Caught on camera Dave the dodgy roofer

Fifty quid to fix a roof slate? A bargain, till Dave ups the price to £2,000. Watch West Sussex Trading Standards trap a scammer, and learn how to avoid being caught by a conman.

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[TheCessnaDriver]

remove ladder from house, leave em up there for the buzzards :) problem solved

[jaimiecurrie]

There should be a Rapid action team for customers that do not pay! Thumbs up if any fellow tradesmen here agree.

Should also be " Cowboy customers"

[TheForza1000]

Should have called CHECKATRADE, would have got a vetted professional tradesman everytime, why risk giving the work to a chancer/ con artist when there are thousands of qualified trades registered on CHECKATRADE?

Real tradesmen care about their customers and the qualilty of work they produce, thank god for Checkatrade and BWC trading standards schemes, bringing much deserved respect back to the building trade.

[Chris Morris]

bad acting

[Shad'Ow Black]

IF the US had this... *Need to be a member with yearly fee*

IF Canada had this... after calling the 'hotline' *we'll be there next month sir... maybe*

[19day88]

All of the phrases used by the seller are spot on

[MrFireescaper]

That was some of the best acting i have seen, I have a good mind to give the oscars a call

[B25SONNET]

Wow, these Trading Standards guys look like the real business don't they. Stab proof vests, more like stasi