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Originally Posted by sky's
the owner came out to estimate the removal of 5 trees with his crane and gave me a quote of 4500.00 seemed fare so i gave them the green light to proceed. the day before he came out and informed that a few more trees had to be removed to manuever the large crane on the property. i agreed in fact my foreman was standing next to me and i said that i will anticipate paying a few extra dollars. the crane wasn't needed to remove the additional trees. so after the project was completed my bill went to 7000.00 really?? my fault for not asking for exact additional charges. i like to think we can trust our neighbors not!! if you're thinking about hiring this outfit GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING.
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If it wasn't in writing it's negotiable.
If you thought the bill was excessive you could have paid a reasonable amount and relied on the original quote to support that.
If the tree service really wanted the rest of the money they could take you to small claims court.
As Ann Landers once said:
Nobody can take advantage of you without your permission.