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In the New Yorker...
Jeff Wrangler:
Based on the entry in the TOC, I would not have read Tad Friend's article about salesmen in the Aug. 8 issue. Then in the news feed on my phone this morning, I noticed a reference to an article about door-to-door salesmen, and I figured that must mean Friend's article. I checked out the article, and I'm finding it quite entertaining.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 12, 2022, 01:54:31 pm ---Based on the entry in the TOC, I would not have read Tad Friend's article about salesmen in the Aug. 8 issue. Then in the news feed on my phone this morning, I noticed a reference to an article about door-to-door salesmen, and I figured that must mean Friend's article. I checked out the article, and I'm finding it quite entertaining.
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That was actually featured in the NY Times daily newsletter today.
serious crayons:
I started this briefly but didn't get into it. I'll try again!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on August 13, 2022, 10:33:49 am ---I started this briefly but didn't get into it. I'll try again!
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You might not want to bother. It goes kind of downhill at the end. :(
But I still found it scarcely believable that you can earn the amounts of money the article talks about in door-to-door sales.
Who's going to sign a contract for a new roof with some slick talker who knocks on your door? ???
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 13, 2022, 08:28:04 pm ---Who's going to sign a contract for a new roof with some slick talker who knocks on your door? ???
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I did! With my insurance company's approval, of course. And it worked out great.
The roofers stopped by my yard, said they could see some hail damage, wrote up an estimate, the insurance claims adjuster approved it, their estimate included a few things like dings on drainpipes that weren't absolutely essential so the roofers didn't do those, which meant I got the money in the check from the insurance company for them but didn't have to pay the roofers for them so that covered my $2,500 deductible.
Voila, nice new roof, including replacement of some areas of the wood underneath the shingles that was starting to rot.
Bonuses: The workers accidentally started doing the detached garage, which wasn't part of the estimate, and the roofing representative didn't bother to stop them so I got the garage for free. This was a year before I sold my house so I could say on the disclosure form that my roof had been replaced the previous year!
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