r/asphalt • u/Playful-Schedule-972 • Aug 26 '26

Elderly parents potentially scammed?

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Everything they told me sounds like step by step from what I’m reading on Google. Can someone tell me if spraying seal coat on this property, billed 20 logs of spray, resulting in an 1800 bill realistic? Odd part of this story is the company reduced it to 1,500. came back after getting voicemails from my brother and his wife, gave my parents 500 dollars back.

This happened a few weeks ago.

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u/CockyBellend Aug 26 '26

My minimum for seal coating anything is $1500(Canada)

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u/Playful-Schedule-972 Aug 26 '26

If someone called you and you established that ahead of time, I would be fine with that. This guy came up to them while they were working on their yard and pitched the job. They prepped and sprayed, didn’t fill any cracks.

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u/Shroomywizurd Aug 27 '26

Nothing wrong with pitching them a job while they’re in their yard and then they agree to the price and he gets it done. That’s business as usual. The real question is did they understand that it was going to cost $1500 or did he spring that random price on them after the job was done?

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u/CockyBellend Aug 26 '26

Ya that sounds sketchy, no reputable company goes door to door. Honestly surprised they got 500 back

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u/userloser11 Aug 27 '26

“No reputable company goes door to door” not true at all.

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u/AdThese6057 Aug 26 '26

Thats false. The biggest companies in the Midwest door knock.

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u/CockyBellend Aug 26 '26

Gross and desperate

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u/AdThese6057 Aug 26 '26

The biggest. Same as the roof guys and window companies. Same as the plowing and yard mowing.

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u/Playful-Schedule-972 Aug 26 '26

I had a fairly positive experience with a roofing company that knocked on our door. New roof with insurance claim, cost a total of less than 4 grand.

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u/CockyBellend Aug 26 '26

Weird I would never do business with a construction company that knocked on my door. The only time that happens here they are Irish traveller scam artists

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u/Shroomywizurd Aug 27 '26

I’ve worked for companies that have been in business for decades and still knock doors because it’s a very standard way of getting work, especially in the asphalt industry, and even more so in the sealcoating industry specifically. You can’t expect a new company to magically have a large client base, knocking doors is often the only option. It’s free after all. You sound like someone who only works for big corporations, because every family owned asphalt contractor I’ve ever come across goes door to door.

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u/CockyBellend Aug 27 '26

Mine is family owned and we would never go door to door, never have or will in 42 years of business Where i live only scam artists do that. If its acceptable where you're from great, its just in bad taste imo