Montepeque Landscape 2024 Reports & Reviews

Montepeque Landscape Reports & Reviews (3)

• Aug 14, 2024

Type of a scam Home Improvement

Lawn Overseeding Scam

On 7/24/24 I was out in front of my house when a white pickup truck rolled down my court with several young Mexican workers in the truck bed. A middle aged Mexican man, with poor English, asked me if I would like them to over seed my lawn with a high grade grass seed with a special fertilized soil mixture. He told me that they would put down a layer of the fertilized soil, spread the grass seed over the thin layer of soil and then top it with another layer of the soil. He told me that he would "only" charge me $10 per bag of soil used. As I was thinking about it, the man (Edgar Montepeque) took a bag of soil and covered about 10 square feet to show me how he would seed the lawn. As my lawn was only about 400 square feet I figured he would need to use 40 bags and my cost would be about $400 for the project. I told him to proceed and he and a couple of his workers began to lay the soil over my lawn. The only problem was that the bags of dirt they pulled off his truck were super thin and contained very little soil. I watched them do the job in under an hour and then they counted the bags of soil they emptied onto my lawn...165 total bags! I was flabergasted to have to pay them $1,650 when I was anticipating about $400. He told me he would return in 2 weeks to over seed any area that had not filled in enough and guaranteed the lawn for 1 year. After 2 weeks I tried calling and texting the two phone numbers on the card he gave me and I got no responses. In looking at another complaint, I see that the phone numbers on the business card are different from the ones on my card, so just another indication of what a scammer this guy is! You can see from the picture I took of my lawn after 2 weeks that they did a horrible job.
The other complaints indicate that these guys were operating in Lodi and near Sacramento. I live in Morgan Hill, so they are moving around to avoid being caught. Watch out for these scammers!

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• Mar 02, 2024

Scammer's phone 9164064508
Country United States
Type of a scam Home Improvement
Initial means of contact In person

Edgar Montepeque & Rudy Moratalla Landscape Scammers

Hi, we already filed a complaint with Call Curtis, and want to apso report this scam going around the Greater Sacramento area by Edgar Montepeque & his landscaping crew.

It began when a man knocked on our door at home claiming he was working on our neighbor's yard & they had extra mulch to do our front yard too. We told him "No, thank you!", but he was persistent & said he didn't speak English well, so he ran to call the owner, Edgar Montepeque. He gave his a business card & showed us a laminated sheet with the before & after pictures of what our lawn would look like if we used their mulching services.

We still said "No!" but then Edgar begged us saying he needed to pay for his materials & crew, so it would only cost us $12 a bag including labor. I know this is where buyer beware should have kicked in, but we thought we could help out this local business, only to get scammed.

After they were done within 30 minutes, Edgar told us they used 202 bags, so our cost was $2,400. Of course, we were shocked & refused to pay that much as we told them that many bags would have never even fit in the back of their 1 pickup truck & we have a very small front yard, so he went down to $1,800. We told him that was still way too much to pay for mulch services, but that's when the real crime began as the other 3 of his workers got very aggressive, swearing & speaking to each other in Spanish while throwing things in their truck.

Since we felt intimidated & they now knew where we lived, we wrote them a check for $1,800 which they immediately went down to the bank to cash it. After they left, we then Googled Edgar Montepeque only to find out we were not the only hard working homeowners, who were scammed by his landscape company per the links of Edgar & his crew below...

https://www.scampulse.com/montepeque-landscape-reviews

https://www.scampulse.com/rudy-corado-and-marlon-dionicio-reviews

Therefore, we would love for Curtis or someone else to investigate this scam to prevent others from their criminal acts of lies, intimidation, threats & in some cases damage to their properties if you didn't pay their unrealistic, exorbitant rip off prices!

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Victim Location 95240
Total money lost $1,100
Type of a scam Home Improvement

Montepeque Landscape came to offer services at the door in Lodi in San Joaquin County, CA. I saw them working for the neighbor and requested a card. They told me they were recommended by a neighbor's friend so they came to work for my neighbor. I was actually working outside and desperate to fix my sprinklers. I decided to hire them on the spot because they said they could fix the sprinklers and also mulch/seed my yard. They did change the valves and some sprinklers but the problem was not solved. Now it leaks more water. They told me they will be back to fix the water valve. I payed them $1,100 for both the sprinkler repair and mulch/seeding. I feel they overcharged me. They did not come back and now are not answering the phone. I spoke with the neighbor and she didn't get any recommendation. She was not happy with the work and felt they overcharged for the service as well. I know is my fault to hire services without an actual recommendation and without verifying a license. It was too late for me to cancel the check's payment. They cashed it in person before I could make the complain. I wish these landscapers were more regulated by the authorities some how. They came in 2-3 trucks with a crew of workers around the neighborhood offering services and taking advantage of people who are doing yard work and need help. I would like people to be aware of them and their dishonesty.

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