Did you see the telegraph last week? THey highlighted a local family as their many paving businesses have been known to scam people into paying for an unwanted paving job. I guess it is a little bit like a bait and switch scam. They would approach a neighbor or business in proximity to the person who hired them to pave, and ask the neighbor if they would like to have potholes filled in for two hundred dollars. THen they would fill in the pot holes, but also proceed to repave the entire the driveway. $3000.-- and something dollars later, they give the client a greatly enhanced bill. Instead of a Two hundred dollar bill, they end up with a $3200 bill.
Apparently, they have been caught and arrested for this scam in various states, i believe it said - California, Florida, NH, Mass, Conn, and RI. It seems making money was more important than having a conscience.
Buyer Beware - if anyone solicits you for a very small paving job, because they have some left over asphalt, Make sure you get it in writing , before agreeing to their services!
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