Okay, time for horror stories Dallas area, once a year or every two years bands of gypsies descend on area offering to repair driveways, roofs,
and/or remodel homes. Like the motorcycle clubs the contact man is dressed appropriately, drives a newer vehicle, has ID, paperwork for
'target' to sign...
81 y/o woman let a gypsy talk her into repairing roof...He drained her bank account, who knows how many household items he removed, sold...
She had a two car garage, he, and his crew, made it a supply depot for stolen goods, their equipment...
The police staked out home. gypsies never returned-which means they had a network system of 'others' which would inform them of
unusual activity involving their 'client.'
Her niece visited...She came to check on aunt about twice a year, usually did not enter house, pulled in driveway, knocked, took aunt out to
eat, without entering house. One day she did enter home...called us. The 81 y/o woman could not offer any information. Dementia had robbed her of virtually all cognitive ability. She could not ID gypsies, even the one she dealt with weekly...
#2 Same group, we think...Talked an elderly men into putting on new roof. He was on a walker, stayed in house.
The crew of gypsies arrived, got on roof with shovels, hammers-strange they brought no shingles.
(Shovels used to scape off old shingles) The old man set in his home, reviewing his contract... listening to the pounding on his roof. He decided: "It was too damn cheap". He got his pistol, hoppled out on his walker, hid behind a tree, watched the 'crew' apply aluminum paint to half of his roof.
He returned to house, waited... The 'foreman' showed up,,, sob story, 'Were half through, can you give me the $1,200.00 so I can buy shingles to finish the job. The old man stuck his pistol into the 'foreman's gut'...
"How about a couple hundred or did you want all five"? (single action pistol)
The 'foreman' ran, jumped into his pickup, abandoning, where the crew disappeared to???
The old man had difficult in his speech, looked like a senile old man-he wasn't!
Business card, Contract forms, sign on vehicles, all mean nothing. Do they have an actual business site, can you drive, or have another drive
to the business and talk to a living person?
The gypsies are not the actual problem, it is our own unscrupulous 'home repair' citizens that sign contracts and do enough work to
'get an advance.' Thieves, robbers all: CAUTION, CAUTION, CAUTION