They locked me in an 18 month contract, and charge me $169 every 4-6 weeks, and I can't cancel even tho their service sucks. They tell me that they will arrive between 8am and 8pm, and only give me a 10-15 min heads up. If I'm not home they can't treat the inside but still charge the full price. Then they say if I see bugs I can call and they will come back, but if I see bugs within three weeks they say that the product hasn't taken effect yet, and I need to wait until the three weeks are over. If I still see bugs after three weeks then it's only 1 week out from my 4-6 week appointment so they will just schedule my next appointment and charge me again. And there's nothing I can do because they tell me that I'm in an 18 month contract. I highly recommend to run the other direction if they show up at your door with their sales tactics. read more

I canceled seervice today since their treatments did not meet expectations and they charged me a $100 cancellation fee!!! I do not recommend this firm! read more

Absolutely terrible company. Did not fulfill obligations, the reason I switched providers is they indicated they would spray my entire lawn for bugs each time they came. This happened only the first time. Although I would call it out nothing was done to remediate. Because this was not done I ended up with two areas in my lawn that were infested with some type of bug that killed the grass I went to the local nursery and acquired the pesticide that killed the bugs and had to had to plant grass in those areas again. Additionally, we had a huge infestation of crickets, which again I mitigated. My suggestion find a local small business that does the service that have ownership and accountability with the work they do. read more

When I was first approached by a salesman, he told me that ALL of my neighbors use their services and was very pushy. I am new to the neighborhood and had not met the neighbors(we had been here one week) since then I have met most of the neighbors and not a single on uses this company and says they never will BECAUSE of how pushy they are. I don't appreciate being lied to for sales purposes. Flat out wrong. read more

I have to say upfront, I had a different pest control company for routine service. Our neighborhood, especially with how mild the past few winters have been, has seen an uptick in ant issues. That is initially why I signed up with a competitor in early 2020. I switched to Aptive because I was sold by one of Aptive's Territory Managers. I believe his name was Mr. B. Miller. He was a young guy. I will say that I probably should have asked a few more questions. He sold Aptive's pest control service as a completely comprehensive approach. He even stated that Aptive had specialized licensing to apply treatments to the lawn. I was surprised by this and remember him saying it because I know it's illegal for a company to apply chemicals to your lawn without specialized licensing. He billed Aptive as a company that is going to do a complete inspection of your property for pests and take proactive measures. When the technician showed up, he was very professional. He was training another tech and they were both very cordial. The more experienced technician definitely seemed to have worked in his position for at least a year. He very clearly stated that Aptive does not hold a license that allows them to apply chemical to the lawn. He also made it clear that their program is centered around where the customer is seeing issues. But since I hired them as a preventative measure, I expected that there would be a full comprehensive inspection looking for potential pest activity or harborage sites. He did a good job but I had to specify that I wanted a comprehensive inspection. I will keep Aptive as I signed a contract, but I might as well have kept my previous company, as Aptive is no better than they are. And I feel that at least the territory manager I had who sold me on Aptive used deceptive selling practices. read more

PLEASE read this review if you want to save yourself from an aggravting experience. Easiest way to do this is by saying to the sales associate that comes to your house ours was Kaleb. No Thank you and close the door before they start into their high pressure sales routine. If you do not do this and they start going through the reviews during their sales pitch. Please read mine it has been a horrible experience with this company. Signed a contract with Kaleb to have my yard sprayed for pests. Technician came to the house to spray. When he sprayed our grass he did not dilute the chemicals correctly. Later confirmed over the phone a couple days later with there pest expert Yonathan. You can see in the pictures they killed the grass in places and created yard rust on the yard all this happened within 2 to 3 days of spraying. I called to complain and cancel the service which was within the allotted time in the contract. I was assured by Yonathan I had cancelled and no fee would be assessed. He assured me the contract was cancelled. Fast forward a month and half later, this week I received an email to schedule another spraying. I immediate sent a message I had cancelled the contract. Found out Yonathan never cancelled the contract and now I owe a $199 cancellation fee. I am so upset with this company it is worth it to pay the fee and say good bye to this situation. read more

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Awful service. Called for a service/ regular appointment. I had a wasp issue at my front door. Informed the company that there was a wasp nest that needed to be addressed. The service agent came with a feather duster. When he saw the wasps, he walked away. Got a huge run around with customer service and they still charged me after saying they would not. I personally used a shopvac and killed at least 800 wasps after they were here with a feather duster.I was a customer for 6 yrs. After seeing my ring doorbell, I am guessing they haven't done anything in years. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! read more

We were scammed out of $500 from this company. The sales person did not fully explain what the services provided were going to be and when we tried to cancel we were charged another $200. This whole company is a scam. read more

Can't contact a live person. My recent service was completely unsatisfactory. The very simple problem I needed taken care of was not handled at all. I do not recommend!!!!!! read more

I had wasps, 3 services later and I STILL have Wasps. Service calls changed or just don't show up. Look elsewhere for service, Stay Away! read more

Don't use Aptive Pest Control. They do not find out how the mice enter your home. All they do is set poison outside and put traps inside, and the mice keep coming back. Waste of money. read more

If I could give a negative rating I would. Just an FYI for anyone being solicited by Aptive Pest Control. DO NOT USE THEM. If you try to cancel your service with them they will charge you 200.00 no matter what and try to tell you that you have to have additional service calls. They will badger you over and over again about having to pay for services before you can cancel. And if they tell you that you can end your contract after a period of time they will still threaten to keep charging your account. Beware of these people. I also intend to report them to the Better Business Bureau and any other social media platform read more

After a Year of placing Mice Traps which includes poison Cheese Crackers only change occurred is placing more cheese crackers NO effect to the Mice population but rather increase than reduce. 2) All the types of beetles, ants, bugs and Wasps ... Spiders are all growing. 3) Promised entire Lawn would be done. every visit but.. never got done until I was informed that it was my fault that I should call Cust, service and instruct them to do so. 4) Employees hired have no background check done and are minimally trained to behave .4) Some employees behave intimidating so if you are a female at home alone DO NOT USE APTIVE. Mark my words !! read more

In the beggining when we were home, we saw actual service happening and then according to my neighbors when we were not home the truck just sat there. Someone came out and took pictures of pretending to spray but our cameras showed nobody going around the house. read more

Very pushy..... Lady came to the house today and after saying numerous times thank you but I am not interested she kept pushing the issue and kept being very pushy. When I finally said thank you but I am seriously not interested she rolled her eyes and walked away. Not a great representation. For sure would not use this company. read more

On service for 3 years .they started out great and have gradually gotten worse . They've totally forgotten me . I have all sorts of pests... it's summer... where are they. I call... on hold 40 min . Hang up finally.... tried again ... stayed in for 50 minutes. Finally a nice guy gets on and tells me they are backed up and I'm not even on the schedule !!! Someone will call me . But could I answer survey on how nice he was??? Omg!!! That's the only question the survey asked !!!! Don't use them ! read more

If I could give this company 0 stars I would. DO YOUR RESEARCH. Never sign up with a company before researching them first. This is a multi level/network marketing SCAM of a company. Their sales force and technicians are the ones really being scammed. Against my better judgement, and all the warning signs, I signed up with this company trying to save some money because things have been tight. I canceled almost immediately after finding out they don't even treat for carpenter bees, which is the only reason we got pest control in the first place. Don't believe their treatments are Kid and pet safe either. Ask them for an ingredient list and research the chemicals. They are literally spraying chemicals to KILL living beings. They are NOT safe. The salesman was nice but used sales tactics that really rubbed me wrong. Pressuring me to sign up without talking to my husband first. Also talked to neighbors and an elderly neighbor who is on disability was being charged more than us. Just gross. They will do anything and say anything to get the sale. They really RUSH you, which is a huge red flag among other things. It took me almost a full week to get my account canceled, because they call you back and then transfer you to their "loyalty" department, which never picked up and just ended my call after several times waiting long wait periods. I called and emailed so many times someone finally got back to me and said they were canceling my account and gave me the refund i asked for. Time will tell if that is even true. There are so many stories of continued charges after cancelation with this company. They were here for like 15 minutes when they did the service. I don't even think they did anything other than walking around the perimeter to spray something I could have picked up at Home Depot and did myself and clean up some spider webs. Don't use this company. They have a terrible business model and take advantage of their young techs and salestaff. IN addition to terrible aggressive sales training, and absolutely AWFUL customer service. The kid literally gave me cash from his pocket to pay for the cancelation of my current company. Then when I canceled with his company (Aptive), he called and asked for his money back! They absolutely prey on the elderly. Oh, and they are not certified techs or permitted salesman. So call the cops if you see them and run them out of your neighborhood. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY. Point Pest Control is professional and gives a good service. I would recommend them if you are looking for Pest control, but honestly, you probably don't need it. Buy some traps and spray and get it done yourself for a fraction of the price. read more

This company is a SCAM. They require you to sign an annual contract for a "discounted" initial treatment + 4 quarterly treatments. Yes, this includes a mandatory WINTER treatment on the exterior of the house. We all know how active insects are during the dead of winter. An early cancellation before end of treatments incurs a penalty equal to the initial treatment discount. I was scammed into a $249 initial treatment (discounted to $29) + $119 per quarterly treatment, total of $505 for the year. I really want to cancel my service, but will have to pay $220 to do so. What a terrible company. The door to door salesman making his rounds around the neighborhood sold me on this company claiming they could treat for all insects and pests. This is a complete LIE. Their product DOES NOT TREAT MOSQUITO'S. The product they apply is completely ineffective at what is supposedly does. I have seen ZERO reduction of spiders and ants around my house after 4 treatments. You are better off buying bug spray from a home improvement warehouse and spraying it around your house perimeter. That's what I ended up doing around my house myself with my own product purchased. That did more for the spiders and ants than 4 Aptive treatments. I have no idea what their techs are doing on a site visit. The notes they leave have detailed descriptions of areas treated but I'm very suspicious now that the notes are completely fabricated. Again, I saw ZERO reduction seen for ants and spiders around my house after 4 visits from this company. Whatever their technicians are doing, it's not helping your house OR your wallet. Their treatments are no more than a technician walking around your house perimeter with a pump sprayer for approx 3-4 minutes per visit. That's it. Just look at all of this company's mediocre Yelp reviews. That tells an accurate story of what this company is about. STAY AWAY! DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID. Edit: Speaking to a manager is a waste of time as all they do is parrot the same thing as the call center agents. The bottom line is this: APTIVE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ITS CUSTOMERS. They will NOT refund you. They will NOT waive your early termination fee if you are dissatisfied with their service. They will NOT allow you to defer your mandatory WINTER treatment. They do NOT offer a Money-Back Satisfaction Guarantee, they will only offer "re-treatment" services, which is just more of the same worthless spray that is completely ineffective at what it does. Again, you are better off buying bug spray at your local home improvement store for ~$10 and walking your house perimeter than paying these guys $500 a year. This is the worst company I've ever had the displeasure of working with. They should be put out of business for their unethical, shady, corrupt and deceptive practices. I am highly suspicious of the thousands of positive Google reviews posted. Yelp tells the better story as they prohibit businesses from inflating their reviews, which I suspect this business has done Found these online: PA lawsuit against this company: https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/taking-action/press-releases/attorney-general-shapiro-secures-restitution-for-pennsylvania-consumers-in-settlement-with-deceptive-pest-control-company/ BBB complaints: https://www.bbb.org/us/ut/sandy/profile/pest-control/aptive-environmental-llc-1166-90014084/complaints Yelp has numerous local listings for this company, ALL of whom have mediocre to poor reviews. This indicates that this company is SCAMMING its customers all over the country. This company needs to be taken to court and put out of business. read more

BEWARE! If I could give this company zero stars I would. First a very nice well-dressed lady comes to the door and promises the moon and stars about the wonderful deal they are having if you sign up today. She made it sound so wonderful that I was stupid enough to sign up. I told her our main problem was with aphids. After over four visits, the aphids were still there. When I called, I was told "Our products don't treat aphids." So, I told them I was cancelling my service. Then they said that I owed a $200 cancellation fee! STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY! read more

Their customer service is very poor. Over the past year I have tried to reduce the frequency of their visits, but they keep coming more than I want. They have my credit card on file and they keep charging me. I've been trying to contact them to cancel our service, and they literally will not respond. Their website does not give me the option to cancel my service. read more

We have no issue with the actul treatments. Our repeated issue is we asked to reduce our teatments to three times a year, which they agreed, The PROBLEM is they keep sending people out after the third treatment, despite my calling and speaking to a representative in two straight weeks to cancel and hold off until I contact them to restart in 2024. This is he THIRD STRIGHT WEEK they've sent someone to our house, DESPITE my calling to cancel. They have no record of my calls stating to stop for 2023. We like the service itself, but it seems Moe, Larry and Curly are running the scheduling. read more

DON'T DO IT! I wish I would have read these reviews before signing up with Aptive. I signed up for a quarterly service; but they came 9 times and charged me for each service. I didn't realize this until I examined my credit card statement closer. I ended up paying twice what I expected for the year. It's a rip off! read more

I'm glad I read these reviews. I didn't have a chance to read the Yelp reviews until after my conversation with the sales guy, but honestly I was thinking maybe next year I'd consider their service when deciding whether to renew my current service. The Aptive guys have been riding their segways around our neighborhood for a couple of years now, and usually I pretend I'm not home. This time I answered the door. And the polite and articulate sales guy had a pretty good pitch. My current lawn fertilizing service tacks on perimeter pest control as an option, which I buy most years, but it hasn't been very effective (I've noticed ratings for most pest control companies on Yelp are about 3 stars, so maybe it's just a challenge for all companies). I wasn't sure if I had opted for the pest service this year from my lawn company. I was receptive to his pitch at first because he was right that my current service wasn't getting the job done--you could see the evidence. But I didn't want to pay again to another service in the same year, and figured I could spray around the property myself and maybe get decent results. Because his pitch was somewhat compelling, and because it was blazing hot outside, and because he was so nice, I invited him to step in while I checked my email invoices from my current company. Turns out I did pay for the pest control this year with my lawn service. Based on that I was able to make a strong case to decline his offer. But this was after 30 mins of hard selling on his part. He wouldn't take no for an answer--to ANYTHING. He even insisted that he could call my service and cancel it for me. The thing that kept me talking to him way longer than I usually would to a pesky solicitor is that he said they spray the whole lawn as part of their service, which was intriguing. I have over an acre, and my lawn service doesn't spray pest control over the whole lawn, just does the house perimeter. And for about the same per-visit price this guy was quoting for the whole lawn and everything else they claim they do. Now I see in one Yelp review that they aren't even licensed to put chems on the lawn. That reviewer said he was sold on that whole-lawn feature, but when the actual technician showed up, he said they aren't licensed for that. Very glad I eventually got this salesman to leave. I had to be pretty firm and physically walk him to the door. Two stars instead of one because the guy was cordial and logical, and their value proposition was pretty good--if true. read more

Be careful of the bait and switch. I asked repeatedly from the sales guy at the door what was my commitment. He said that I can cancel anytime within two weeks and not pay any thing more than my original $100. I was not happy with results. Spider webs and rodents (little ground squirrels) still present. Called to cancel within 10 days and they sent me a bill for $199.00 Fella told me if I did not pay they would sent it to collections and give me bad credit. Now I am being threatened by this company. What the sales guy at the front door tells you is not the same as the guy on the phone. Read the other reviews. NOT GOOD. read more

We didn't sign up for services but they came knocking with a hard sell. They had no literature, no business cards, and demanded we make a decision at the door. Did not inspire confidence. read more

This pest control company is nothing but a scam. Caught thier technicians several times do very mininal/show up pretend to do stuff and leave. How? I'd make sure to schedule every appointment when I was home, but I pretended not to be home when they rung the bell. When confronted (after they had gotten back into thier vehicles) I asked why didn't you spray treat or granulate the yard for pests. Thier response was ALWAYS oh sorry I am out of *such and such* I can schedule you for a free reservice. As if it's Completely OK to show up at someone's house and do 1/8 of what thier contract says you get. And still collect thier quarterly bill unless you take time to CATCH them in the act. BEWARE BOTH ECOSHIELD AND APTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL USE THE EXACT SAME TRUCKS, EXACT SAME EMAIL FORMAT, SAME CRAP SERVICE. THEY ARE THE SAME SCAM COMPANY WITH DIFFERENT NAME. read more

I cancelled my other pest control because I loved the idea of having the inside and my yard serviced on top of the regular outdoor house spray and dewebbing, I've had 3 good techs and the rest were complete garbage and didn't do anything. Not to mention having a scheduled appointment and no one showing up or telling me they'd be at my house around 8:15pm! How about not over booking or just keeping us in the loop. I take days off so I can watch them service my house or ahit won't get done. I have cameras!!! I call to reschedule and get hung up on or told that I "just had a service" nope. I did not get said service ! I was told if the problem wasn't resolved they'd come back out! So why am I getting told NO! Overpriced shit that doesn't work. ABSOLUTELY avoid at all costs! read more

If I could give a negative star out I would. This company is a prime example of bait and switch. Sold a service then everyone the rudest technician came out had to call and complain they did not do the bait refill. When technician comes back he is even more rude and walks through the grass and bushes. Save your money treatments did not work and customer service is not clear. read more

I'm giving 2 stars because in all honesty the technicians that did come to the house were super friendly/professional/etc. I want to give the individuals credit where it's due. That said, they require a 1 year contract and have a cancellation fee that's equal in price to one of their service visits ($130 in my case). FOR SPRAYING PEST CONTROL CHEMICALS. If this was landscaping or something where a meaningful quantity of supplies were ordered ahead of time I could understand. Beware of ANY business that operates this way. Worse still, when you do try to cancel, they try to channel you through a "retention manager". The fact that job title exists at all in this place of business should tell you everything you need to know. Stay away. read more

i would give zero if it would allow me. Horrible horrible horrible service, horrible horrible horrible product that does not work. I said I wanted the service cancelled because it does not work and they continue to not cancel and continue charging me. 7am on a Saturday and I get a text saying the tech is on his way for my service, who the he** sets up a bug service to come do your home at 7am and on a weekend when my kids are sleeping?!?! save your money, DO NOT go with this company. 10/10 DO NOT recommend read more

Super pushy sales people who go around in neighborhoods who don't even live in the community, let alone state, trying to sell ridiculously priced bug care. No thanks. read more

I'm pretty sure they stole our credit card information and made fraudulent purchases. Our home is OUTSIDE the service range of Aptive. Last summer during the pandemic a group of 5 or 6 people showed up to my house, ignored my "NO SOLICITING" sign, rang the doorbell and got a hold of my elderly parents. After eventually securing a contract they collected credit card information from a card we don't use regularly and managed to spell our name wrong. I promptly found the cancellation info in the contract and immediately cancelled the service. They still showed up and tried to work but we reminded them of the cancellation and they left. Since then we have received several fraudulent purchases on that credit card and every time they were for an item that was shipped with the incorrect spelling of our name. We do not use this card for several reasons, and all the stars are aligning and pointing to the Aptive Scam Team. NO SOLICITING signs are LEGALLY enforceable to prevent the home-owner from being disturbed. read more

Sales people coming to your home after 9pm is super inappropriate. That alone is enough for me to know this is a company I would never use.

We recently switched to this company and now have bugs we've never had before. Everytime we call to cancel service we have to wait on hold for 30-40 minutes. I have emailed twice and was told I would hear back in 48 hours which also hasn't happened. I would not recommend this company. read more

Worst company ever. Product doesn't work at all. I have asked multiple times about the ingredients in their product and if it is pet friendly. All they say is "Yes, it is pet friendly." I ask again about the ingredients and they just repeat "It's pet friendly." I asked to cancel the service because it wasn't working. They indicated I had to call to cancel and approve the $199 cancelation fee. Never called them and they charged me anyways. I'm trying to get this resolved with no luck. Please don't ever use this company. They'll give you headaches. read more

This company has harassed us all summer despite us politely declining services. We have a baby at home yet they continue to ring the doorbell during the day AND approach us unmasked. read more

I signed up but canceled the same day. The deal and the service sounded good at the time, but I had second thoughts about it. I don't know if the product works, but I'll say this -- it's not as easy to cancel as you'd want it to be. I called the West Chicago number, but the contract specifies Aptive needs WRITTEN notice of cancelation. You have to fill out the cancelation form and (like anyone living in the 21st century) email it in. (They also take letters and faxes if you're into that sort of thing). Trouble is, the email is hard to find on the contract. It's not listed with the other contact info at the top; it's way at the bottom. Here it is in case anyone needs it: chicago@goaptive.com. You also won't find the email address on the website, which is shady as hell IMO. read more

Aptive sent a great representative to help us today. Justin was wonderful and helped us a great deal. He really took time to help us with our issue. He even helped us to understand what will be needed next. It was a great experience. read more

SCAM!!!!!!!! They came out one time for ants I signed up for 1 yr service. Then covid happened. They said they couldn't come in the house I said fine let's wait to schedule til you can. Theu randomly showed up when I wasn't home and cleared some cob webs. They charged me $400 and sent me to collections. This company is a complete SCAM stay away read more

My account manager, Chad and Aptive Environmental, drafted a new renewal contract and fraudulently signed my name on the contract without my consent. Stay away from this company! read more