Why Shouldn't You Purchase from
Home Improvement Stores or Grocery Stores?
Customer Service:
Product selection:
Price vs Cost:
First let's discuss the difference. Price is a one time event where cost is the actual expense over a specific period of time. Let's look at the following example:
Situation: You want to eradicate ants in your yard for six months.
Summary:
Many times the pest control products you buy at the Home Improvement stores and Grocery stores are repellant type of products that only mask the problem and never address the root source of the pest infestation, they just temporarily hide it from your vision. So when you don't see the pest for a couple of days it makes you feel as if the product worked, only to realize that the problem came back in couple of days or weeks because the real problem probably still exists in the walls, you just can't see it. Then you go buy some more of the same product. Remember the example above.
On top of providing you with Professional Pest Control Products that work, we at Pest Solutions guarantee our products, which is something that the Home Improvement and Grocery stores can not do. Pest Solutions is the only retail do it yourself pest control store that offers the "U-DO-IT GUARANTEE". YOU CAN'T LOSE WITH US!.
- They DO NOT have certified or licensed personnel on staff to help you with your pest problems.
- You walk through the pest control aisle reading packages hoping to find something that might work. Then you go to the front desk to call someone over to help you. Then you usually wait five minutes for someone to show up only to find out that they are not much help.
- The staff at these stores usually have never used the products themselves and have no idea what to recommend, don't even think of asking them for an application rate or coverage area, they have no idea.
- The staff does not get the training needed to properly assist you with the usage or application or even product knowledge to guide you through the process the right way. Remember that we are dealing with chemicals, you must have a clear understanding on how to use them properly.
Product selection:
- These stores carry products that will produce profits for their bottom line, not products that will provide you with long term solutions to your pest problem. Remember this is not their specialty, it is just another item they can sell.
- The products they carry are products that are at a cheap price point. They know that it is an easy sale at $10 to $20 to add on to other items you purchased.
- The pest control products they do carry, usually DO NOT have enough active ingredient to resolve your problem for the long term. They want you to come back and buy more within a couple of weeks, because they know the more often you walk through their front door, the more items you will buy.
- The quantities that most of their pest control products come in are insufficient to do the job right, remember they want you walking back in the store as soon as possible.
Price vs Cost:
First let's discuss the difference. Price is a one time event where cost is the actual expense over a specific period of time. Let's look at the following example:
Situation: You want to eradicate ants in your yard for six months.
- You buy a product at the Home Improvement Store and you only pay a price of $25, but you have to buy that same product every two months to keep the ants away. Your price was only $25 for the product but you did that 3 times to eradicate the ants for 6 months. So, your cost for the six months was $75. Compared to buying a professional product like TALSTAR PL that would only cost $47 to eradicate the ants for six months with only one application. So not only are you saving in the cost of the product, but you are saving your time of having to re-apply product.
Summary:
Many times the pest control products you buy at the Home Improvement stores and Grocery stores are repellant type of products that only mask the problem and never address the root source of the pest infestation, they just temporarily hide it from your vision. So when you don't see the pest for a couple of days it makes you feel as if the product worked, only to realize that the problem came back in couple of days or weeks because the real problem probably still exists in the walls, you just can't see it. Then you go buy some more of the same product. Remember the example above.
On top of providing you with Professional Pest Control Products that work, we at Pest Solutions guarantee our products, which is something that the Home Improvement and Grocery stores can not do. Pest Solutions is the only retail do it yourself pest control store that offers the "U-DO-IT GUARANTEE". YOU CAN'T LOSE WITH US!.