[jean528]

Yikes, we've been here 4 years, and it still happened to us - TLC Tender Loving Care Flower Bed Specialist SCAM! We should've checked here first! Nice folks, worked hard, but unbeknown to us, up front estimate only covered part of the labor ("have to see how much we need") - then dropping the BOMB at the end that: "standard landscape practice to double the price of the item to cover labor" - so "industrial grade bark" (ugly) at $7. a bucket is now $14. a bucket and they needed 92 buckets for our tiny designer yard! So after initial shock, we called and are getting half the bark cost back, but if we knew huge price up front, we won't have gone this route at all!
You hate to have this lesson facing you in your driveway every time you pull up - so reframing: good will come out of it... Gratitude for all you out there watching out for each other!