We had Jeff's Tree Service come and cut down a dying 100 year old oak tree that was very close to the house. Jeff promised to drop the tree, and cut it into firewood and even asked me where I wanted the wood stacked. Total quote: $2,400.
Well, they dropped the tree and broke windows in the process, and sheared off the circuit breaker to our air conditioner. A guest in the house at the time said that it felt and sounded like the tree hit the entire house, shaking everything.
Long story short, since he got his money up front, he changed his story and said that he never signed on to cutting the tree into firewood. And I had to fight with him to fix the damage that his crew caused. It wasn't until I threatened to call my insurance company that he actually sent a "buddy" to fix the windows. We ended up chopping the wood up.
So in the end, it cost us $2400 for nothing more than falling the tree. Never again.