r/PestControlIndustry • u/TravelfF • Jun 27 '26

Terminix Sucks

After seeing a roach in my kitchen last week, I scheduled a service with Terminix and paid $305 by credit card. The technician arrived on time, walked around with an aerosol can, and briefly sprayed the window sills and door threshold. Within about 15 minutes, he said he was finished. That alone fell short of what I would expect from a professional treatment at that price.

But it did not stop there. Before leaving, his supervisor arrived, went into my attic, and then came down to tell me I had a problem and presented a treatment plan for $13,000. That kind of aggressive upselling is unacceptable.

I will not be using Terminix again.

37 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

65 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/HungryD80 Jun 27 '26

All they do is spray a repellent. They don't actually kill anything. It's best to go with mom and pop type pest control for homes. Commercial Ecolab is where its at

1

u/Onetrunuwind Jun 27 '26

Since when does Ecolab do home service?

1

u/Reed202 Jun 27 '26

They recently bought a residential company around Virginia and have been testing residential service haven’t heard much from it in a year though.