Review from Mike's Mobile Mower Service M.
Published:over 1 year ago
I am a business owner, and I aim to do my very best to satisfy my customers even at my loss sometimes. I had Gilbert Matamoros as a customer recently. In Gilbert Matamoros service call, I initially called and left a message , I would be happy to service his ZTR. I gave him a quote of $250+Parts to go out to his location which was outside my service area. (Kyle Tx) He could not find anyone to service his area. He expressed that my fee was too high and would think about it. We spoke later and I agreed to service the unit $175+Parts. He agreed. I showed up and began to service the unit. Gilbert and I engaged in small talk about our professions. He stated that he owned his own garage door repair service company. I informed him that I have a sister who's garage door needs the springs reloaded, maybe we can barter. His reply was, " I don't show up for less than $1,000", and proceeded to show me a bunch of springs he had replaced already at a cost of $350-$600 for a set of springs. Then he said, "Only I can get these springs at a lower price. You can't buy them. They can't be reloaded, they have to be replaced". (Not true) These springs are typically rated 10,000 cycles and can have a life expectancy of up to 14 years with proper maintenance. They CAN be reloaded without replacement by a professional who has the customer in mind as opposed to their back pocket. Buyers BEWARE, Matamoros Garage Doors will squeeze your wallet with uncalled for parts and labor. Do yourself a favor and get a second quote/opinion.
While servicing Gilberts mower, I completed the oil change, replaced the oil filter, fuel filter, spark plugs, and air filter. Began to replace the blades. Removed and replaced two, the third would not release with the impact gun and was pretty tight. I informed Mr. Matamoros of the situation, and asked if he had a cheater pipe or bar so that I could wrench off the blade. He seemed irritated, and expressed it quickly by saying, " If you are a professional, you should not have to ask me for tools or help. I should be watching TV waiting for you to be finished". I replied, "Yes sir, you're right, I got it from here". I tried a while longer with no luck, the bolt was pretty tight. I informed Mr. Matamoros that his service was completed, except for the center blade replacement. Which I would return the following day with a bigger impact gun that would remove the blade successfully. Mr. Matamoros paid me $225 for the service and parts. The bill was $250, he shorted me $25, and said, "I'm mowing Saturday, get the blade replaced".
I am a mobile service that caters to evening hours and when I am servicing a customer, I do not answer phone calls. The following day, I was at a service call and upon completion, I noticed that I missed a call from Mr. Matamoros, and received two text messages from him.
1st Text: July 14th @ 7:28 pm "Hey buddy, what time are you getting here to finish the job?"
2nd text: July 14th @ 9:38pm "Please do not ignore my text, i need to know what' going on, or i will find out where you live and collect my money back."
I responded: July 14th @ 9:39pm "10 mins away, thanks."
I showed up to his property, I replaced the 3rd blade, and texted him, at 9:55pm, "It's done, have a great weekend."
Mr. Matamoros text was threatening, surprising, and raised concern and reinforced my awareness that my home was safe. I have four kids and a wife who I will protect with my life. Do not threaten me or my home. If anyone ever meets Mr. Gilbert Matamoros, you'll see that he is a very big man and can be intimidating in character as well as in conversation. If anyone needs to be careful it is the City of Kyle, Texas. Matamoros Garage Doors will scam you, squeeze your wallet for unnecessary parts and labor or worse threaten your home. I called "Pros On Call" https://prosoncall.com/. They came out to my sister house. Re-tensioned her garage door spring and charged us less than $200. That is a lot less than $1,000. Gilbert Matamoros and Matamoros Garage Doors, need to stop cheating and scamming the City of Kyle.