Total scammer!! Does shoddy work, does not arrive when says so, refuses to take any responsibility for his crew yet demands payment upfront in cash. Does not have insurance for his business line. Will misrepresent himself in every way he can. DO NOT hire under any circumstance!! I wish there were negative stars. We are currently suing him for his poor workmanship. Look at all the other 1 star reviews here- RUN AWAY!!! read more

Will be hard to limit my disgust with this company to a few short paragraphs. Contacted them early this year to take care of some squirrels in my roof. Was given the run down about trap placement and periodical checks to ensure humane re-homing of squirrels caught. I don't think this occurred as when I thought to check on the traps over a week later they were full of frozen squirrels. Oh well. I *assume* some measures were taken to prevent re-entry and I paid about $600, don't recall the exact amount. Fast forward to springtime when the squirrels came back. Though they had not done a stellar job the first time I contacted Trapper Joe's again since my previous receipt indicated some sort of confusing warranty. Thinking very erroneously it would be cheaper than starting anew with another company. They came out and identified a few points of possible ingress, and I resisted the urge to wonder out loud why these hadn't been taken care of the first time. On April 13 I received an invoice/contract for $800 worth of labor (to be performed in the future). Over the course of the next couple months more traps were placed on my roof, and some sealing up of questionable entry points. When Joe called at the end of June (!) for final payment I owed more than $1500. (!!!!!!!!!). He stated the extra charges were due to multiple checks that were performed on the traps, the validity of which I could neither confirm nor deny. Regardless I was aghast at being charged almost double than what had been agreed upon. After some hemming and hawing I got my charged reduced to just over $1200. I felt awfully preyed upon and foolish, but at least relieved that the job was done and I could put this nasty business behind me. Then today the squirrels came back. I've thrown away almost 2K on this dastardly company and pray this prolonged incident prevents anyone from getting swindled in the future. Why, oh why, didn't I listen to the 2 existing Yelp ads before engaging these awful frauds!?! read more

Simply put not the best choice. Preys on customer with costly bids. Disrepectful in communication when questioned. Charges card higher than amount on receipt. read more

We suspected squirrels in the attic (accurate), but Trader Joe greatly exaggerated the scope of the problem, set up bogus traps, charged my Visa $231.94 (though receipted me $224.99). He then submitted a proposal for $2,145.00 additional work focused on overstated or false installations of vents, screens, ridge guards. A second opinion and solution from Rottler solved the problem for $600.00. I used him because of the prior positive reviews on this site, but now wonder if they are fabricated or has he changed and become dishonest. I will say one thing: he looks the part of a "trapper" but I ended up feeling like it was all theater that cost me $231.94. read more

Run. Scam artist, aggressive fast talks over customer.Secret hidden charges. Charges more than amount customer signs on receipt. Horrible customer service if you ask to many questions he gets frustrated. Proposes $1000-$3000 solutions that other companies deem unnecessary. Charges customer $94 per trip to reset his traps if they close due to equipment malfunction. Does not keep his word to check traps as he promised. Claims to have the highest level of training in the US and MO but trust he will prey on u and gauge you for money! Chose someone else. read more

Pretty bad customer service. I agree I was told that it was $165.00 to remove a bat from my house and do a thorough inspection of my house to determine entry points for the bat, however, although the person who came to remove the bat was polite and seemed to genuinely want to find the bat, after about 10 minutes he came out of the room where I thought I had isolated the bat to tell me there wasn't a bat in there. I basically grabbed my own flashlight and started looking all over the house. He proceeded to help me search and tell me it took him 3 hours once to find a bat, but seemed satisfied after 30 minutes of searching for mine-with no luck that this one wasn't going to be found. He didn't go into my attic and search ( I could have a colony living in there for all I know). I protested about the $165.00 charge (wish I made $165.00 for 30 minutes of walking around with a flashlight). I was told since they came out and took their time to look it was $165.00. I didn't feel this was an adequate effort and should have at least been told that they would come back free of charge if I find the bat flying around my house once the sun went down. No such luck-I was told I would probably be charged again if I called for them to come back out. The worst part was it wasn't as if the technician had to drive out of his way to get to my house. The tech was already in my neighborhood on another job. Anyway-long story but if you have a bat in the house-try and get it out your self and don't call these guys. They really seemed to be a scam and not much more. Too bad. read more