[jimbo2012]

The BBB
All the BBB's are simply franchised business they are not a non profit agency.
Here's they they work when I was in NY they call up the biz and say they had an inquiry about your biz.
If you would like us to hold any complaint against your company you have to join for $900 a year.
If you do you won't have a negative rating and can advertise you're a BBB approved Biz
Total scam.
Crimes against seniors are good but they have no power to do anything.

Now getting to original ?

There are more landscaper complaints here I think than any other trade.

If they don't have funds to buy materiel's or credit with their suppliers they are not very established are they as in will they finish?

Or never show up.

They should have credit with a nursery, credit with say home depot for block wall materiel etc.
If they can't get credit they go to you finance their biz.

Keep looking don't get sucked into any pitch about $$$ upfront.

Don't sign a contract, ask for a quote in writing agree to pay upon completion or tell them simply they will not get the job, stand your ground.

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