SCAM ALERT!!! Jason Vancil contacted me saying he got my contact info from Yelp. He was in a town about 2 hours away. I was also away from home at the time he made contact. In a remarkably short time he said my roof had been examined by an unnamed roofer he knew in my town. Cutting to the chase, he needed a deposit of half the cost of the job - in this case, $1200. It was a high pressure, need-it-right-now push. Doing a little checking, I found a police report for credit card fraud and drug possession for Mr Vancil and sent it to him. He said it was someone else though it was in the small town where he lived. He went on pushing for advance payment.
In fact, no one had been on my roof. His elaborate descriptions of the roof having been improperly installed were nonsense. I had called about a leak that another contractor later found to require glueing two shingles that had been slightly dislodged.
Mr Vancil continued to text high pressure requests for payment for two days and even submitted a payment request to my bank for a different amount without telling me. My bank's fraud protection was triggered and they reached out to me.
I've tried to talk to Yelp about this so that they could protect their consumers. They scolded me for calling their "business line ". There is no customer help.
Buyer beware of Yelp business referrals AND Vancills Roofing. read more
