akron roofing, how to find the best roofers in akron
Jay Lillie
September 15, 2009
Roofing contractor scammers tend to target the elderly, but no one is immune. In Florida, for example, these bad guys go door-to-door offering their services before or during hurricane season - right when homeowners are particularly paranoid about the integrity of their roofs. The "roofing contractor" offers to do a free inspection, reports trouble (sometimes creating that trouble themselves) and then offers to repair or replace it for a certain amount. Once the homeowner pays the advance fee, the so called roofing contractor is never seen or heard from again. It's a sad tale that's heard the country over.
Avoiding a roofing contractor's scam isn't difficult if homeowners arm themselves with facts and take steps to only deal with only reputable companies. A good rule of thumb is to never let anyone do a "free inspection" on your home unless their credentials have been checked out. If you didn't solicit them, be very, very wary. Absolutely, do not let someone on your roof to "inspect it" if you didn't call them in the first place.
NRCA is a nonprofit association that represents all segments of the roofing industry, including contractors; manufacturers; distributors; architects; consultants; engineers; building owners; and city, state and government agencies. NRCA's mission is to inform and assist the roofing industry, act as its principal advocate and help members in serving their customers. NRCA continually strives to enhance every aspect of the roofing industry.
NRCA has more than 4,000 members from all 50 states and 53 countries and is affiliated with 97 local, state, regional and international roofing contractor associations. NRCA contractor members range in size from companies with less than $1 million in annual sales volumes (40 percent of the current membership) to large, commercial contractors with annual sales volumes of more then $20 million. More than half perform both residential and commercial roofing work, and more than one-third have been in business for more than a quarter of a century.
Under the problem-reaction-solution scenario, the perpetrator has already thought up a solution to get what he wants long before there was ever a problem. There is usually some kind of twist with the solution in that the victim will feel like he or she is getting saved from a tragedy of some kind. In the roofing scams, the "roofing contractor" offers to conduct a free inspection, and then reports trouble. Sometimes the scammer has created the trouble himself! By creating a problem that didn't exist in the first place, the scammer knows that his victim will have a reaction. By making the problem sound very bad and dangerous, the reaction will be more fearful. Once the scammer has the reaction he wants from his victim, he is already prepared with a solution - he can repair or replace the roof for a certain fee, which is often depicted as a real bargain. Once the homeowner pays a deposit for the roof repair, the "contractor" is never seen or heard from again.
media.49abcnews.com/video/2008/09/11/roofers.flv
Avoiding a roofing contractor's scam isn't difficult if homeowners arm themselves with facts and take steps to only deal with only reputable companies. A good rule of thumb is to never let anyone do a "free inspection" on your home unless their credentials have been checked out. If you didn't solicit them, be very, very wary. Absolutely, do not let someone on your roof to "inspect it" if you didn't call them in the first place.
NRCA is a nonprofit association that represents all segments of the roofing industry, including contractors; manufacturers; distributors; architects; consultants; engineers; building owners; and city, state and government agencies. NRCA's mission is to inform and assist the roofing industry, act as its principal advocate and help members in serving their customers. NRCA continually strives to enhance every aspect of the roofing industry.
NRCA has more than 4,000 members from all 50 states and 53 countries and is affiliated with 97 local, state, regional and international roofing contractor associations. NRCA contractor members range in size from companies with less than $1 million in annual sales volumes (40 percent of the current membership) to large, commercial contractors with annual sales volumes of more then $20 million. More than half perform both residential and commercial roofing work, and more than one-third have been in business for more than a quarter of a century.
Under the problem-reaction-solution scenario, the perpetrator has already thought up a solution to get what he wants long before there was ever a problem. There is usually some kind of twist with the solution in that the victim will feel like he or she is getting saved from a tragedy of some kind. In the roofing scams, the "roofing contractor" offers to conduct a free inspection, and then reports trouble. Sometimes the scammer has created the trouble himself! By creating a problem that didn't exist in the first place, the scammer knows that his victim will have a reaction. By making the problem sound very bad and dangerous, the reaction will be more fearful. Once the scammer has the reaction he wants from his victim, he is already prepared with a solution - he can repair or replace the roof for a certain fee, which is often depicted as a real bargain. Once the homeowner pays a deposit for the roof repair, the "contractor" is never seen or heard from again.
media.49abcnews.com/video/2008/09/11/roofers.flv
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