Basement Waterproofing and Crawl Space Repair News » scare tactics http://www.basementsystems.com/blog Information about basement and crawl space environments, moisture control, and creating healthier homes Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:22:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Scary waterproofing sales tactics: How to avoid falling for them http://www.basementsystems.com/blog/2009/04/30/scary-waterproofing-sales-tactics-how-to-avoid-falling-for-them/ http://www.basementsystems.com/blog/2009/04/30/scary-waterproofing-sales-tactics-how-to-avoid-falling-for-them/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:59:54 +0000 Francine http://www.basementsystems.com/blog/?p=216 While researching about waterproofing contractors over the internet, customers are bound to find, mostly in home improvement forums, a number of complaints about questionable sales tactics used by some waterproofing contractors. Customers usually complain about the same practices, used over and over, by some companies.

There is the awful “mold scare” tactic, the gross misrepresentation of the amount and urgency of repairs, the bashing of competitors to keep homeowners from getting additional estimates. To force a quick closing  there is the very popular but extremely dishonest technique of  jacking up the price and, when the homeowner refuses the proposal, offer overly generous “discounts” (as high as 50% sometimes), “but only if you close the deal right now”.

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