This organization really wronged me. A SBLC employee, hit me with his (SBLC) truck as I was walking behind it. The impact was forceful enough to throw me (a 245 pound 68 year-old-man) three feet onto the hard pavement. I fear that if my partner hadn't yelled out immediately on impact that the driver would have driven over me while I lay stunned on the ground. I was shocked,terrified, terribly,shaken, bloodied, badly bruised and left with swollen joints. Fortunately, I was not further injured by the rear-end truck-pedestrian collision. I am very frustrated and angry with the seemingly carelessness of the driver in what I feel was inadequate vigilance and care to properly check if there was anything behind him when he began to reverse in truck. But I find equally disturbing was the seeming lack of compassion, care and sense of responsibility of the driver and the manager/owner of SBLC /Conley's Garden Center of Boothbay Harbor, Maine. At no time did the driver, following the incident, accept responsibility for the accident save to tell me he had a blind spot on the truck, identify himself or ask me who I was (fortunately my partner was able to identify the party from a company sign on the side of the truck). However, to the credit of the SBLC truck's passenger/employee, that passenger did offer to get me ice (for my swelling elbow) from the Irving gas station where the accident happened. When I later (that afternoon" called the owner of the company to report the accident and express my frustration and displeasure about the event he told me his driver told him that he "slightly bumped in to me and that I was OK." I responded that it wasn't a slight bump when a 245 pound man is hit and thrown hard to the pavement. I told him the situation and that I felt the driver hastily reversed the truck without adequately looking. I told him I was acknowledged by the driver's passenger while I was walking to pass the rear of the SBLC truck. The SBLC manager at no time accepted responsibility for the accident or apologized save to say he was "sorry I was feeling hurt" He further advised me to think positively about the incident that I wasn't hurt more and said something about a "telephone" (huh?) being played. He said his company prized itself on safety and that he would bring up the incident and the safety message again the next morning. I had hoped there would be a follow up by the driver, the manager or a member of the company the next day to see how I was doing after the the collision. But there wasn't any contact the next day or since. I am still walking with a limp and in pain a week later stemming from this negligently careless truck-pedestrian act. In addition I am frustrated and angry with this company's seemingly lack of care, compassion and responsibility to an injured party by them. read more

DO NOT WASTE MONEY WITH THIS COMPANY. SBLC really screwed me over and did not show up when they were scheduled to. I called the owner, Ben, and he said they. were too busy to mow my lawn anymore but he'd work with me until I could find someone else. He never came back or called me so I called him and he said he'd try to come today... Today I see his crew working at the complex next door so I asked if they'd be doing my lawn and I was told I was not on their schedule. Thanks. If you want someone who will insist your lawn needs to be mowed when it doesn't (and charge you $80 for the job), and then blow you off and not show up when you actually need your lawn mowed... Call this company. For everyone else, find someone who is reliable and able to communicate. read more