[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by MnGirl

We have no soliciting in the Villages, if we don't stop landscapers we open the door to all kinds of solicitation.
These people have cheated more residents and yet we allow them in. STOP buying, tell your neighbors, report them to Village Watch and make them GO AWAY. How is it that seniors (residents with life experience), spend thousands of dollars and don't know what they are buying or know the company they are doing business with? Then, after they have been cheated, they don't spread the word.
Most of these companies do not have any insurance, so if someone gets hurt on your property it's on you. Most don't have any working capital and will ask for money up front. It seems that ninty percent of them will not call you back if there is a problem.
These shady companies see the residents as a bunch of gullable old suckers. Why do you think there were 19 landscapers last year and there are more than 45 today. If you don't want to get taken, go to a business that has a location/storefront where you may go if there are problems, not just a cell phone.

Thanks MnGirl, this is a good reminder. I personally like to use Terrascape or Fairfield Farms. Both landscapers have huge storefront locations on CR 301, and you can choose your own plantings.