https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_advertising
Predatory advertising
Quote:"Predatory advertising, or predatory marketing, can be largely understood as the practice of manipulating vulnerable persons or populations into unfavorable market transactions through the undisclosed exploitation of these vulnerabilities."
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Anyone ever heard of "predatory marketing"? Saw something in my neighborhood. A recent hail storm (June?) left houses in one part of my city with hail damage, apparently. Soon after signs started going up all around neighborhoods that roofs were being replaced. Fine. But it is 3+ months later and folks are going around offering "inspections" to determine if there is damage. Probably even long standing issues can be viewed from the street. To cut a long story short it seems that people's personal information is being sold to marketers who go around offering said "free" inspections. However, they are betting on insurance coverage for "hail damage" and once you receive the inspection the person doing the "inspection" and who has likely photoed your house now wants to provide you with the "free" (minus deductible) roof. How is this okay? In my area there are lots of elderly who likely let these people onto their properties and get scammed into filing a claim that in my opinion might leave them in worse shape than if the roof had been left alone. How does this affect their insurability? For those who have taken rebates to put solar panels on their roof is this tacit admission the panels are at high risk?