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Beware of scammers looking to clean your roof/driveway in the Athlone area

Qboot · 2023-08-10 19:28:17

Hi all, just a word of warning. If lads distributing the leaflets attached here knock on your door offering to steam clean your patio/driveway/roof, etc., do not engage them. They are scammers. I made a mistake of hiring them for a job, which they completely botched, and got very abusive once I demanded they fix it, to the…

10-08-2023 08:28PM

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Qboot

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Hi all, just a word of warning. If lads distributing the leaflets attached here knock on your door offering to steam clean your patio/driveway/roof, etc., do not engage them. They are scammers. I made a mistake of hiring them for a job, which they completely botched, and got very abusive once I demanded they fix it, to the point of threatening me with their family from a "gypsy site" (this is the actual phrase they used). Hopefully, you will be wiser than me and give them a hard pass.
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#2 20-08-2023 11:10PM

Lewis_Benson

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Run them off the driveway if they call.

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#3 29-12-2023 09:46PM

SupaCat95

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Think l had them two months ago. They were Northern lads with Cavan plates. Wanted to put weedkiller on the roof tiles. Bald burly and thick as thick as manure.

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