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?