A NORTH Vancouver contractor figures making
a living is hard enough, without having some of
his business disappearing from under his custom-

ers’ noses.

By MARK HAMILTON

Fred Ammann, a North
Vancouver roof spraying
contractor, says he is
frustrated by a string of
events that have seen his
estimates for jobs either
altered or removed from cus-
tomers’ homes.

He suspects that the five
incidents he is aware of may
be indicative that there have
been many more.

According to Ammann,
the problem first came to his
attenuon in April, when he
inadvertently discovered that
he had lost out on a roof-
spraying contract because a
potential customer consid-
ered his estimate for the job
‘*extremely high.”’

When Ammann visited the
woman and checked the
estimate he had left behind,
he was startled to see a fig-
ure of $685. His estimate
had been for $185 but the
figure on the sheet he had
left with the woman had
been written over several
times and the ‘‘1’’ changed
toa ‘‘6"’.

Ammann took the altered
estimate to West Vancouver
Police but found they could
do little about the change.

The incident didn’t sit well

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with Ammann. He contacted
the News at that time and
said he could recall four or
five other incidents where
customers had turned down
his estimates because they
were too high.

To see if there was more
to the situation Ammann, in
the course of one May morn-
ing, left estimates at the res-
idences of a number of
North Vancouver friends
and acquaintances. In four
of those cases, the
homeowners or tenants in-
volved saw the estimates be-
ing removed from mailboxes
and mail slots.

Ammann says he is sure
he knows who is removing
the estimates and suspects
the same tndividual was in
volved in altering the
estimate that) originally
prompted his suspicions

After that May day, he
again visited police but was
told) prosecuuion would be
hampered by the difficulty
of proving in court that the
estimates have an intrinsn
value

Ammann has gone public
with his complaints in hopes
that the publity wall stop
the incidents he beheses are
costing him money

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