Root-Rooters will swindle you.
We were given a loose quote of $1200-$1400 for a septic pump. We were in a bind for time and agreed. The job was mismanaged from day 1, and their techs spent hours sitting in our driveway idling their trucks and the digger. It took them 3 days to finish a simple septic pump and the moment they finished, the tech stood at the front door and berated my husband to pay $3000 immediately. Apparently they charge an $1800 digging fee for maybe 30 mins of digging. Who has $3000 lying around?? We were also never told they would demand payment up front, and so aggressively. This company is 100% corrupt down to its core and management does not care about people. Our mistake for not looking at other poor reviews. DO. NOT. USE. THIS. COMPANY. Literally get a quote from anywhere else. They also left our lawn in shambles and we have to clean that up now too.
EDIT: after leaving this review and my husband calling the office countless times, the dig fee was lowered to a much more reasonable and affordable price.
2nd EDIT: Roto-Rooters apparently is never through with punishing us. They saved up the August and September checks we’d written them and deposited them both at the same time in October, draining our account entirely. Since we live paycheck-to-paycheck and our budget is extremely tight, we are now no longer able to afford our mortgage payment this month. My husband called to alert them of this, and the manager told him we should be better with our money, that my husband wasn’t “raised right” and that we should always assume that businesses will hold off and deposit checks all at once, months later. He then hung up on my husband. We have no other recourse except to leave this review.
****We were well and truly swindled by this horrific company, their corrupt management, and their miserable business practices. AVOID THEM AT ALL COST TO YOURSELF. ****