Weed Man

I do not recommend the weedman. They conviced me to sign up for their program with a "guarantee". If they did not kill my weeds, I did not pay. Well, they did not kill my weeds. I complained over 10 times and still they did not kill my weeds and continued to try to collect on their bill. They also charged me for fertilizer treatments but only delivered half of them. In the end I agreed to pay for half the fertiliser bill, but not the weed bill. They refused, wanted the entire amount, and now they have sent my bill to a collection agency. My advice - do not believe them when they say "guaranteed or you do do not pay", or when they say they will kill your weeds. Their product does not work.

Do not sign up with this company. It is a cash grab exercise. Just do a google seach on Weedman court case etc here in Canada and the US and you will read alot of horror stories. They don't do anything to your lawn and then when you refuse to pay they send your file to credit bureau canada and the CBC also know about this but do nothing about it and you have to spend money on a lawyer to get your name removed from the credit bureau agency. Weedman does not take you to court to get their money back, they just put your name on the credit list and you have to take them to court.
Weedman works on the principle that people would rather pay than pay a lawyer to write a letter which would cost more.
The sales people on the phone make money back promises so that they get their commision and you sign up and then all they want is money for sprinkling a few seeds on your grass, they don't even do a propert coverage spread. When you call to speak to anyone at the franchisee office it is always a junior clerk and the franchise head office in mississauga do not even return phone calls. PLEASE BE AWARE DON"T SIGN UP.

Today I received a 10 day notification advising that I owed 473.94 in late payment charges for an issue that was resolved in 2009.
I hired weed man back in 2006/7 and prior and was happy with the results and paid for the service. Back in 2008 I don't know what happened, I hear they went green and the product they used wasn't applied properly, in any case my grass never looked worse, the weeds were out of control. In early 2009 I called with my concerns and dissatisfaction and I refused to pay for the service of 2008. During my numerous phone calls I was made to beleive this was resolved with upper management. Today after all these years I am receiving a bill for $695.95 of which $473.94 is for late payment. I called to resolve with Marchel who represented herself as the acting manager and person in charge. I noticed the bill showed I was being charged for two applications in May 2009 this was after I had already asked weed man not to continue service and that I was not willing to pay for the applications of 2008. I was willing to resolve this today with her and pay for the July 08 and Oct 08 fertilization but I refuse to pay for the weed control, she flat out refused and told me that I had to pay the full amount and that she would waive the late payment charge...this is a joke. If Steve reads this message I would appreciate a call back...I am extremely upset!

1 - application was to my neighbors lawn, in error

2 - applied to our lawn, but, animals were digging up the grubs

3 - reapplied the application. Animals still digging up lawn

4 - reapplied again. Animals stilling digging up lawn.

5 - Monday. Was told by Weedman they will do nothing now until spring because it is too cold. Please tell the animals!

Weedman needs to review the product they are applying because this one obviously does not work.

I used Weedman Scarborough in 2009 to try to combat weeds. By 2010 the weeds had not only multiplied, but we had a herb overgrowth problem from the previous owner that was compounded due to fertization. We began the process of digging up large parts of the lawn to resod. When Weedman asked if I wanted the service again in 2011 I said no, we are in the process of re-landscaping. Despite this they kept showing up and leaving bills. I called several times to tell them to stop and that I would not be paying the invoice because I specifically declined the service. They finally stopped coming but then the reminder notices and phone calls started. I recounted the situation several times and asked to have a manager call me. No one ever did. I stopped answering their calls and ignored the bills. Now, I've received a notice from a collections agency that says if I don't pay they will report to Equifax and Transunion Bureau which may effect my credit rating. Caution to those considering WeedMan.There are many other options, recommend you pursue them!

I contracted weed man some time in July to get rid of the weeds from my lawn, the biggest mistake I did in this year. They sprayed weed control, there was not much effect on the weeds, while the grass started looking unhealthy. I called them after two weeks and complained about the 'no effect' on weeds. Weed man returned back after couple of weeks and sprayed the weed control again. All the broad leaf weeds died down and the grass colour turned to brown-green. I thought soon it will become normal, but nothing happened. In an attempt to bring the grass back to green, watered the lawn on alternate days. Nothing happened, other than hiking up the water bill by three folds.
Weed man followed their process very sincerely, spraying of third dose of weed control, slow release fertiliser, etc, etc.
I noticed that the grass became thin and there was no growth, colour permanently changed to shabby brown-green.
As part of their process, inspected the lawn and reported as, "thatch formed in the grass, so it need to be treated with aeration, thatch removal, etc, etc for an additional cost of over $200, no word about the sick looking grass.
Then, I decided to take the grass under my control..
Canadian Tire fertilizer and ‘Weed all’ helped me to retrieve the grass back to green.
In the mean time Weed Man started annoying me with numerous phone calls on their recommendation for aeration and thatch removal etc.
One day in October I called them and told, "Please do not make any visit to my Lawn"

They came to spray the lawns now there are more weeds growing. Also they left my gate open everything time they came. Constantly calling to UPSELL and I declined multiple times. Then on the last call they spoke to another person that answered my phone and NOT me!!!!!!!! Confirmed in the phone call that was recorded that it was not me and still came to do the work and now I am left to pay the bill for work that I did not authorized. My name is on the account and no one else's, therefore they should have spoken to me before doing anything on my yard.

Watch out for these people, anyone that answers your telephone can authorize work and you get stuck paying !!!!!!!!

I own and manage a building and decided to try the full service. SAVE your money because I only got more weeds and less grass. They said I should have called about the weeds?? I said does your staff not see that a treatment is required? Also they asked if I watered; I have a sprinkler system, lol. What a joke and WASTE of money. Never again!

We had weed man come for a weed spray on the lawns. The result was very disheartening. It didn't kill off the weeds at all. The outer edges turned black, but the roots all stayed and thrived. I called the company and did receive a callback the first time which I missed. Returning the call right away I didn't hear back by email or phone. I sent pictures of the yard to ask what should I do as the weeds didn't go down at all. I was under the impression more than the outer edges would die off. They needed to call back to explain my results to me. Now we've been told it takes a good 3 years to have it be successful. That's not what I was told in the beginning. We were definitely told all the weeds wouldn't be gone, but most would die off, and when they're ready to come back at the end of the summer, a second spray happens to help prep for the next year. 4 months later, still no return calls though I was contacting them and letting them know I maybe would pay half, as a truck did come to the house to spray, but certainly not the whole amount. After continual attempts and several 'urgent' letters from them which I called about instantly, they sent it to collections. It took 2 very angry phone calls at this time to get someone to reach me. When Kevin did call back, he said he didn't want to do "he said, she said", which made me feel more upset as a customer. He was only agreeable to me paying the half, which I did, though don't necessarily think the company deserves it. As a note to the company. When they say they're really busy and that's why they can't get someone in charge to call for months when a customer is upset, that's very bad customer service. This could have been fixed easily, I have no desire to have anything to do with them ever again. If you choose them, ask a lot of questions about realistic results, and the length of time before weeds will be under control.

After many phone calls and promises by the customer sales agent I decided to give them a try. They started their services with no problems but I can honestly say that I have more weeds and crab grass mixed into my lawn now, then ever. That combined with the constant harassing up-sell phone calls. I'll go back to doing my lawn myself and save my money. As far as I'm concerned there was no value provided for the price I paid.