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Two weeks ago, the last week of the month of June, I engaged with Saravia Landscape Services
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and I asked them to do work in front of the back of receding the lawn on my property in Gatorsburg, Maryland
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And the individual that was in charge, his name is Wilson. And he came and did the work
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And before doing that, we agreed on a payment on the service, which I paid
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And looking at the work that he's done, he left the back halfway down
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halfway down. He actually he didn't reseed it. He only did the front part of it. And then he left me with the straws and all the the cover of the seeds in the in the back and the front of the house
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He came back and he told me he would leave those culvers because they could be used as fertilizer but actually they were not He didn want to finish the job He just wanted to leave those straws on top of the grass and that it
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Then he suggested doing another service in the house because we noticed that the deck needed to be painted
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and I asked him how much would that cost, and he said, it'll cost you $500
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So I thought, maybe since he's here, for me to give him the job, and he asked me to give him half of the work in advance, which I did
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I paid him $250. once he came into the house he brought the guy
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and he said the paint is not the one that you need, you need to exchange this paint
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because this is not going to work on the deck I took the paint to the store
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and they told me they are wrong this paint is correct for the deck
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they should use this because here is the description of the paint, this is the quality of the paint, and this is what the paint will do in your
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deck I discussed this with Wilson again and he said well we need to put another coat of paint in a double coat of paint It going to cost you more than the And you know it better for you to have it repainted again
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I said, no, I cannot do that. And then he said to me, well, if you don't want the work, I'm just going to walk away
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which he did. He left with, number one, with payment in advance of $350
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And second, with the lawn halfway done, and actually on the back, he didn't do it
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He just put straws in the back, and he walked out. He's a street smart talker
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He lies, and he covers up, and he just doesn't do the professional job that one is requested and one's expecting from a landscape to do
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I want to forewarn and I want to advise the public to be careful with the service they ask
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And second, I want Sarabia Landscape at least pay me back the $250
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I tried to call them and I put a message to them and I wrote a reference in the site
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But I noticed that there is no secretary. There's no one to answer calls
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the calls go directly to Wilson Sarabia which is the guy who I talked to What he does is he contracts some illegal immigrants and he just let them do the job and he just walks from one house to the other
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But he's a scamming. When you ask them to do something, he immediately adds jobs that are not needed
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Like in this case, he said, we need to make two coats of paint at the neck
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which is what's not needed. and if you challenge him and you tell him, well, you need to finish this first
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he says, well, then the contract is done. I'm just going to work
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He just walks away. But what I did is I sent a message
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I sent a letter to the Consumer Protection Agency in the Montgomery County
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part of the Gatensburg city, city of Gatensburg in Maryland. I sent them a message and I told them exactly what happened
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and I expressed to them that the public needs to be aware of this type of behavior
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and be aware that they're going to do scamming and do unprofessional jobs
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A company is not a company that is an established company. He is just the one. He is the company
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I call him. There's no secretary. There's no phone. and if you call them it goes directly to his phone
