BBB Sends Warning About Snow Plow Fraud

Greg Bellan received a letter in his mailbox from a snow plow service offering to clear his driveway all winter for $250.
 
He called about the offer.
 
“The company came out a couple of times, and then when the snow got really bad they stopped showing up,” Bellan said.
 
That was in 2008. The service was called The Snow Plow Guys.
 
“Eventually I had to plow my driveway myself because I had an eight-month pregnant wife and if we needed to go…we needed to go,” Bellen said.
 
Bellan never saw The Snow Plow Guys or his money again that winter.
 
Bellen filed a complaint against the business.
 
David Weiss with the Better Business Bureau serving Cleveland said that The Snow Plow Guys have changed their name to Empire Snow Removal.
 
The company has been given an “F” rating, reported ONN’s Cristin Severance.
 
The BBB sent out a warning about the snow removal service this year.
 
"We've gotten 13 complaints in the last few years. Eight over the last year. All the complaints allege the company provided no services or took money and provided incomplete or inadequate service," Weiss said.
 
Bellan wrote a blog post telling others what happened.
 
The post is still getting comments and making the rounds on twitter.
 
"I don't want to ruin someone's business necessarily, I just want people to know who they are dealing with,” Bellen said.
 
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