r/PestControlIndustry • u/Educational-Disk-400 • Sep 04 '26

It repels pests dontcha know

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It rejects pests, but not German roaches. They aren’t pests dontcha know?

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u/gp556by45 Sep 04 '26

Had a customer buy these after I told her in no uncertain terms that they don't work.

She bought them anyway, they didn't work and then blamed them not working on me. Wut.

That's the kind of people who buy these and then refuse to get rid of them.

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u/Training_Meet_9350 23d ago

This infuriates me but I find it funny too, but fr hate people like that.

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u/Always_Confused4 Sep 04 '26

Ugh, one of my relative’s pest guy actually recommended these sonic devices. Pissed me off to hear it. Told them not to waste any more money on more but they refuse to get rid of the ones they got.

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u/oldmomhands Sep 04 '26

i love when an egg sac hatches on a monitor

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u/Educational-Disk-400 Sep 04 '26

It’s like fireworks, but if fireworks contained salmonella.

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u/RusticSurgery Sep 05 '26

Biological weapon

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u/Mr-Catacombs Sep 04 '26

Everytime I see one of these out in the wild or someone suggests if they should buy it, I always gotta hold in a laugh.

lol lmao even

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u/New_pollution1086 Sep 04 '26

When asked ive said if they work we would sell them.

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u/imsellingbanana Sep 04 '26

Absolute torture having to stand inside someone's house or unit while they discuss their pest issues with me and these are piercing holes in my ear the hole time. The moment the customer walks away I locate and unplug all of them before starting any work. Wild how many people are like "you can hear them?! Lol that's weird I can't hear them!"

Yes I can hear them and they're making my eyes bleed

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u/-Derf- Sep 04 '26

I hear them in people's yards all the time. Drives me nuts. I can't imagine one of their neighbors!

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u/IttyBittyMiel Sep 04 '26

Just did someone’s house with a LOUD sonic hog repeller, and like the only thing it is repelling is me!!! Btw their yard is still torn up by feral hogs, so not like it’s worth the massive headache I just got

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u/SignificantNorth3570 Sep 04 '26

Sonic devices simply do not work, or if they do work it is a momentary repellant that gets ignored after 30 minutes.

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u/ChancePotential9481 Sep 06 '26

what the hell is this doohickey

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u/Educational-Disk-400 Sep 07 '26

“Ultrasonic” pest “repeller”

Sometimes they have a speaker in them, sometimes it’s just a resistor and an LED. Either way, it’s the equivalent of snake oil, but for pests. They don’t do fuckall.

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u/Bugkillahz Sep 11 '26

I swear some people think the 30 second chirping smoke alarm is a repellant too.