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Twice in the last week I have been approached at my home by men driving pickup trucks offering masonry and roofing services and they won't take no for an answer. I have to believe they are scammers by their aggressive approach and refusal to leave after telling them ten times that I am not interested and to please leave. Today I was vacuuming my car and a truck pulled up out of nowhere telling me my chimney is about to collapse. He apparently made that determination from a few seconds look from the street. I had a similar sales call about a week ago from a company with a different name who rang my doorbell although that guy didn't mention my chimney. Both of these companies have websites but no reviews on google or yelp and there are no results by googling their phone numbers. One thing both of these companies have in common is the men are Irish who seem to be recent arrivals in this country. They must be running some kind of scam and find enough suckers who will hire them. I will ask my furnace guy during the next tuneup to look at the chimney from outside just to be sure but I doubt he will see anything wrong.
Twice in the last week I have been approached at my home by men driving pickup trucks offering masonry and roofing services and they won't take no for an answer. I have to believe they are scammers by their aggressive approach and refusal to leave after telling them ten times that I am not interested and to please leave. Today I was vacuuming my car and a truck pulled up out of nowhere telling me my chimney is about to collapse. He apparently made that determination from a few seconds look from the street. I had a similar sales call about a week ago from a company with a different name who rang my doorbell although that guy didn't mention my chimney. Both of these companies have websites but no reviews on google or yelp and there are no results by googling their phone numbers. One thing both of these companies have in common is the men are Irish who seem to be recent arrivals in this country. They must be running some kind of scam and find enough suckers who will hire them. I will ask my furnace guy during the next tuneup to look at the chimney from outside just to be sure but I doubt he will see anything wrong.
Sacmmers of course, but Irish??? What neighborhood do you live in??
Good find. I never see Irish contractors in my neighborhood and to get two of them in a week is suspicious. I looked at the glossy cards they left and neither says "licensed and insured" or have a license number on them. The two guys today were driving a pickup with New Jersey license plates. The pickup trucks are new and have their alleged company's name professionally written on the sides. The trucks look like they are straight out of the showroom and haven't seen a bit of work. Trucks of real contractors look like they have been used in construction.
I believe They go on your roof damage stuff and try and get money to repair.
They might not even have to do that. If they get a gullible homeowner they can just say there's damage. The guy today told me my chimney was about to collapse without even looking at it and wouldn't take no for an answer. It's intimidating when two guys approach you in a truck and refuse to leave despite multiple requests to leave. I must have said no thanks, I'm not interested, and please leave me alone at least ten times. If someone else tries this scam I will tell them politely I'm not interested and if they persist I will say I'm calling 911.
I've seen those trucks You describe in Manhattan. !00% gypsies.
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