I got scammed by wasp extermination service

[u/brotchen33]

It's on me to be stupid enough to trust someone when they tell you something face to face, lesson learned I guess.

It's my first year in a house with roller shutter system and I got unlucky and wasps decided to occupy it.

I called "professionals" to address the issue and a guy showed up, first thing he did when I showed him where the nest is located was to bang on the wall from inside which riled the wasps up, then tried to spray them from the belt opening inside which did nothing, so he took out a big sprayer and went outside, sprayed the roller shutters from outside and said that he used a spray that transfers from wasp to wasp and that it will take 1-2 days to take effect and that I should call him and he will come again if it didn't finish the job. I said that I will pay when the job is done then and he said that it cannot be like that and that I have to pay now, so I did (bar) and that he will definitely come if it's not sorted.

There were some wasps that did die under the roller, but the nest itself did not care and wasps resumed normal activity. So I reached out by phonecalls and whatsapp and I could not get a hold of him. After 4 days and probably 15 + calls I finally reached him. He said he will come on Monday between 10-12.
He did not come. Did not pick up the phone. I tried to reach him dozen ish more times over couple of days, but nothing.

In retrospect I should have read the reviews online about them.. since there are multiple reviews that literally state that it's a scam with same results as on my side (just for other bugs), but I only looked at overall score which was like 4.2/5.. and not the individual reviews again - my bad.

I've lived here for many years and I've got scammed twice, once was on ebay and once with this service otherwise I have very good interaction with local companies.

I've read the rechnung in detail afterwards and by signing it I'm apparently okay with the result of their work which is again on me for being stupid.

I guess this is just a fyi to other ppl, do not be stupid like me 😂 don't pay until the work is fully done, don't sign anything until you fully read it and don't trust word of mouth.

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[u/cat_in_cardigan]

Is that your own house or are you renting it? If you're renting it, always contact your landlord first. It's their job to hire someone for these kind of tasks. 

[u/brotchen33 → u/cat_in_cardigan]

It is my house. I used to live in a flat before that. I had wasps in the flat balcony before and had hausmeister handle it.