Shoot the *******s. It was probably also used crank case oil.

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Christopher A. Young
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"Ignoramus6369" wrote in
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: It happened yesterday. A truck cruised in our neighborhood and
I saw
: them stop by our neighbor's house (we have a concrete driveway,
his is
: asphalt) and they talked. Then I went to do something else, the
next
: thing I know is that my neighbor's asphalt driveway was sprayed
with
: some tar like substance. So I went to talk to see what
happened.
:
: He said that he was scammed: they first agreed on a certain
price
: ($175), they took the money, sprayed half of his driveway, then
acted
: all surprised and said that "it takes a lot more coating than
they
: expected" and demanded $50 more for finishing the work. I guess
with
: the implication that if he did not pay, they would drive off
with his
: driveway half sprayed looking really stupid. So, he said he
paid extra
: $50 and they finished the work.
:
: So. I am aware that the general wisdom says do not give work to
any
: "drive by" people. But I would like to know, let's say that due
to
: poor judgment, it happened to me and these artists demand extra
$50 to
: finish. What would be a sensible thing to do in these lousy
: circumstances?
:
: i