NEWS MEDIA RELEASE
BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU
"Serving the South Plains of West Texas since 1954"
3333 66th St.
Lubbock, TX  79413

For Immediate Release

Lubbock, TX  May 2, 2005 – Your Better Business Bureau (BBB) is again warning consumers, especially senior citizens that live in rural areas of the South Plains, to be on the look out for itinerant pavers seeking to pave driveways with “leftover” materials.
 
“Their method of operation doesn’t really change from year to year; however the BBB has learned that they not only do a poor job, but they have their ‘targets’ picked out before they drive up to the house; and they are known to intimidate the consumer into paying more for the shoddy job than was agreed upon in the first place”, stated Nan Campbell, president of the Better Business Bureau of the South Plains.  “They will tell the consumer that they are with the ‘county’ or ‘state’ road crew and have all this material left over and can make them a good deal, but when done, they come back claiming it took more materials than they first thought and they need more money.  It’s kind of hard for a person to say ‘no’ when they have three or four big, burly guys surrounding them”, Campbell stated.
 
According to the local office of the Texas Department of Public Safety, the crew, driving brand new equipment (a surefire tell-tale sign of a scam) picked up their materials this morning and is headed West.  Here is a description of the trucks as far as we know:
 
White International truck with red dump bed (may be overloaded with asphalt materials); JRY CONSTRUCTION printed on the side
 
Yellow Chevy C7500 truck; YOUNG ASPHALT, 800-716-5806 printed on the side
 
Yellow Chevy Dump Truck; ISAAC’S ASPHALT, 724-830-8974 printed on the side
 
If one of these paving gypsy crews drives up to your home do not answer the door, call your police or sheriff’s office immediately and report them in your area.
 
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The Better Business Bureau of the South Plains, Inc. (BBB) serves 18 counties of the Texas South Plains including Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Kent, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Terry, and Yoakum.  Through the membership of businesses throughout the South Plains that meet and maintain high standards, the BBB promotes the highest ethical relationship between businesses and the public through voluntary self-regulation, consumer and business education, and service excellence.