[tpaladino]

We agreed on $100.00 to trim my live oak tree. After he had my lawn covered in branches and leaves he tells me that it will cost another $20.00 to haul away the debris. If I was quoted $120.00 from the beginning I probably would have agreed anyway. But to extort an extra twenty bucks is just being a wise guy. He did the same thing to my neighbor. I should have known better when he said he would take a check, but it would have to be made out to cash or to his wife. That is a classic sign that you are dealing with a shady character. That $20.00 cost him any of my future business as well as the business from any of my friends and family.