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darockwilder · 04-08-2009, 05:06 PM

So this guy with an English accent walks into my office today (a couple of blocks from Chinook Centre) looking for a manager. I go and talk to him and he tells me he's doing a paving job "just around the corner" tomorrow before the long weekend and they'll have left over asphalt. He asks me if he can fill the potholes in our parking area, seeing as they are "really bad". I think they just want to dump the stuff to get rid of it, but then he starts telling me how the asphalt is "highway grade" and that it's normally $8 a square foot, but we can have it for $3. Now this makes me even more skeptical than I already am and I again ask where they're doing their work. He vaguely waves and points at nowhere in particular, "oh, over there. We're doing work at Chinook too." I tell him that we have no interest, he mumbled a bit and then took off in his grey Chrysler 300 (parked in such a fashion that his plate was hidden). A quick google search showed this was probably a scam. Be cautious if this guy offers you a deal.

04-08-2009, 05:06 PM	#1
darockwilder Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Apr 2004 Exp:	Paving Scam Alert So this guy with an English accent walks into my office today (a couple of blocks from Chinook Centre) looking for a manager. I go and talk to him and he tells me he's doing a paving job "just around the corner" tomorrow before the long weekend and they'll have left over asphalt. He asks me if he can fill the potholes in our parking area, seeing as they are "really bad". I think they just want to dump the stuff to get rid of it, but then he starts telling me how the asphalt is "highway grade" and that it's normally $8 a square foot, but we can have it for $3. Now this makes me even more skeptical than I already am and I again ask where they're doing their work. He vaguely waves and points at nowhere in particular, "oh, over there. We're doing work at Chinook too." I tell him that we have no interest, he mumbled a bit and then took off in his grey Chrysler 300 (parked in such a fashion that his plate was hidden). A quick google search showed this was probably a scam. Be cautious if this guy offers you a deal.