/​trim shrubs he had promised me! He also inflated the price of the quote to nearly double… so whoever showed up expecting an inflated rate would be screwed as well.
Imagine my surprise when tons of random people called my cell to mow my lawn!
I can deal with no shows and flaky people– I just won’t hire them. BUT… posting personal information without my permission on a social media site? Absolutely unprofessional. I will never EVER work with him again.
I attempted to ask him what was going on his Facebook page but he deleted my 2 posts about the no show and about posting my personal info with no response to me… so it’s carefully monitored to only have positive feedback showing.
When I texted to ask for my information to be removed, his wife hopped on his phone and started telling me how upset *he* was about his unreliable crew and that they had screwed *him* over. Apparently posting the personal info on FB to strangers was no big deal. She did remove the ads, thankfully.
Shady.
Never again.

He worked hard when he was on the job and his rates are more than reasonable on the surface, but he charged more without explanation, never hauled anything away, but mostly he couldn’t be relied upon to show up when scheduled. If he spent ¹⁄₁₀^th of the time he spends posting ads on craigslist actually managing his business he would probably do all right. I cannot recommend him. He’s not cut out to run a company at this point in his life.

I usually do not post bad reviews, but I was so disappointment by Travis’s services. In the beginning, Travis quoted me one price and I accepted it. Before coming to do the work, Travis raised the price by over $ 100. I told him no thank you. Over a series of texts, Travis agreed to doing the whole job for the quoted price. He came and did the work and I was not home when he finished. My boyfriend paid him (and gave him an extra $ 45 as a thank you). when I came home, I noticed that he did not do our back or side yard and left all the bagged leaves and shrubbery in the back. When we confronted him, he claimed I agreed to only doing ½ the yard (AN ABSOLUTE LIE). He offered to finish the job for an additional $ 30 and we agreed (but any honest person would have agreed to do it for free). Over a week later, he never showed up. I am done with him and his dishonest services and I recommend not using him at all. Dishonest, unreliable and a big disappointment. He not only lost a potential long term client but he;s gotten himself a bad review.

Just recently we tried to get in touch with Travis for some more work on our yard. It was difficult getting hold of him. When we did, we set a day and time for his next visit. He was a no-​show. He never called to explain.
After a no-​show with no explanation and the private message I got last week from another Unilocaler who had some concerns about Travis’ work, and I guess I have to reduce my star rating and find someone else for future yard work. Too bad.

Utterly conned by Travis and Brittny (fiancé/​assistant). Pre-​paid as I was going on vacation for 3 weeks and needed my yard tended to whilst gone. Quoted me $ 130 for a small-​ish corner lot … and then seemed surprised I expected edging included in it. He certainly didn’t weed-​eat (photo available from his guy to prove it).
Worst of all, he did not show to cut the lawn when I was gone. Needless to say, my HOA isn’t happy with me.
So at this time, he and his assistant will not return my calls. Of course I’m angry at the attrocious customer service … and I’m out of pocket too. I definitely expect a refund, but I’m sure I’ll see the US economy go in the black before that happens.
We had discussed a bigger picture plan before I left for vacation … needless to say, Travis will NOT begetting a single penny more out of me. Nothing more than a crook in my eyes.