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Paul J

1 reviews | Active since Sept 2011

25 Oct 2019, 16:01

Appalling Service (and I'm not alone in my opinion)

I received absolutely appalling service from Rentokil Pest Control! Paid them in advance for a call-out (290310) as their terms dictate this, technician gets to our house and says he’s too big to get into our ceiling to remove a dead rodent and leaves, next day another technician comes and says the same thing, spends 5 minutes pondering around then leaves without doing anything and I mean this literally. I have been calling them for 4 days none of the agents are able to assist and have to put every call through to someone else unfortunately the call is either cut or no one answers the call, some agents take your details and promise to get a manager to return your call which never happens, all the while our home is uninhabitable because of the horrible smell.

I wish I had done some research beforehand as it seems I am not the only one that has had this experience, Hellopeter is littered with exactly the same ratings as is the company’s Google account, a marketing consultant replies to each query as if this is the first time its happened, why not work on your management team rather than have marketing clean up your poorly managed business!

Do your homework people there are a lot of companies out there in this industry that have good ratings and offer great service Rentokil are not one of them!

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Replies (3)
Rentokil Initial
Rentokil Initial's reply28 Oct 2019, 10:06
Official
Dear Paul

We take every HelloPeter complaint seriously and view them as an opportunity to improve our business. Each complaint is investigated and escalated as necessary. 

Our Branch Manager has been in contact with you and I believe a service technician will be with you today to rectify the problem. 

We can only apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for giving us the opportunity to improve our service to you. 

Kind regards, 
Nathalie Leblond
Marketing Communications Manager 
PJ
Paul J's update28 Oct 2019, 16:17
Reviewer Update
Hello Nathalie

Thank you for your message.

The branch manager did indeed contact me this morning to apologise and offered to send out a technician to remedy the situation, I'm happy to report that the technician (same guy from our initial call out 2 months ago) was able to locate and remove the dead rodent.

I do hope that a lesson has been learnt and that you are able to improve on your customer service going forward, this whole situation was easily avoidable but was allowed to escalate out of control.

Nonetheless thank you to Rentokil for making good on this and turning a disgruntled customer into a happy and returning customer.
Rentokil Initial
Rentokil Initial's reply28 Oct 2019, 16:21
Official
Dear Paul 

Thank you for your feedback. I'm really glad we were able to sort it out this time, and thank you for allowing us the opportunity to do so. 

Kind regards, 
Nathalie