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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
How was it a scam? Did he want the money before he did the work?
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All I know is that all our extension cords were gone after he left.
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Originally Posted by ken0042
I'm wondering how it's a scam as well; unless he wanted cash up front.
Having lived in new developments, I know several people who let concrete guys know if they had extra to let them know. Concrete guy has extra and instead of dumping it somewhere he gives it to somebody who can use it, and some cash changes hands. Everybody wins.
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That makes sense, but somehow this guy knew a day in advance that they would have extra asphalt. Wouldn't you prepare less if you were certain that you would have too much? Plus I suggested he go to another business that has a parking lot around the corner and he drove the exact opposite way.
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Originally Posted by 4X4
Probably just rubbed him the wrong way by seeming shifty and trying to sell something at a "one time only" price. But yeah, when you think about it, it's not a bad deal. As long as they really meant by the cubic foot, or at least that filling each pothole would really only be $6 or something (unless there were huge potholes).
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I'm still trying to find the potholes he was talking about, plus there are snowbanks all over where he was suggesting we needed repairs. Not a problem, he said. Anyway, I guess I missed out on a great deal on highway grade asphalt. He did seem shifty, he never did say "I'm from ABC Asphalt" or anything and he wasn't in a marked company vehicle. I'll see if there is actually any paving going on around here today.