Entrepreneurs who provide household pest control services in Khabarovsk resort to dirty tricks in pursuit of big earnings. Insect extermination companies first, they throw cockroaches and bedbugs into the houses, and then post advertisements on the provision of their services on these houses, AmurMedia news agency reports.
Bedbugs and cockroaches annoy the residents of Khabarovsk more and more. Over the past few years, cockroaches have appeared in the apartments of citizens many times more often than before, and even those citizens who have just settled in new buildings complain about bedbugs. As employees of pest control services say, the reason for such an invasion of harmful insects lies in illegal immigrants - they are the ones who bring bedbugs and cockroaches with them. However, the townspeople themselves do not doubt that the cockroaches flood the city for a reason - they are helped by the same insect extermination firms, who thus want to earn more.
Khabarovsk Tatyana Mikhailova lives in a house on the street. Chernyakhovsky is already 4 years old, but six months ago cockroaches appeared in her house. Tatyana tried to get rid of the insects herself, but all efforts were even. After some time, the number of harmful creatures increased significantly. Neighbors-old-timers said that there were no cockroaches in their house for many years, and their appearance is not an accident.
- Neighbors saw how suspicious people approach the balconies on the 1st floor and put something there. Our neighbors did not manage to catch anyone by the hand, but there is no doubt that the cockroaches were thrown into our house on purpose. That's how they make money. First they create a problem, and then they rush to help. This is the kind of income said Tatyana Mikhailova.
In a private conversation, one of the representatives of such a company admitted that in order to increase income, one really has to "play" dishonestly and resort to any tricks.
- We don't have that many clients, this business is not the most profitable one. So anything happens. Cockroaches breed well and quickly, they are able to populate an entire apartment building in a matter of months. You just pour out a jar of cockroaches in the entrance, and after a while you paste the announcement "Destruction of cockroaches" on the same entrance. You can do it easier - throw cockroaches on the balconies located on the 1st floor - said the pest control officer.
Also, employees of the service for the destruction of cockroaches report that over the past few years, the number of applications from Khabarovsk residents to such firms has increased significantly and continues to grow. People complain that it is not possible to cope with insects on their own, and therefore they have to completely rely on specialists.
In several districts of Khabarovsk, residents noted the appearance of hordes of cockroaches in their homes. Insects bred soon after announcements about the provision of pest control services appeared on the doors of the entrances and poles. A certain company offers to clear a one-room apartment from mustachioed pests for 3 thousand rubles. In addition, the service gives a guarantee to the client that cockroaches will not cross the threshold of the processed dwelling within a year.
Tamara Komarova from Khabarovsk used the services of one such firm. The girl has been unsuccessfully fighting cockroaches for the second year. Funds from the store did not help, so Tamara decided to use the services of professionals.
“Last year, in August, they called for the first time, they arrived, poisoned, there was a lull for literally a week. When we applied there again, they said: “pay 50% and then we’ll come, we’ll work it out.” Why do I contact them a second time and no guarantee? Where to turn, why should I pay such money?” Tamara Komarova is indignant.
“Since the competition is very strong now, there are many offices, we resort to simple tricks: we plant [cockroaches] in the simplest way. In dysfunctional apartments, they are teeming with them. We are not squeamish, we collect cockroaches in a jar, plant them on food. On the first floor, through the windows, right on the windowsill, or into the same basement, cockroaches scatter very quickly, ”said Oleg.
It is almost impossible to bring such businessmen to justice, they work at night. According to the biologist, amateur entomologist Yevgeny Novomodny, breeding cockroaches in this way is not a very difficult task.
“They settle comfortably around the house. Like spiders, cockroaches move through air ducts, but they can also walk along walls, if you have a window ajar, they can come,” said Evgeny Novomodny.
But getting rid of the company of mustachioed lodgers is not so easy. According to experts, no chemical will scare away insects for a long time. Even the most concentrated chemicals are designed for a maximum of six months, but even in this case, the manufacturer of the drug may exaggerate.
“The funds are valid for six months, but this is in laboratory conditions, where there is no dust, oxygen, sun, all the conditions that are created in ordinary housing. I don’t know of any remedy that has a residual effect of a year,” said Yury Kosyi, head of the licensed service for the extermination of insects and rodents.
According to the law, the persecution of insects can occur in two ways: by a cleaning procedure (weakly concentrated agents) or complete pest control (specialized preparations). In the second case, the performer must have a license. According to Yuri Kosoy, there are only four such organizations in Khabarovsk, and before inviting specialists home, you need to ask about the reputation of the company.
Entrepreneurs who provide household pest control services in Khabarovsk resort to dirty tricks in pursuit of big earnings. Firms for the destruction of insects first throw cockroaches and bedbugs into the houses, and then post advertisements on the provision of their services on these houses, AmurMedia news agency reports.
Recall that bedbugs and cockroaches are increasingly annoying the residents of Khabarovsk. Over the past few years, cockroaches have appeared in the apartments of citizens many times more often than before, and even those citizens who have just settled in new buildings complain about bedbugs. As employees of pest control services say, the reason for such an invasion of harmful insects lies in illegal immigrants - they are the ones who bring bedbugs and cockroaches with them. However, the townspeople themselves do not doubt that the cockroaches flood the city for a reason - they are helped by the same insect extermination firms, who thus want to earn more.
Khabarovsk resident Tatyana Mikhailova lives in a house on the street. Chernyakhovsky is already 4 years old, but six months ago cockroaches appeared in her house. Tatyana tried to get rid of the insects herself, but all efforts were even. After some time, the number of harmful creatures increased significantly. Neighbors-old-timers said that there were no cockroaches in their house for many years, and their appearance is not an accident.
Neighbors saw how suspicious people approach the balconies on the 1st floor and put something there. Our neighbors did not manage to catch anyone by the hand, but there is no doubt that the cockroaches were thrown into our house on purpose. That's how they make money. First they create a problem, and then they rush to help. This is the kind of earnings, - said Tatyana Mikhailova.
In a private conversation with corr. IA AmurMedia, one of the representatives of such a company admitted that in order to increase income, one really has to "play" dishonestly and resort to any tricks.
We don't have that many clients, this business is not the most profitable. So anything happens. Cockroaches breed well and quickly, they are able to populate an entire apartment building in a matter of months. You just pour out a jar of cockroaches in the entrance, and after a while you paste the announcement "Destruction of cockroaches" on the same entrance. You can do it easier - throw cockroaches on the balconies located on the 1st floor, - said an employee of the pest control service.
Also, employees of the service for the destruction of cockroaches report that over the past few years, the number of applications from Khabarovsk residents to such firms has increased significantly and continues to grow. People complain that it is not possible to cope with insects on their own, and therefore they have to completely rely on specialists.
