There is a time when we all have to clean our carpets. You come across an ad that promises a great deal for less money than all the other ones. You call the company and the guys come to do the work.
The surprise comes when you read the bill, a great deal more than you were promised in the ad. The scammers have added charges such as: “preconditioning”, “dual process treatment”, or “higher traffic area fee”. If you have a pet, they have added another “necessary pretreatment fee”.
They will make you believe that your carpet would have been ruined if they had not applied all of the above. If you try to argue, they will say that the advertised price didn’t include the chemicals “your carpet obviously needed”.
How to avoid: always ask for a detailed pre-work invoice/ estimate and tell them no extras are needed.