Mr. Greenjeans Tree Service

I was given a bid from Mr Green Jeans tree service of 3500.00 for removal of these trees. When the owner, John finally came out with his equipment, he said the bid quoted was a little "light." and wanted 4500.00 to do the job. I told him I understood sometimes, bidders make mistakes, and I offered 4000.00. John refused to accept less than 4500.00. I complained about that, and he said the guy who did the bidding was "fired for stealing gas." The guy that did the bidding came out here in a brand new Lincoln Navigator. I don't think stealing gas was his thing. I think Green Jeans is playing bait and switch. I made a complaint to the local BBB, but I don't think he's a member, and now I understand why. I highly suggest if you need tree service, you leave this company alone.

We have used Mr. Green Jeans twice and were very pleased both times. They are professional and work hard to get the job done in a timely manner. They left our yard looking like they were never there...nor any trees! Highly recommended!

Let me start by saying I'm sorry for such a long post, but this is very important! I feel this story needs to be told so that all of my fellow neighbors and fellow veterans in the good earth subdivision will not be taken advantage of. Just a few days ago, my neighbor was having her trees removed and we wanted to have our back yard tree trimmed. We had asked John the owner of “Mr. Green Jeans” to give use a quote since they were already out at our neighbors home. John, after looking at the tree said that it would be $800 to do, then he stopped and said no it really needs to be a $1000. My wife said OK, I understand you offer a military discount what can you do for us. He said that was a military discount. She then asked what if we paid in cash, he did not seem very eager to discount but he reluctantly agreed to $900. We were not sure if this price was good or fair so we decided to call Cecil at “BDC Tree Service” and Travis at “Bordelon's Tree Removal” and asked if they would come out and give us an estimate. A few hours later both of the other companies showed up and before coming to the door to let us know they have arrived, John from “Mr. Green Jeans stopped them and started talking to them in our front yard. My wife noticed them out there speaking and wondered what was going on. Travis with “Bordelon's Tree Removal” quickly left without even looking at the tree or speaking to us. Cecil with “BDC Trees Service” hastily looked at the tree and quickly said it would be $950. My wife asked who that was that just left and he said the it was Travis from “Bordelon's Tree Removal”, but he said please don't tell him I told you that. We said thank you and he left. My wife and I started to get an idea of what was going on. My wife then called Travis and asked why he did not bother to come in give us a quote. He stated that he did not want to get mixed up in the drama. My wife asked what drama and Travis stated that John from “Mr. Green Jeans” hemmed them up when they arrived and told them that he had already quoted us a price and since he sometimes does some work for “Mr. Green Jeans” he did not want to under bid him. He said that John had stated he quoted us $800, “which was untrue”, and that is why Cecil quoted $950 to keep from under biding him. My wife then laid in to him an said that was not trued and we were not looking for someone to under bid anyone, we just wanted fair price quotes to compare. He then said he was sorry and understood. He asked if he could come back out once everyone had left to give us the quote. Once Travis came back and looked at the back tree he said yes he could do the job for $800 and could start first thing in the morning. He seemed to be very ashamed of what he was a party to since he got caught. Let me stop here and say that his men came out the next morning and did a very good job. The next day my other neighbor, without knowing what had taken place, called “Mr. Green Jeans” to ask for a quote on removing two trees in her back yard. The wife of John answered the call and was very rude to her and said that my husband had already quoted you. Without saying anything else my neighbor hung up. She then told us what had happened and we believe that the wife thought she was taking to us. So if price fixing and competition intimidation was not enough, they wanted to retaliate with rude customer service. Needless to say the lost her as a potential customer and my wife and I will not use or recommend “Mr. Green Jeans”, “BDC Tree Service”, or “ Bordelon's Tree Removal ever again. This is not how our free market system is to work. This is industry specific corruption in full view. I do hope this information is helpful to all who reads it and I would recommend reaching out to other, maybe smaller, more honest companies who need the work for pricing.

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They came out really fast. I was calling all over the place and they were the only one that would answer my call and actually come out the very same day. Everything was good. I can't complain about them at all.

My neighbor had used him and that is how I came to know about this company. I had trees down from a hurricane so he removed them and cut some trees. He was awful. I paid a lot of money, maybe thousands; I cannot remember. When he does a really good business, he is everywhere. He is expensive and unprofessional. He is rude to women. I found him to be almost abusive then my husband and a friend came over because he was yelling at me. If his wife would not have been around, I would have been afraid that he might hurt me. He was a very scary person. We had asked him not to drag the trees through our yard but he did not listen and drove into the yard. There were huge ruts in our yard from the tires. When I asked him about it, he said I had done it. I clarified by saying that his workmen had done it so he started screaming at me in front of his workmen who sat there with their eyes as big as saucers not knowing what to do. It was very inappropriate to shout at me in my yard though it was his fault. Even though he did not really complete the job, he still wanted the full price. I was so tired with him that I just paid him to get them away. I would not use this company again and I would not recommend them to anybody.