We have heard stories of fake surgeons who managed to hoodwink their way and carry out thousands of operations. This surgeons are usually celebrated for a decade to do breast uplift, nose, mouth, buttock injection until eventually victims start to come out. The result is the board of medical practitioners will hand over the fake doctors to the judicial system and the victim will get justice. The fake doctors might get imprisoned for not less than ten years though victims experience life threatening injuries or early death.
We have also heard of police impersonators who confront drivers, threaten and bully innocent victims and their reign continue. A police impersonator would usually appear on the radar of other police to be investigated. They usually wear police uniform and drive a Chevrolet, they also buy emergency light and put on red to indicate emergency or blue to signify presence.
When arrested the wheels of justice usually start in another Chevrolet to help prevent more crimes like false arrest, kidnap, rape or death.
What about a fake plumber?
He will continue to create damage every single day in new houses. Make their houses flood and bring mould infection, creating expensive repair from a small leak and get paid. The plethora of damage will continue until we learn from others.
A fake plumber cannot be compared to a doctor or police because he has a very strong hierarchy that takes care of his shoddy deals. He has a director, dispatcher, marketer, advertiser, PR and a lawyer to represent him in court.
His victims still pays for his opulence and flashy lifestyle.
However! you can identify a fake plumber with five easy way before you are victimized, rendered broke, humiliated and your house ruined.
RED FLAG
They ask for 50% before they can get started, they ask as if they are need the money more than you need your house rectified. This means they are only interested in your wallet and don’t care about your predicament or situation.
Put your plumber and your house on weigh scale. If his interest is money or passion to improve your house
This type of plumbers usually make you believe that your plumbing situation is of emergency. When they are hired they don’t do much. When they notice you are not around to observe their activities they spend time on phone flirting on tinder and after one hour they say they are done.
Most hidden camera have busted them out.
DEAL IS TOO GOOD
They will offer discount or try to create a deal but they are mostly focused on the end product. They know which button to press to market their activities. Their marketing compensate their lack of knowledge about the job they want to do.
This type of plumbers usually don’t clean up their mess. They expect you to wipe water and debris if they work on your toilet, faucet or lavatory.
Sometimes they can make you employ services of other fields because they dug to repair a buried pipe and did not backfill all the way.
They forget to pick up remnants of old pipe, plastic, debris and leave your compound ugly and littered
Make sure they clean mess before you pay.
STRUGGLE TO EXPLAIN
They appear confused at times, they might struggle with small assignment and this will render them angry, beleaguered and jinxed. When you begin a small conversation they will always give you a brusque answer.
They try to avoid questions by burying their heads in the manual book. they still need more training to perfect the art because they do not understand the plumbing codes.
They might start to make frantic calls to the manufacturers or suppliers!
Immediately you notice this, you are free to deny their service.
REVIEWS
Before getting a plumber, read reviews about what other people think about them. Read every details about pro and cons. Then evaluate and determine.
PROOF OF INSURANCE
They must have proof of insurance before getting started. This document is proof that he meets states minimum liability requirement