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Complaint Review: The Pink Plumber - Internet

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  • Reported By: Joe — Kennesaw Georgia USA
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The Pink Plumber Bait & switch/scare tactics pressured me into paying $3331.48! Smyrna Georgia

*Consumer Comment: Ripped Off The same way

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Do not call The Pink Plumber for pumping out your septic tank and expect them to perform the task without using scare tactics to cost you thousands of dollars due to bogus fixes, inflated costs and offers to front you the money if you put $1000 down, and agree to a payment plan.

Examples: I was charged an extra $158.64 dollars because the edge of the septic slab (approx. 4 - 6 inches) was located beneath my sidewalk! I was charged $385.00 for the replacement of the concrete T-baffle (which they busted out) with a 6"dia x 6"L piece of PVC attached to an 18" straight piece of PVC. I was charged $295 for pumping out the tank, plus an additional charge of $382.84 for sludge over 18", plus a charge of $161.39 for the tank being over-filled! Since they claimed the tank was "overfilled" they also claimed there was sludge in the drain field line.  This was an extra charge of $2,490.00 to "jet" the drain field line and add some sort of bio-chemical to help clear them.

There was a "no charge" of the above $385.00 for the outlet T-baffle.

Also, they were going to charge me a fee of $535 just for having to get into the tank to clear the main line from the house, which I do not beleive was even clogged.  All this person did was climb down into the tank and use a shovel to "supposedly" clean out the main line from the house.  They then decided to not charge me for this for some reason???  If this all sounds on the up and up then I have no problem with it.  It's just that I was basically at their mercy when they had the lid off of the tank and stated that if they didn't perform all of the above that they would just have to come out in 2 weeks and pump it out again.

I have 4 children and my wife and I both work to support our household.  I cannot afford to be ripped off... if this is in fact what happened in this case.  I just feel like they just kept piling on charge after charge while I had no choice but to have them do the work.  I was alse told that if I didn't have the drain field line jetted out that it could cost me at least $7,000.00 to $10,000 or more to have then dug up and replaced.

All totaled: $333.48!  $1000.000 of which I had to pay on the spot then $745.06 one month later, and now I have a year of $132.20 monthly payments.

Just needed to put this out there to see if anyone else has had similar experiences.

Feeling very, very ripped off!!!

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#1 Consumer Comment

Ripped Off The same way

AUTHOR: Marine 1964 - (USA)

POSTED: Thursday, February 23, 2017

I had the exect same thing just happen to me here in Marietta.

My bill ended up being $4,443.14 for the same services.

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