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On July 26, 2025, roughtly about 12:30 PM, "Decklan" (see description below*) rang my doorbell saying that he could discern from the street that my roof was compromised and that he could take pictures of it for me and provide a quote. He showed me pictures w/ what he maintained was a racoon invasion. Long story short, this turned into intimidation tactics of maintaining that I was signing a contract to the tune of $4600.00 CAD as his guys, BTW, were working on the roof as we spoke. After telling him repeatedly that 1) I always seek two other quotes, 2) that I would need to negotiate funding with my credit union, 3) and no, that he could not expect immediate payment, & finally, 4) nor I did care if it were about to storm, I demanded to write an addendum on both copies of the "contract" (his included--I had to insist on it), which caused him to tear it up, attempting to guilt me by saying: "This is what I get for trying to help people." I told him I was unmoved. He also snatched his flyer away with him--Did he really think I would forget "ACORN Roofing?" I then found one of his buddies with a long ladder in my backyard, whom I also ushered out. Following the event, a friendly shopkeeper informed me of the rash of roof scammers in Toronto. Indeed, online, YELP showed reports of the same scenario with ACORN ROOFING, and mentioned *fake photos.* Therefore, for peace of mind, I hired a trusted 3rd party: White Shark, who corroborated that the roof was pristine save for a small patch about 9 inches square that was suspicious because it did not appear to be due to annimal behaviour. The truly telling thing was that I had hired White Shark to do a small gutter tightening on May 06, 2025, when another shyster tried to "make work." Sweetening the investigative deal for White Shark with some light roof work, to make this happen, it was still an unplanned expense. And, I have been robbed of a month in the complicated attempt to make a police report. I have since received confirmation of my initial report to the Toronto Police, as well as of my additional report consisting of a PPTX with a timeline and photographic proof obtained with the assistance of White Shark. *The Scammer: "Decklan" of Acorn Roofing is a White endomorph just under 6'-0", with fair eyes & short chestnut hair, wore a T-shirt, work shorts & a baseball cap. He claimed to be originally from St. Johns, living in Toronto for 17 years, and a father of two girls. They appeared to be about 8 years of age in the photo on his phone. He has a piercing gaze, with a manner that alternates from forced charm to pushiness. His gait is lumbering.