Its that way all over. And this has been covered several times, but, it is a major issue. So it deserves the attention. I do everything above board, and it can be a struggle. Then I turn and look over at a notorious hack, the whole family is notorious and are constantly getting arrested for drugs, burglary, drunk driving..all of it. But yet, dude has all kinds of new equipment, 2 shops and is seen all over doing work. They are horrible at it and I get rescue calls about them. They tear stuff up, cut down the wrong trees, rip people off, but nothing is done. Get sent video texts of them climbing while drunk, throwing up on the HOs roof. Like said above, when they are connected to someone at the city, nothing is done. We always say, do the good work and your rep will carry u, not always true. When ya can open up the phone book, and see 100 services, you may call 10 and all 10 are hacks, well, ya pick the best looking hacks add,thinking you are getting a pro because the phone book says they are Arborist and have all this bogus info on their add claiming to be the best. Until city's start to regulate who operates, advertisers have some sort of rules against false advertisement, it will always be this way. This is why I try to educate all my clients, so they can pass the word. But your right, most people really dont care, they just want it done for as cheap as possible, for most, trees are a nuisance and any money spent on them is a waste, that could have been a new 50" 3D TV.
