Why To Use Statewide Termite & Pest Control, Inc. - Reno Pest Control

Why To Use A Local Company?

• When we support a local company we are supporting our local economy. This makes a big difference in the our city and community on the long run.

• Big Corporations tend to have a 1-800 number and/or a number of an office out-of-state, which makes it really difficult, if not impossible, to reach your technician in an emergency.
  
• Be aware of national companies that have commercials on TV, radio, internet and everywhere you look. Many times we think that their name is everywhere because they are good, but the truth is that these commercials are PAID and EXTREMELY expensive. In fact, who pays for all that advertisement is the unaware client, because the services provided by these companies usually cost 4-10 times more than a local company (yes, for the SAME EXACT SERVICE!).
  
• National Companies tend to send different technicians to your house each service. This makes it impossible to trust and know who is coming to your house next. Once you make an appointment, you will know the technician by name and be able to reach him easily through the office or his business cell phone.
  
• Pest Control companies tend to pay their employees very little and lay them off in the winter months. This naturally causes them to stay very little time in the same company. For the client this means new and inexperienced technician every year servicing your home.
  
• Many new companies are being created everyday in Reno/Sparks area. However, be aware of inexperienced technicians. Once you choose Statewide Termite & Pest Control, Inc. you will notice the big difference. Greg Jepsen is the owner for almost 20 years and the inspector and technician. He has college degree in business administration and is the trainer of all his technicians. All technicians hired by Statewide have been trained directly by Greg and have more than 9 years of experience.
  
• Companies from outside of Nevada may not be aware of pests in this area and effective methods of treatment. They may also become VERY dangerous inspectors, passing wrong information that may cause you a law suit. One BIG example of this is that people learn in other states that Nevada doesn't have termites. We have heard this VERY mistaken information several times, specially during Real Estate Inspections. Not only by inexperienced technicians but also by real estate agents from other states. The fact is that anyone may call the Local Department of Agriculture to confirm the information that the incidence of termites in this area is EXTREMELY HIGH, and a mistake in this situation can and will cost you and your client a lot of money.
  
• We BOOK APPOINTMENT. We check in and check out. Not having to deal with the "between 9:00 and 5:00" is a great reason to use Statewide!
  
• We offer service agreements to maintain your home always bugs-free. These agreements save you a lot of money but you may cancel it at anytime. You pay as you go, don't need to pay ahead. Most of the other companies will make you sign an actual contract and pay ahead for the entire year, without a chance for a refund or cancellation if you are not happy or passing through financial problems. 

Why To Use A Local Company?

Why To Use A Local Company?

• When we support a local company we are supporting our local economy. This makes a big difference in the our city and community on the long run.

• Big Corporations tend to have a 1-800 number and/or a number of an office out-of-state, which makes it really difficult, if not impossible, to reach your technician in an emergency.
  
• Be aware of national companies that have commercials on TV, radio, internet and everywhere you look. Many times we think that their name is everywhere because they are good, but the truth is that these commercials are PAID and EXTREMELY expensive. In fact, who pays for all that advertisement is the unaware client, because the services provided by these companies usually cost 4-10 times more than a local company (yes, for the SAME EXACT SERVICE!).
  
• National Companies tend to send different technicians to your house each service. This makes it impossible to trust and know who is coming to your house next. Once you make an appointment, you will know the technician by name and be able to reach him easily through the office or his business cell phone.
  
• Pest Control companies tend to pay their employees very little and lay them off in the winter months. This naturally causes them to stay very little time in the same company. For the client this means new and inexperienced technician every year servicing your home.
  
• Many new companies are being created everyday in Reno/Sparks area. However, be aware of inexperienced technicians. Once you choose Statewide Termite & Pest Control, Inc. you will notice the big difference. Greg Jepsen is the owner for almost 20 years and the inspector and technician. He has college degree in business administration and is the trainer of all his technicians. All technicians hired by Statewide have been trained directly by Greg and have more than 9 years of experience.
  
• Companies from outside of Nevada may not be aware of pests in this area and effective methods of treatment. They may also become VERY dangerous inspectors, passing wrong information that may cause you a law suit. One BIG example of this is that people learn in other states that Nevada doesn't have termites. We have heard this VERY mistaken information several times, specially during Real Estate Inspections. Not only by inexperienced technicians but also by real estate agents from other states. The fact is that anyone may call the Local Department of Agriculture to confirm the information that the incidence of termites in this area is EXTREMELY HIGH, and a mistake in this situation can and will cost.

Adventures of the Bug Boy Greg Jepsen - When Greg was 7

When Greg was seven, he and his brother Scott found a very large gopher snake in the hills behind our house in Moraga, CA.  True to the actions of all small boys, they decided to bring the beast home.  It was smelly and big, but fortunately non-poisonous.  It was at least six feet long and ten inches around.  I agreed to let them put it in a cage and keep it temporarily, but they had to find it something to eat.  

Greg took the snake out for walks and draped it around his neck to show all the kids on the block that he wasn’t afraid of the dangerous predator.  He bought a little white mouse at the pet store for the snake to dine on, however the mouse just cruised around the cage freely while the snake ignored it.

The huge snake gave Greg a lot of clout with the smaller crowd for a few weeks, but at the end of the month it had still not eaten the mouse, so I insisted the boys return it to the hills where they found it.  Despite numerous cries of protest, the snake was finally taken back to its home in the tall, dry, grass of the hillside.  

To Greg’s great disappointment, it was never seen again.   The little white mouse, however, remained for quite a while, eating normal mouse pellets, and somewhat alleviating the loss of the “beloved” gopher snake.  

By Joan Virden, writer and Greg's mother.

Visit her website: http://www.joanvirden.webstarts.com

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Adventures of the Bug Boy

When Greg was four, he must have believed he was superman, even though he was very small and skinny. Once I found him nearly at the top of a thirty-foot tree in the back of the apartments where we lived. The branches of the tree hung over a deep ditch filled with water and snapping turtles. There was no way I could climb up to get him, so I told him to come back down the way he had climbed up. Thankfully he managed, scrambling and slipping all the way back down.

Greg likes to remember the time he came up from the same creek with a handful of big, fat worms to show me. When I saw my little boy with all those squirming, dirty globs of pulp, I immediately made him drop them and cleaned off his hands. He was terribly offended. The last thing I remember about that day was that little, face with great big tears rolling down his cheeks, because he couldn’t keep those treasured worms!

Later that summer, he was crossing a bridge over the same creek, but not like most would cross the bridge. He chose to balance on the slender railing. The next thing I knew his friends had come to the back door screaming, “Gregory’s dead! He fell into the creek and he’s not moving! Naturally I ran hell bent for election and sure enough, there at the bottom of the creek, laying very still half in the water, was my little boy.

By now the neighbors had all gathered and were telling me not to move him because he might have a neck or back injury. However, seeing my baby lying there so still was more than I could handle and I immediately jumped down and picked him up. He was unconscious, so I put him in the car and raced to the hospital. By the time I got there, he was awake and wondering what all the fuss was about.

This was all just a glimpse of what was to come. There was never a dull moment, and as Greg got older, the daredevil in him got even riskier, and actually funnier!
If he lets me, I’ll tell you about the Halloween costume!


By Joan Virden, writer and Greg's mother
http://www.joanvirden.webstarts.com