Homeowners complain of traveling paving company ripoff schemes

[@Ras7685]

You turn around , go into your house a grab your shotgun.......that is intimidation .

[@cutratecontractor1000]

I wouldn't pay em Id call the cops

[@HoneyLove77]

These people are the lowest of the low. He should have called the cops as soon as they tried to overcharge him!! Smh!!!

[@dantanna3161]

Its a gypsy company, there are several around my area. They usually work out of the area, because everyone around here knows what they are! Hope he gets his money back

[@no-sway3709]

Irish travellers are back

[@rogerdetrick685]

We have them in Chesterfield Virginia. Funny thing is when they pave their own driveway or one of their gypsy clan they do a quality job.

[@dutchweir2404]

It’s hard to support the gypsy travelers when they keep living up to the stereotypes.

[@Boutys_mom]

Terrible!!! Similar issue happened to me. I arranged for movers. Two weeks prior, they changed the price. Then, as soon as 'most' of the stuff was loaded on their truck (they ran out of room), they started with this "shipping fee". I bursted out in tears. The guy said, it's ok, I'll take care of the additional charges. Then said, you just have to tip us both - $100 People / businesses that take advantage of others by SCAMMING them are lower than low! Terrible to see this poor man so upset. And that was a lot of money they stole from him!!!!

[@gorillashop337]

I hope he placed a stop payment on his check

[@ksr9t]

Shoot they cashed that check as soon as they could get to the bank it was drawn on. Should have stalled them till he could get sheriff to his house. He should be more mad as himself than the gypsies.

[@tammypritts8102]

Poor man I feel so bad for him...sending prayers 🙏🙏🙏

[@wtfisthisp00]

We call them gypsies in upstate NY

[@rogerdetrick685]

In Chesterfield Virginia also

[@frankm8533]

It's a shame people fall for this

[@slippinggnome]

That woman has babies' faces as knees... I'm scared

[@irisscott9488]

OMG 😱😳! I watched the video again and you are Right!! THOSE KNEES!! WHAT'S UP WITH THEM?!? NEVER SAW THAT BEFORE!! WOW! LOL! ✌️💯👁️👄👁️👄👁️👄👁️💥🤪

[@slippinggnome]

@@irisscott9488 it's freaky right!? It's like her knees are 3d ultrasound scans

[@irisscott9488]

@@slippinggnome yeah 👍🙏 unusual to say the least!! 😳

[@g.k.1669]

Back around 1990 when I was first getting started in life and paying off student loans, I was living in a safe but beat down trailer park in Romulus, Michigan. These groups of people that ran these shady operations lived in the trailer park during the summer months and everyone there knew how their travelling outfit of family members were scamming people out of state. They were definitely wealthy as they always drove new high end vehicles and the trailers that they lived in were brand new with nice decks built around them while the rest of us were in the typical old 1960's model year beaters. They were for the most part, cordial but I did not like them and they were under the impression that they could do what they wanted to. One day they took my parking spot in front of my house and didn't at first seem as if they wanted to move their car, at 6'4" 225# and raised in the Detroit area I quickly convinced them that I would not be intimidated. They never interfered with me again. As soon as fall came, they would button up their homes and would move out like a convoy in all of their Cadillacs, dually pickup trucks and dump trucks hauling flatbed trailers with paving equipment to head back to Florida.

[@coltpython5763]

Sounds like to me. You're a little jealous because you're a dead beat and aint got since enough to go out and make a living and mad. Because somebody else has got new stuff and know how to work.

[@rogerdetrick685]

Perfect description of them. The women aren't allowed to speak to non gypsies

[@ksr9t]

Happening to me. Came back with huge bill. In the mean time with that many people around I stuck my pistol in my pocket. I told them like hell I'm not paying you that. Why don't you call sheriff and complain In fact I will call them for you. Man said Oh you're paying and started spreading out. Once I backed up some and flashed the pistol. Seeing that and calling sheriff they loaded up and hauled ass and I got some free asphalt. Hard to believe that guy didn't stall long enough to get a call into sheriff and get a gun that is if he had one.

[@krazykozey2259]

I did the same in Pasco County in Florida and didn't have them asphalt. They wanted the extra money that second on top of the quote and threatened me because they brought rental trucks onto my property. I've got pics and pics of these fools.

[@ksr9t]

@Krazy Kozey only thing, for several weeks I kept my gate locked and left a truck visible to show I was home.

[@pmg2120]

So instead of telling them you would pay them the agreed upon price and nothing more, which would be the fair thing to do, you paid them nothing for their work and then threatened them at gun point. So in other words you scammed them out of their money. Gotcha. HYPOCRITE!

[@gabrielruvalcaba2310]

My neighbor was almost taken on concrete I'm a retired contractor..and came in.. Scammer . chased me out.. minutes later Police arrived..all money returned

[@thedemonwolf_8525]

This is happening in Citrus County, happened to my parents. 11k cash for the driveway, didnt do it right, refuse to finish, and never gave us a contract for it. Reliable Paving isn't worth it if you are in this county.

[@utente1489]

They knocked on your parents door or you called them?

[@texaskelly]

They are called Travelers. They do this all the time. I've been hearing about this for years.

[@le_th_]

It used to be traveling roofing companies who did that.

[@therealandrewcano]

Who the hell just writes a $12,000 check all willy-nilly? What an old fool? He at least could've cancelled the check after writing it. Just go and give his kids' inheritance away to anyone that knocks on his door. Dear God. Someone needs to put their Dad in a retirement home before he signs away everything he owns. Sheesh 😒

[@Chad-v4j]

Yea he works hard his whole life just give it all away to your kids and die 😂😂😂😂😂😂you man or sir should be ashamed of yourself for that comment that’s the problem now days is people like you in your mommy and daddy’s basement at 50 years old get up get out work for your own money looser

[@mikelowe9534]

Thats why you get a permit for everything

[@ednasmith4412]

The police should be able to find out where the mans check was deposited and get a name from the bank.There was a handy man situation in Tennessee promising to do work taking money and never come back.He was cought and got 10 years and has to pay restitution.Stay on it.

[@SukariWhite]

It can be simple to ignore out of the blue approach by being smart to ignoring a say no thank you to offer

[@DanKirchner5150]

if you want to point a finger ? its the asphalt !

[@debbiestinnett2987]

That a ripoff. That's criminal. Sue this person

[@hogtownhenry]

Years ago this was happening in Aus. ( Probably still is ) From memory, they were a bunch of Irish men who came to Aus every year. They would use safety vests from a well known civil engineering company. Their ploy was to tell potential victims that thye were finishing a job close by and had spare asphalt left over and would offer a very low cost job. aka a C & N job. Cheap and nasty. They were busted and kicked out of the country after facing charges and banned from the country. Bogus house painters did the same thing. A 90+ year old uncle was a victim. Cost him around $3000 for a purely shitty job where they only painted parts of the house with a severely watered down paint. They need their nuts removed with a rusty blunt knife, bastard with no respect for anyone. I just wish the laws had been in place regarding elder abuse.

[@starlite556]

They are traveling Gypsys .

[@robertbradshaw5984]

We give out grass killer to all of our jobs it's up to the owner to take care of their problems sub your self

[@bobleblanc6653]

Gypsy painters,roofers,pavers come on guy your old like me don't tell me you ain't heard of this crap befor...use your head and quit expecting to get something for nothing in this day and age

[@robertbradshaw5984]

I am the boss of a paving company there is no guarantee on grass you can't stop it

[@confederatehero5297]

I was approached by the same scammers and I sent them on their way.

[@ednasmith4412]

If it hasn't been too long call the police so they can start building a case.

[@Whosoever141]

People still fall for this? This scam has been going on for many many years…come on people, stop being so gullible

[@ksr9t]

T

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

Ukrainians always do these things...

[@BobVandelton]

Stop

[@Whosoever141]

😂😂

[@davidbryant3532]

People still fall for this? It's their own fault

[@coltpython5763]

Why don't you tell the whole story? He told you $700 for a load. He laid it, you liked it. Then you wanted the whole thing done.