Complaint Review: Quality Tree Service

On June 2, 2013 we hired Rob Williams to be a monthly landscaper to mow, edge and maintain the trees on our property. We signed a contract he wrote up and he was to begin in a few days, I gave him a check for a deposit. The weather was very bad and we agreed he would come back when the weather was better. He called and said he had problems at his house it was sinking and I understood. After many phone calls to him, all of which were ignored and this went on for days he finally showed up with two woman and another man. No lawn mower and the woman waited in the truck. He worked all of 15 minutes of cutting a few limbs of the ligustrum tree, left all the debris on my lawn moved a 2 foot high crape myrtle and told me he would be back and needed more money for the sand he needed. I gave him a small check ( I know, a big mistake) and haven't seen him since. I reported him to seniors vs crimes and he promises to bring me a money order. He has ripped off 8 other homeowners in our senior citizens community that were reported. There may be many more that didn't report him. He did work for a friend and a neighbor that's why I hired him and the neighbor failed to mention he took money from her 8 months ago to purchase and plant a tree.