Dan, do YOU think that you'd have a better chance of getting something done by the police in a small town or in a big city? trader and I seem to think differently on this. What do you think?
Steve
Geez. Ever heard of being friendly with your neighbours?
Chris
Your friend is lucky if what his driveway was sprayed with was not simply drained crankcase oil.
That's what the "Gypsy Travelers" usually use in their scams.
Tell your friend that he is now a "sucker of the first order"!!!!!! Hell, most of us learned about this scam well before we were old enough to have sex!
Harry C.
Speak for yourself. Most of us didn't wait until we were 60 to get laid.
In the small towns I have lived in, yeah, the local law does roust drive-by scammers like this pretty hard, mainly because their preferred victims usually have gray hair. Young homeowners usually don't care how driveway looks, or are strong enough to go to Home Despot, and get a mop and couple
5-gallon buckets of glop and do it themselves.aem sends...
Block the driveway with your car.
These were my own thoughts.
i
Well, if you were foolish enough to take that deal, you would probably also be foolish enough to pay the additional $50. Your neighbor should have turned around and demanded his money back after quietly calling the cops.
My main question is, would cops be interested in these people or not.
i
It depends. Probably in smaller towns, yes. In a large urban community, its a definite maybe.
I know that in our town they'd have some interest and maybe even make the local news to be on the lookout for scams. If not properly licensed, they'd at least run them out of town.
Iggy, it's hard to say. Police go to schools to learn what constitutes a crime and what does not. It protects them from false arrest lawsuits. When a crime has been committed, they WILL act. When it is the kind of issue that needs to be addressed by civil channels, they will usually steer you to someone you can make a complaint to.
The best thing to do in these situations is to call the police, tell them that you feel you are in a threatening situation, and let them come out and make a determination. That way, if they can do something, they do it right then. If not, they advise the reporting person, and move on. After all, the man was making demands for money your neighbor felt he did not owe. In this situation, telling the workmen that you don't know what to do, so you have called the police to come out, and you will do whatever they say. The workmen usually vaporize right after that. I had a painter leave so fast he left half his gear.
AS I SAID BEFORE, it really depends on where you live. Smaller towns have more time to deal with these situations, where in a bigger city, you might not even get anyone to respond. I don't know the size of your town, so you would be the best judge of that.
HTH
Steve
Well friend, if you waited until 60 to get laid, you are a very exceptional person or maybe Irish. In most regions of the US, normal kids have sex before the age of 15. I wanted to have sex since I was
12, but the girls I knew hadn't yet reached puberty. Actually, the first real sex that I ever had was at the age of 19, and I married the girl. We'll celebrate our 49th on July 11th.Also, by the age of 12, unless retarded and riding the short bus, most kids know about the Gypsy Travelers, who are usually of Irish origin, and derived from the "Tinkers", not Gypsy's at all. Most are the scum of Ireland. If you don't know who the Tinkers are, consult an irishman or Google.
Damn, what is it with you young people, are you mentally regarded or simply stupid. I cannot imagine anyone today not being familiar with the 'Irish Traveler' scam. What has been described in this thread is precisely what they do for a living. Damn, how dumb can you get!
Harry C.
Makes sense. We live in a suburb. Not too yuppie, but in a place where most people do mow the lawn.
iwrote: (clip) Damn, what is it with you young people, are you mentally regarded or
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Do I get my choice? I'll choose "mentally regarded."
Likely a truck from a county job or a school job or such - had leftovers and made money on the side... No return to sender.
I hope the 'oil' they sprayed sets up and turns firm. Often it is very high in oil and doesn't setup.
We had our road system - 15 houses - have shale bits about 2" deep and then a heavy screen over it.
The other process - we liked better - oil down and then stones. This one spread stone for some time. The first one - the oil trapped the stone - and when we rode on it - the stone meshed between lower and upper oils.
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Maybe, maybe not. Depends if the cops are on the take, how busy they are, and if the seal coaters are out and out scamming, as in spraying used motor oil instead of driveway sealer.
In the Chicagoland area it's not at all unusual for legit companies to go neighborhood to neighborhood sealing driveways. At least three different companies come around our area every year. I always have a look at what they are doing at the neighbors house first, negotiate them down a whole bunch second, and pay them AFTER they are done and I'm happy with the job. I can usually get it done for right around what I pay for the stuff in 5 gallon pails at Home Depot. I've never had a problem.
I find one of the best ways to get these annoying jobs done, like seal coating or power washing, is to wait until a neighbor has hired someone. Then mosey on over and see if you can get a deal by offering them a quick side job. Tell him you'll pay cash, and they can start as soon as they done with the neighbor. Unless, of course, they are doing a lousy job at the neighbors.
YMMV.
Are you this big an asshole in real life?
Grin!!
Harold
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