This past winter was pretty bad and there were several storms forecasted for the upcoming week and my snowblower was not working properly so I called Canton Power Equipement. I had spoken with the owner and we arranged for him to pick up the blower behind my home.. He did so. He called me 2 wks later and told me that he had completed the work on my blower and that the bill was $487.88. He had never contacted me before doing the work to explain what the problem was and to give me an estimate to see if I would be satisfied in paying this amount!!!! I asked him why so much money and what he did for it to be so expensive and why he did not contact me before doing the work. He said ?I am very busy and don?t have time to chase down customers to get approval for pricing?. I could not believe what I was hearing!!!!! Further more, he stated that he had replaced parts that I had just recently replaced myself, such as the spark plugs. Had he contacted me he would have known this and he should have been able to see that they were new. I still have the reciepts for them. I verbalized my concern with his practice and he was dismissive and said that he would hold my snowblower until he was paid. Since we were expecting more snow and I have alot of land I felt I had no choice but to charge it on my credit card because I needed the snowblower.
I feel like he took advantage of me knowing that I have an expensive snowblower and that this winter has been pretty rough. I am sure he has taken advantage of many others. Don't deal with this crook! If only I had seen these reviews before :( I have filed a complaint through the Better Business Bureau. We'll see what happens.
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