Author Topic: Pest Control (Read 461 times)

Gunslinger · « **on:** May 02, 2006, 05:53:32 PM »

What do/would you pay for home pest control. I'm not around too much anymore and we have a spider infestation somwhere. Terminex wanted $128 for a one year contract that costs $98 every three months. This seemed a bit outrageous to me.

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 02, 2006, 05:55:29 PM »

The silverfish keep the spiders in line. Yesterday they re-enacted the Battle of the Bulge.

BigGun · « **Reply #2 on:** May 02, 2006, 06:08:00 PM »

how often do they come out for that price? I think I have someone come by every other month which works for my area...and is like $60 or so a visit..so about $360 a year.

storch · « **Reply #3 on:** May 02, 2006, 06:09:49 PM »

get some geckkos but if they begin to speak with a british accent squash them

Sandman · « **Reply #4 on:** May 02, 2006, 06:12:00 PM »

Shop around... and when you talk to them, let them know that you're shopping around. See if you can get the startup fee waived.

I would expect the cost to be $30-40 per month after that.

rpm · « **Reply #5 on:** May 02, 2006, 06:16:15 PM »

An exterminator? Guns, the Air Force is making a wimp out of you. Be a Marine! Go down to the feed store, buy a gallon of pyrethrin and a sprayer and go Saddam on the place.

Or you could call this guy:

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 02, 2006, 06:19:25 PM »

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Originally posted by rpm
An exterminator? Guns, the Air Force is making a wimp out of you. Be a Marine! Go down to the feed store, buy a gallon of pyrethrin and a sprayer and go Saddam on the place.

That is one of the funniest things Ive ever read.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #7 on:** May 02, 2006, 06:23:35 PM »

That's just it, I'm working twice the hours I did before and soon I will be working even more than that. Won't have time for home pest control.

Thw quote was for unlimited visits

eagl · « **Reply #8 on:** May 02, 2006, 08:18:32 PM »

If you kill off all the house spiders, you're more likely to get other pests that might be more hazardous. I killed off all my spiders, and the next week the ants came in. Killed the ants, and found a scorpion. If you start killing them off, you'll be stuck killing them forever.

That said, $400ish per year to not have to worry about stepping on a scorpion (wife almost did that) or kid finding a black widow or brown recluse might be worth it.

Sandman · « **Reply #9 on:** May 02, 2006, 10:31:53 PM »

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Originally posted by eagl
If you kill off all the house spiders, you're more likely to get other pests that might be more hazardous. I killed off all my spiders, and the next week the ants came in. Killed the ants, and found a scorpion. If you start killing them off, you'll be stuck killing them forever.

That said, $400ish per year to not have to worry about stepping on a scorpion (wife almost did that) or kid finding a black widow or brown recluse might be worth it.

Black widows and ants are the only reason I have an exterminator.

rpm · « **Reply #10 on:** May 03, 2006, 12:14:33 AM »

$5.88 at Tractor Supply. You ain't got an hour one day? What are them kids doing? Put 'em to work! I was mixing and applying stuff stronger than this when I was 7.

ramzey · « **Reply #11 on:** May 03, 2006, 12:59:55 AM »

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Originally posted by Gunslinger
That's just it, I'm working twice the hours I did before and soon I will be working even more than that. Won't have time for home pest control.

Thw quote was for unlimited visits

so pay somone to to this and support local contractors

i have to start worship you, working double hours and make so many post on this BB - you are tha man:aok

Hangtime · « **Reply #12 on:** May 03, 2006, 01:32:18 AM »

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Originally posted by rpm
$5.88 at Tractor Supply. You ain't got an hour one day? What are them kids doing? Put 'em to work! I was mixing and applying stuff stronger than this when I was 7.

pfffffffffffffffft.

why mess around? illegal... err... undocumented... err... umm.. in order to discourage bugs from immigrating, using a combination of DDT and agent orange for 200 miles.. err; 'yards' outside yer border.. ummm 'property' line. Then set traps.. ah; 'bug zappers' at the fence.

Piece of cake.

storch · « **Reply #13 on:** May 03, 2006, 07:07:19 AM »

we live on the eastern fringe of the everglades. insects and other critters are a part of living here, they definitely add to the charm. we have been able to control their numbers by utilizing their natural predators to work in our favor. there are very healthy populations of mockingbirds, ibis, mallards, parrots, herons, fox, felines and pelletgun armed roving bands of maturing residents (I'm amongst the youngest). hell, we look forward to the rats and mice breeding. I shot one eating inside of an aviary in my neighbor's yard yesterday. the shot was a beauty because the aviary was constructed of 1/2" squared hardware cloth and the shot was about 15 yards away with iron sights. I nailed the field mouse through the left eye with four pumps and a pointy pellet. quite possibly my finest shot ever. the two neighbors present credited it to luck, I prefer the term "zen".

I ended up being bragged on quite a bit. one guy across the street came on over seeing the group went home and brough a 1.5L carafe of chianti the guy whose house we were shooting at fired up the grill and we had flank steak and chianti/beer in an impromptu party. quite drunk I logged on to the AvA ran up 13 spit kills with 2 deaths in an 190A5. yesterday was one of those majic days. today I'm severly hung over.

Mustaine · « **Reply #14 on:** May 03, 2006, 10:07:48 AM »

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Originally posted by BlueJ1
The silverfish keep the spiders in line. Yesterday they re-enacted the Battle of the Bulge.

Author Topic: Pest Control (Read 461 times)

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