LoginCornwall takes on high-pressure sales
Cornwall TS is warning about jet-washing services that put pressure on homeowners
Posted 24 July 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Property and Housing|South West
UPDATES: Cornwall Trading Standards is warning residents about doorstep jet-washing traders who lure homeowners with free demonstrations before pressuring them into paying vastly inflated prices, with older people believed to be among those most frequently targeted.
Doorstep traders offering jet-washing services at grossly inflated prices have come to the attention of Cornwall Trading Standards, which is urging local residents to give cold callers the cold shoulder.
The Cornwall team has received multiple reports about traders offering to clean roofs and driveways for as much as £2,000 a time – more than four times the amount that would reasonab...
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