08/17/2026
Follow up tips for avoiding scam/sham companies:
- they use paid Google ads to represent a company like ours, they may even hijack our logo and provide a ***similar*** phone number
- the red flags to look for are:
1- All Foreign speaking customer service representatives when you schedule
2- technician arrives in an unusual vehicle for garage door work, this would be a minivan, passenger car, or suv. If they don't show up in a truck with a rack or a large Sprinter style van, they are 99% part of a scam.
3- no logos, magnets, or vehicle wrap identifying the company you called.
4- BIGGEST RED FLAG*** After they quote you for repairs, ask them " when your done who do I make the check out to" ( even if you're paying with credit card this question is vital to sniffing out a sham company before they begin work ) if they say anything else other than the company name you thought you called out there send them packing! If you thought you called us, Georgia Garage LLC, and they tell you to make the check out to CSP garage, or ready to go doors, and even more obvious they tell you to make the check out to them, IT'S A SCAM!!!
As the owner and general manager from a company that built everything from the ground up I really get frustrated when I see people posting all over Facebook about how they got ripped off from some Home Services company. 99% of the time it's because they didn't really vet the people when they showed up, or clicked on a legitimate company in a Google search. This is why I always tell you to avoid the paid results at all costs. None of these pop up businesses or scam companies are going to show up on the organic results or in your local results. These are just additional ways to identify and prevent you spending $1,000 for a single spring for $2,500 on a door repair that is done wrong, and you will never be able to reach the company that did it to get it fixed later. We are a part of a lot of garage door groups, forums, and are deeply involved in the garage door community. This is happening to everyone, especially guys working on their own, using their cell phone, and getting it cloned and actually having their number redirected to a scam company.
Keep in mind these people have access to your home, they have access to the devices like your garage door opener that give them access to the home. If it's not somebody that's trustworthy, reputable, and that has a legal consequence for the work they do you're literally letting somebody in they can program an extra remote, remember your keypad code, and you just gave someone access to be able to open your garage door and have full access to your house from inside the garage.
Hope this helps someone out there.
