Fireplace and Chimney Tech Services, Joliet, IL SCAM...BEWARE
Fireplace and Chimney Tech Services is out of Joliet, Illinois. The owner-operator, Jeffrey Thornton, does a lot of $70 offers via Groupon for dryer vent inspection & cleaning, which is how I found him. He came to my house and did neither, but did steal $175 from me via Zelle for payment of services he never returned to perform and REFUSED to issue me a refund even after multiple requests. (He seems to scam people often: check out his company’s reviews on Groupon.com.) He made all kinds of excuses for not returning to do the work (replace the clogged dryer vent line from back of dryer to outside.) When he kept refusing my requests for a refund of my $175, I reported him and his company to the Illinois State’s Attorney’s Office Of Consumer Protection, to the Illinois Better Business Bureau (which downgraded his rating), I filed a local police report for theft, and tried to get my money back from my bank/Zelle (which failed). He is a scam artist and it’s unfortunate Groupon still features his “services” despite so many reviews saying he did the same thing to other people. BEWARE! DO NOT USE “FIREPLACE AND CHIMNEY TECH SERVICES” from Joliet, Illinois.