Comments on: Westchester Realtor hears client’s concern over bed bugs http://bedbugger.com/2008/08/02/westchester-realtor-hears-clients-concern-over-bed-bugs/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:59:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: buggyinsocal http://bedbugger.com/2008/08/02/westchester-realtor-hears-clients-concern-over-bed-bugs/#comment-10972 buggyinsocal Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:22:45 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1087#comment-10972 I grew up in a part of the country where everyone had cockroaches. Sure, plenty of people had PCOs come in every month and spray to keep them under control, but if you didn't, you definitely had little visitors. I was relieved to move to a part of the country where it's much easier to avoid them. I used to think they were the worst thing you could possibly get. Then I got bed bugs. Bed bugs are far, far worse. They're harder to get rid of, and while cockroaches come with an "ew, gross" factor, the "ew gross" factor with bed bugs is so much greater. Cockroaches may gross people out, but they certainly don't cause the sleep deprivation that bed bugs do. Moreover, since cockroaches are a more widespread pest, there are a lot more chemical pesticides to treat them and a lot more PCOs who know how to treat them effectively. I doubt anyone would call a PCO and encounter a company who had never treated roaches, whereas with bed bugs, finding a PCO who knows how to treat them effectively is far more common. I grew up in a part of the country where everyone had cockroaches. Sure, plenty of people had PCOs come in every month and spray to keep them under control, but if you didn’t, you definitely had little visitors. I was relieved to move to a part of the country where it’s much easier to avoid them. I used to think they were the worst thing you could possibly get.

Then I got bed bugs. Bed bugs are far, far worse. They’re harder to get rid of, and while cockroaches come with an “ew, gross” factor, the “ew gross” factor with bed bugs is so much greater. Cockroaches may gross people out, but they certainly don’t cause the sleep deprivation that bed bugs do.

Moreover, since cockroaches are a more widespread pest, there are a lot more chemical pesticides to treat them and a lot more PCOs who know how to treat them effectively. I doubt anyone would call a PCO and encounter a company who had never treated roaches, whereas with bed bugs, finding a PCO who knows how to treat them effectively is far more common.

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