|
|
05-24-2024, 01:09 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 5,348
Likes: 7,383
Liked 8,362 Times in 3,314 Posts
|
|
"Leftover asphalt"
So, this morning some kid came to the door, nice and clean and a very clean work truck, trying to sell me the leftover asphalt from a job they just did. He was cleaner than a newborn. Even coveralls can't stop that messy job. Half the blacktop on my driveway is chipped up and gone. It was from another one of these guys that the previous owners and my neighbors fell for. I wasn't in the mood to mess with his head so I politely told him "no, thank you." I haven't heard of or seen this sales tactic in a long time. I can't really call it a scam, but the way they do it certainly is; no prep work, nothing but dump it and smooth it out. Cash discount, I'm sure. Angel dog was trying to jump through the storm door to 'meet' him! I guess some things are alive & well.
__________________
There's a Monster on the loose
|
05-24-2024, 01:21 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: NC
Posts: 30,870
Likes: 59,358
Liked 53,844 Times in 16,770 Posts
|
|
Those folks and the people who had leftover shingles and “I see you may need some” were rampant in NY.
__________________
Sure you did
|
05-24-2024, 01:50 PM
|
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Ashtabula County, Ohio
Posts: 6,071
Likes: 9,566
Liked 14,091 Times in 4,126 Posts
|
|
Had a fellow last week, here in NE Ohio. Had 4000 yards left over! $35 a yard, installed!
I politely told he needs to learn how to estimate better, both the number of yards needed for a job and who might be stupid enough to fall for that ****.
Kevin
__________________
Unshared knowledge is wasted.
|
The Following 4 Users Like Post:
|
|
05-24-2024, 02:27 PM
|
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2024
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 411
Likes: 417
Liked 856 Times in 256 Posts
|
|
That's about like the guys that come around the neighborhood selling frozen steaks that were "ordered by a restaurant and the packing house sent too many".
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
05-24-2024, 02:30 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Apex, NC
Posts: 2,592
Likes: 3,042
Liked 12,488 Times in 1,921 Posts
|
|
Typical scam. Many of these "pavers" are serving time in North Carolina prisons for fraud.
__________________
Bill
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
05-24-2024, 02:43 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Meadows Place, Texas
Posts: 5,917
Likes: 25,891
Liked 16,671 Times in 4,252 Posts
|
|
Mom got caught out by one like that who were going to "fix" her cracked driveway by slathering a 1/8inch thick layer of Quickrete on it. They took her for $2000. Unfortunately I was at work and she did not call me. I was one POed son, for sure.
|
The Following 4 Users Like Post:
|
|
05-24-2024, 03:34 PM
|
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SE USA
Posts: 2,479
Likes: 4,645
Liked 2,009 Times in 915 Posts
|
|
25 years ago or so, we had asphalt pourers come to us three times. We had a very long driveway between a pond and a neighbor's swamp. They came by with leftovers about once a year. We were happy to have them. Our driveway was nothing to look at, part of it would be under water in a storm a couple inches max.
They would spread it and bring in their roller. Our application was perfect for leftovers. We would see them working a job around the corner.
|
05-24-2024, 03:38 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Harlem, Ohio
Posts: 14,599
Likes: 23,956
Liked 26,765 Times in 9,258 Posts
|
|
Dad wanted an estimate to reroof his house, a Home Depot recommended contractor came out and didn't measure a thing and gave an estimate for a little over double the number of square when we built the place. A complaint was filed with the deaf ears of HD. You would think that HD would care, so a complaint went to HD HQ. We heard crickets! That's the only time we tried any store recommended contractors.
Ivan
|
05-24-2024, 04:08 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Lost Wages, NV
Posts: 20,445
Likes: 25,238
Liked 30,066 Times in 11,190 Posts
|
|
"Tarmac your drive, Soir!" in a thick Irish brogue was a common thing in the UK. Most of it was by Paddy contractors who overestimated by 30% the amount they needed for a council job then sold the rest to a member of the public. They got paid twice for that much material because the council didn't have anybody smart enough to do their own estimating.
Some of these jokers were pretty good, but some had other layers of scam like, "To be sure, the weedkiller is mixed into the tarmac, Soir." Yeah, sure. They tried it with a coworker, so he sent them down the garden center to get weed killer and stood and watched while they applied it. Later he realized they had left with the empty container. We all wondered how many more driveways that container "treated".
__________________
Release the Kraken
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
05-24-2024, 04:23 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Florida
Posts: 699
Likes: 62
Liked 411 Times in 132 Posts
|
|
Might have meant square yards. Not cubic yards.
Neighbor was taken on an asphalt job. Thought he was being quoted linear feet on a narrow driveway. Was billed square feet.
|
05-24-2024, 04:25 PM
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Coastal virginia
Posts: 5,229
Likes: 2,174
Liked 10,872 Times in 3,418 Posts
|
|
My patio is leftover concrete, but a different scenario. Neighbor was pouring a footing for an outbuilding and needed less than the minimum for delivery. Didn’t even have to pay for since I was the designated excess dump area. Another thing I found out working with some retired firefighters at the P.O. , pretty much anything you need there’s a firefighter that does it on the side.
|
The Following 3 Users Like Post:
|
|
05-24-2024, 04:28 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 7,698
Likes: 4
Liked 9,077 Times in 4,201 Posts
|
|
Were the dump trucks red? Scammers for sure...
|
05-24-2024, 06:27 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: KY - 4 Rivers
Posts: 3,399
Likes: 6,509
Liked 5,434 Times in 1,705 Posts
|
|
Genuine Real Left Over (Excess) Concrete Deal
Many years ago a neighbor, few houses down the street, was having his driveway replaced.
Old one broken up and hauled off.
New driveway poured in place.
I had hauled off most of the old broken driveway to a friend's farm for erosion control.
Asked contractor if there would be extra concrete.
"I ALWAYS HAVE EXTRA! "
Made sure to be home the day they poured the drive.
Verified with foreman that there was extra concrete on the truck.
"You have extra concrete."
"I would like concrete back there, between the shed and the fence."
"I have your lunch money in my pocket."
"Show us where you want the concrete."
Ten minutes later several wheelbarrow loads of concrete were spread between the shed and fence.
No longer need to mow that narrow strip.
Paid the crew more than enough for good buffet lunch and drinks.
I got off super cheap.
Bekeart
Last edited by Bekeart; 05-25-2024 at 08:53 AM.
Reason: typo
|
The Following 4 Users Like Post:
|
|
05-24-2024, 06:40 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Florida
Posts: 6,746
Likes: 3,497
Liked 9,480 Times in 3,569 Posts
|
|
Any leftover asphalt can be delivered to SC, where the road crews will shovel it into potholes and stomp it flat with their bare feet. Yeah, best roads ever.
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
05-24-2024, 08:15 PM
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 221
Likes: 286
Liked 379 Times in 106 Posts
|
|
Quite a few of the left-over asphalt scams ( and other construction scams) around here are by Irish Travelers from around Murphy Village, S C. They make rounds in several states for a few months then return home.
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
05-24-2024, 08:27 PM
|
SWCA Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Central Ohio
Posts: 2,550
Likes: 18,828
Liked 4,768 Times in 1,752 Posts
|
|
A little different story on "extra" concrete. My neighbor had his asphalt drive broken up and was replacing with concrete. I came home from work and the "extra" made it into a drainage next to my house where we had large stone on the grade to control erosion. It was well hard as concrete when I noticed it. The contractor just dumped it there with no permission. The neighbor was good about it and contracted the company and they offered to have it removed. After I thought about it, I just decided to leave it. Ironically it has worked out well over the years. One of the few times these things have worked out ok.
|
05-25-2024, 11:19 PM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Colorado
Posts: 7,584
Likes: 19,524
Liked 32,610 Times in 5,529 Posts
|
|
Another old scam that makes the rounds again every couple of years.
Half the effort and creativity applied to a real job could result in a decent life. As an old fraud and forgery investigator I can tell you that most of these folks aren't interested in a decent life; they thrive on running the scam.
Caveat emptor.
__________________
Life of the party until 8:00PM
|
The Following 2 Users Like Post:
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
|
|
|
|