Fly-by-night Contractors.....Hey Gang!!

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:31 am

this was rampant here after hurricane andrew. i HATE LOATH DESPISE those bastards who con the trusting elderly. find him Clip, and string his sorry arse up.

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:31 am

Clipper wrote: One really did a number on a sweet old lady here in our town. Talked her into replacing her roof shingles! He got up there,ripped off all her roof shingles and tossed em all over her yard in the process. She pre-paid him for the whole durn job and that bum has not been seen for 3 days now!

Friends and I are going to re-shingle her roof at cost to us doing a 4-way split for materials. I'm gonna be off-line for the next few days to get this job done for her.

I may take a few days to track down this scumbag and make life interesting for him as well......grrrrrrrrr

Chonsi.....cover breakfast for the gang till I get back OK?:D

That is just plain horrible. I can't stand scam artists, but sadly there are many out there who target innocent victims, sadly most of which are the elderly.

Clipper u are such a gent to be working with the rest of your neighbours to help re-shingle her roof, you are the kind type of person that makes this world a better place.

If u find that scumbag, then u make sure you give him a piece of your mind and your boot ok!! Well done once again, and I hope u will be back ASAP, your breakfasts will be missed!!

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:34 am

Clipper wrote: One really did a number on a sweet old lady here in our town. Talked her into replacing her roof shingles! He got up there,ripped off all her roof shingles and tossed em all over her yard in the process. She pre-paid him for the whole durn job and that bum has not been seen for 3 days now!

Friends and I are going to re-shingle her roof at cost to us doing a 4-way split for materials. I'm gonna be off-line for the next few days to get this job done for her.

I may take a few days to track down this scumbag and make life interesting for him as well......grrrrrrrrr

Chonsi.....cover breakfast for the gang till I get back OK?:D
And mid-winter as well!

Happy huntin'.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:48 am

Bless you Clipper, what a kind sweet neighbour you are. :-4

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:54 am

It is great to hear the good outcome of stories like this. It's nice there is a group of you willing and able to help her. I sure hope you are able to stop this conman. :-4

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:06 am

There usually gypsy's that go from town to town scamming people out of big money. There were several pieces about this on Dateline and 20/20. I hope you get the jerks..!!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:48 am

You are a good man, Clipper!:)

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:27 pm

Bless you, Clipper, and your mates.:-6

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:57 pm

It's difficult to find a good contractor that you can trust... I had to find people from all over it seems to build this place... I actually travelled out to sites where contractors were in the process of construction and I was shocked at how many were cutting corners, as well...