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    Business ProfileforAmerican Backflow Prevention

    Water Works Contractors

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    1 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    815 Oakwood Rd # E, Lake Zurich, IL 60047-6704
    BBB File Opened:
    5/10/2006
    Years in Business:
    21
    Business Started:
    1/1/2003
    Business Started Locally:
    1/1/2003
    Business Management
    • Mike Hinz
    • Mr. Joe Harbut, Owner
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. Joe Harbut, Owner

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. Joe Harbut, Owner
    Additional Contact Information

    Fax Numbers

    • (847) 540-9954
      Primary Fax

    Customer Complaints

    1 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    08/25/2021

    Complaint Type:
    Billing Issues
    Status:
    Unanswered
    FRAUD = "American Backflow Prevention". I received a collection notice from a supposed collection agency called: "ABM" (*****************************, LLC). The notice demands $275 payment to "American Backflow Prevention" for a service that was never requested and never delivered. I do not know anything about this company. They have NEVER called me, left voicemails, or sent anything to me by mail - there has NEVER been a single interaction. I can confirm 100%, without doubt, that they have NEVER provided any products or services. Online research indicates that American Backflow is a SCAM, they are parasites, and what they are attempting is FRAUD. Additional research confirms that ABM is NOT BBB accredited and they appear to be in on the scam.

    Customer Reviews

    1 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Gupta P

    1 star

    04/04/2022

    I would have given a 0 rating if I could have. This is a company that is completely unethical & known to price ***** their consumers. We had a sprinkler leak at *********** sent out a technician 2 days later. Despite multiple requests, they never gave us an estimate for the service. Even after their technician showed up - he asked us to contact the office & the office never gave us an idea of the costs. 1 month later we received an invoice of $2,200 for fixing 1 broken sprinkler head - which has still not been replaced. They told us that the price was because they charged us an emergency service call at the rate of $250/- per hour for 7 hours! The guy barely worked in the house for a couple of hours at most. Imagine our shock on finding out that he billed us this emergency rate including his lunch break as well as time to go to the store to pick up some parts. We tried to reason with the office manager ******************************* & even offered to pay for 3-4 hours of work (despite this being far longer than the actual time). However, she was very abusive to us & told us invoice stands as is - despite the work being incomplete

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