Johnston's Tree Service

After dealing with the Merricks for almost months I decided I didn't feel comfortable working for themI apologized in both emails to Tappan Merrick when I cancelled the jobI never said his wife is a liar or his wife is lyingI simply told the truth.I don't know what else I can say to clarify my reason for cancelingI didn't feel comfortable doing business with themIt just seemed like troubleWhat they have accused me of here with the Revdex.com and on YELP.com is simply not true and I'm going to meet with an attorney next week all because of these 2.This is really unusual so I googled Tappan Merrick and found out he used to be a manager at the S.FFederal Reserve Bank and he ran for an elected position in Sunnyvale, CaI suspect he doesn't like to be told no or contradictedI think the reason why he is going to these lengths to cause me trouble is he feels jilted and has a big egoNothing else really makes senseThis doesn't make any sense to me or anyone I've talked to about this matterAnyone else would just move on or maybe take the time to write an honest review on YELP.I wasn't rude in my emailsI was willing to go out of my regular work area for them, even after I found out they said something that isn't true about my website and service area.I was willing to re schedule them because they made plans out of town on the days that we agreed to do the work weeks earlier.All the while I had reservations about these people , it just felt weirdnot normal, but I didn't want to break my commitment to the customer.When they started asking a bunch of weird questions I said "enough" and politely cancelled.This is really weird

I communicated in good faithThis just felt wrong right from the start when *** said my website says I go to Rocklin and I checked and it doesn't say I go to RocklinIt only got worse from there, finally I made the decision that I didn't feel comfortable going to work for these peopleI've never
done that before but there have been jobs that I wished I had and won't hesitate to not work for someone who I feel has ill will or intent towards me and will try and screw me around or compromise my good reputation for financial gainI don't feel I did anything wrongI will not apologize for being honest

I am rejecting this response because:While flattered that MrJohnston "googled" me to learn of my distinguished background, he failed to point out my years of community service to local youth sports groups (coaching, officiating and serving on youth boards), nor my nearly years as a small business owner. I understand the importance of customer relations, and would never blame clients for my own shortcomings or inability to keep my word on an assignment.MrJohnston says that he apologized to my wife. Where is this written apology? MrJohnston has continually made the claim that he discussed that our home is outside his area of service. I spoke with my wife and she says that conversation never occurred. Regardless of his territorial limits, as he states, he accepted the job knowing full well where we lived, as evidenced by his coming to our home, inspecting the trees we wanted removed, and then offering us a bid. In fact, three days before MrJohnston was supposed to begin his work he wrote my wife to make sure that we still wanted him to come out. It was only after I wrote him, asking questions, including two regarding subcontractors, did he decide that we were too much trouble. As his "justification" was pure fantasy, I was left to speculate as to what his real reasons were. I still wonder.MrJohnston had all sorts of ways to back out of our arrangement, including his underbidding the contract, he lost workers (how would I ever know), double booking and needing to reschedule, etc. And yet he goes and blames my wife and dreams up a fantastic excuse instead of accepting responsibility, knowing full well that I could (and did) easily check with my wife to verify his story.I have already provided to Revdex.com the text of various e-mails that MrJohnston, my wife and I shared. The Revdex.com can determine which of us is telling the truth, and whom isn't. I fully understand that it is MrJohnston who pays the Revdex.com for it's rating services, not me, so it would come as no surprise should Revdex.com decide in his favor. And yet, the integrity of the Revdex.com is also at stake, depending on it's findings. I will be interested to learn the Revdex.com's decision.As MrJohnston is now threatening to sue me, I suggest that all correspondence also be shared with my attorney, MrLawrence CBeaver, in Modesto, CA. His e-mail address is: ***

After dealing with the Merricks for almost months I decided I didn't feel comfortable working for themI apologized in both emails to Tappan Merrick when I cancelled the jobI never said his wife is a liar or his wife is lyingI simply told the truth.I don't know what else I can say to clarify my reason for cancelingI didn't feel comfortable doing business with themIt just seemed like trouble. What they have accused me of here with the Revdex.com and on YELP.com is simply not true and I'm going to meet with an attorney next week all because of these 2.This is really unusual so I googled Tappan Merrick and found out he used to be a manager at the S.FFederal Reserve Bank and he ran for an elected position in Sunnyvale, CaI suspect he doesn't like to be told no or contradictedI think the reason why he is going to these lengths to cause me trouble is he feels jilted and has a big egoNothing else really makes senseThis doesn't make any sense to me or anyone I've talked to about this matterAnyone else would just move on or maybe take the time to write an honest review on YELP.I wasn't rude in my emailsI was willing to go out of my regular work area for them, even after I found out they said something that isn't true about my website and service area.I was willing to re schedule them because they made plans out of town on the days that we agreed to do the work weeks earlier.All the while I had reservations about these people , it just felt weirdnot normal, but I didn't want to break my commitment to the customer.When they started asking a bunch of weird questions I said "enough" and politely cancelled.This is really weird