JamisJockey
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This popped up in a fishing forum's BS section. Long thread about Gypsies of all things, and how many of them participate in scams, especially post storm scams.
I posted my impressions of door to door sales and it was lauded as very good advice, so I thought I'd pass it along here.
This is more how to protect yourself from being scammed, or being involved with sub par people.
I make it a policy not to do business with anyone that knocks on my door unsolicited. Period. If I need some sort of service, I will open up the phone book and call for quotes.
Scams are quite commonly commited by con artists who simply go door to door, cruising for the next victim. They often have lines such as "we had extra paint and will paint your house for $$$", usually cheaper than you could ever get it done. They either take your down payment money and never show back up to do the work, or they just use sub-par materials.
Another issue is just who are you allowing to work on your property and maybe come in your house?
Anyways, just thought I'd share.
I posted my impressions of door to door sales and it was lauded as very good advice, so I thought I'd pass it along here.
This is more how to protect yourself from being scammed, or being involved with sub par people.
I make it a policy not to do business with anyone that knocks on my door unsolicited. Period. If I need some sort of service, I will open up the phone book and call for quotes.
Scams are quite commonly commited by con artists who simply go door to door, cruising for the next victim. They often have lines such as "we had extra paint and will paint your house for $$$", usually cheaper than you could ever get it done. They either take your down payment money and never show back up to do the work, or they just use sub-par materials.
Another issue is just who are you allowing to work on your property and maybe come in your house?
Anyways, just thought I'd share.