Originally Posted by Richard Briegel (Post 812476)

Has anyone had a person by the name of Stafford knock at their door claiming that they had called for some yard or landscaping work.

Recently, while I was out, two people came to my door and asked if I was home. My wife said that I was not and they said that I had called to have a dead palm removed. She replied that I had not told her about it but we did have a Pinto Palm that appeared to be dead. They quoted a price of $200 to remove it and a cost of $20 per tree to trim up the palms. She called me on my cell phone and I told her that I did not call anyone and that I was 10 minutes away and asked her to tell them to hold up until I got home, When I got there they had already started removing the Palm and cut off all the branches.

They had no name on their truck and after a heated discussion, I paid them $75 and asked them to leave. After calling the Villages, I was told that Stafford was a crook and not to pay him anything