Craigslist, Roofing $1,000/sq Installed

 
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Old 02-11-2009, 12:35 PM   #1
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Craigslist, Roofing $1,000/sq Installed


Talk about fuzzy math....


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Brand new roofing shingles $50.00 a square foot. $100.00 a square foot with installation (fully insured). 32 squares available which will cover 3,600 square feet. Please call Zach at Absolute Construction 413-885-4798 for more information If unavailable please leave message.




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Old 02-11-2009, 12:37 PM   #2
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Re: Craigslist, Roofing $1,000/sq Installed


He must have a shingle stretcher. 32 sq = 3600 sq ft
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Look at the upside, you can have a 3600sq/ft roof shingled for $360,000. Man, I should get into roofing
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...maybe it's a large square
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I don't appreciate you bashing my math skills. It was a simple mistake.


























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I think that's our buddy Sliverbush. Looks like he got his business up and running.
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I think he's adhering to the sell one pencil at a million dollars moreso than the sell a million pencils at a dollar. Interesting "business model" ?
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Maybe he works for Halliburton?
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That pays better than the one I saw. Someone was willing to part with a whole $12.00 a sq. to get his roof done
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He must have a shingle stretcher. 32 sq = 3600 sq ft
Lol, i remember sending the new guy to the van to find the sky hooks & the plywood stretcher, (you'll see it's red with the black cord)! After 5 of us laughing our a*s off for a half hour we got em to load the entire van back up!
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