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9.6K views 20 replies 8 participants last post by  Master Mark  
#1 ·
I thought you guys might find the following animation short entertaining.


Seattle Scam School - "The Fake Plumber Scam"
here it is: http://vimeo.com/64638588

I am sure it will push a few buttons...
 
#2 ·
that is a good video...would like to add it to my web site.

that is about all we got around here is a bunch of rooter guys doing plumbing work without a liscense
Craig list flunkies with contractors cards....
 
#5 ·
Cant advertise plumbing here without a license, not on a biz card, truck, on the web, anywhere. No license and you say your a plumber or do plumbing is a crime. the Department of Consumer Affairs will set up a sting operation if they hear about anyone passing themselves off as a licenced contractor of any trade, that their not. They mainly use Craig's list to catch guys. Read about it every month in my master plumbers association news letter.
 
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theplumbinator said:
Cant advertise plumbing here without a license, not on a biz card, truck, on the web, anywhere. No license and you say your a plumber or do plumbing is a crime. the Department of Consumer Affairs will set up a sting operation if they hear about anyone passing themselves of as a licenced contractor of any trade, that their not. They mainly use Craig's list to catch guys. Read about it every month in my master plumbers association news letter.
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Well, that's good to know, here in Illinois, they cry they don't have manpower to go after un leinsced hacks but plenty of them follow liensced plumbers for not having their liensce on trucks for public to copy and use it for their own permits.
 
#21 ·
Yes , you got a point there too....
I did not like the charactor of the person telling the story... way too sleazey ... and he is supposed to be a reformed or "saved" theif dude telling this story....

I think Seattleplumber did a good job, but perhaps a better story could be made up.... another approach..??


maybe something like a den of un-liscensed theives standing around a pool table in the plumbing office laughing about how they scammed some little old lady....

I think that would be a good stroy
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on another note,
there is a story going around indianapolis right now about a company in town that went out on last thrusday night to a home that was flooding..at 2am .. They sold the customer 2 zoeller sump pumps and charged them 6 grand..:eek:... yes $ 6,000. perhaps they also pumped out the basement included with that price... I dont know

but someone brought a copy of the invoice into the local supply house to show everyone what this company charged this un-suspecting customer.. My trusted salesman told me about it, so I am pretty sure its legit.:blink:
 
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