Sqwertz wrote:
> He's already spent $300K on the house, including the roof. He must
> be planning on getting a mortgage on the house because he only
> inherited $260K in cash and stocks. And he dumped all the valuable
> stocks he didn't 'approve' of. He's doing all this for a house
> that's going to default to bank which will sell for at most $125K
> (and that's generous). That Chinese guy will buy it back again for
> a mere $65K on repo, just like he did the first time.
>
> I think that's awesome! At this point nobody could be justified
> feeling sorry for John. Most everybody was pretty patient and
> trying to be understanding at first. But now? After hundreds of
> these "Fuck You All" and "In Your Face" posts? I hope he rots in
> Hell and I live to see him bury himself.
>
> Oh, I sent a tile roofing estimator to his house last week as my
> last ditch effort to try and talk some sense into him. It basically
> said, "Go drive by my friends and try and convince him he's getting
> ripped off."
>
> Oh, wait, I copied to my notepad. Here it is verbatim and I
> included John's number, email, and address.
>
> -------
>
> An acquaintance of mine is getting ripped off by Old World Roofing.
> $120K or a "repair and restore" of a 20-22 square clay tile roof.
> He's already made a down payment of $25K+ in November and they
> haven't done anything yet. I think they're running some kind of
> ponzi roofing scam.
>
> They're taking advantage of his mental state (he's a little nuts)
> and we've all tried to knock some sense into him. You should try
> and scoop this job. Heck, you can see the roof on Google drive by
> and do a rough takeoff from satellite photos
>
>
https://www.google.com/maps/place/3068+Bellerive+Dr,+St.+Louis,+MO+63121/@38.7053763,-90.3101443,45m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x87df35900ca6fa2f:0x7ec7a4a11a7435f0!8m2!3d38.7053317!4d-90.3100977
>
> Send him an email telling him you can do a NEW tile roof for less
> than half (I assume) of that "restore and repair" job. Tell him Ed
> Pawlowski asked you to send him some realistic numbers and see if
> he'll let you do a formal quote for repair/restore or replace. In
> the meantime, his roof has been leaking like crazy and the decking
> ia probably shot I think that's roofing cement you see on the
> gable valleys in the satellite images as John has mentioned it.
>
> ----
>
> See how good a friend I am to John?
>
> Err, well, Ed is? <ducking> I figure that was the only way John
> might even glance at a second opinion - if he Saw Ed's name. Sorry
> Ed, but no contact info was mentioned for you. It's just a name I
> picked off the top of my head - I forgot it was yours <cough>.
>
> -sw
That's great! Hopefully you will save him a bundle!