Gale Force Roofing & Restoration is another sleazy, shady roofing contractor, which seem to sprout…read moreup all over Florida
They have only been in business only 5 years
Hundreds of fake 5 star reviews on Yelp, Facebook, BBB and Google and therefore receive an A+ rating by the BBB
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I can't believe l actually entertained and signed paperwork from a door to door solicitation. I needed a roof inspection so sure give me one but then the guy was so sweet and honest l felt at ease. (My bad)
I was told all about how my homeowners would basically cover the cost of my roof replacement due to hurricane Ivan, it would not affect my insurance premium, interior water damage and gables would be repaired... life was beautiful
I was NOT told about the hidden legal terminology, in my contract
l had signed an AOB contract (assignment of benefits) giving Gale force the right to sue my homeowners insurance, at will, which they said later, would
not have my name on the suit, thereby ld experience no consequences at all. The AOB, completely turns over my homeowner policy to them
FAKE, FAKE, FAKE, FAKE, As Elaine said
One, your premium DOES go up for making a claim (12%) for the claim plus the normal increases annually.
2 If GaleForce dies sue for money they feel they deserve on your roofing job from your insurance, . It goes on MY permanent insurance history and can make finding an insurer impossible.
In my case l have only one company,Citizens, who will insure my 100 year old house and a reverse mortgage which requires insurance.
I'd be wiped out if they sued for extra money.
This was explained by Citizens as my GaleForce claim was red flagged as an AOB contract because it is so rare that Citizens receives them, due to their abusive litigation by roofers
About those reviews.... upon close inspection
1 In Florida where people can't spell their shopping lists correctly, there was NOT ONE GRAMMATICAL OR SPELLING ERROR in one review of hundreds of only 5 star reviews
The Yelp reviewers had only written one review in their lifetime, the 5 star Gale Force review Likely not real people
On Facebook many recommendations were from people without profiles or lived out of state, not serviced by Gale Force. Very similar review. Each person's experience pure perfection. Also the recommendations actually were complaints about exhaustive door to door solicitation but you can't write a negative review. Anything you write becomes a recommendation!
Same with the BBB. Statistically, people only write the BBB with complaints, but there they were over 100 of 103 reviews, ALL 5 star, perfectly written reviews. Some batting average! Superstars and apparently "everything goes sooo smoothly with Josh K." A favorite review line!
But when l spoke to a member of GaleForce's management team, Justin Gilbert, that's when l was treated aggressively and hostilely. And l wasn't even a client yet!!!! Justin could fake a 5 star review by phone.
I got out of the AOB contract, thank god
But now l have to see if their claim is part of my new permanent record, recorded for the rest of your lifetime on a insurance system called CLUE used by all homeowners insurance companies
All this and not one shingle ordered yet
It's frightening how sinister these companies can be
Be careful
No door to door
Read reviews carefully