{"id":547,"date":"2016-10-10T12:52:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T12:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drduct.net?p=547"},"modified":"2020-02-06T06:54:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T11:54:32","slug":"duct-cleaning-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/duct-cleaning-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Something Smells Foul: Duct Cleaning Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Air duct cleaning services can be costly or time consuming if you try to do it yourself. Scam artists are aware of this and promote &#8220;cheap duct cleaning&#8221; scams to drain unassuming customers of their hard-earned cash. You can avoid duct cleaning scams by learning some of their techniques. For example, a company may offer a coupon with a seemingly amazing offer but reduce the quality of service provided, in order to serve a large volume of customers. Any time an offer seems too good to be true, it probably is.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Classic <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bait-and-switch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bait And Switch<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Ask-for-advice-talking-to-each-other.jpg\" alt=\"Must-Know Facts for Cleaning Air Ducts\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the most common ways scam artists try to pull one over on you is to promise one thing over the phone but provide another thing when the company reaches your house. Once the duct cleaning service arrives they begin doing subpar work, and then offer you the opportunity to &#8220;upgrade&#8221; the service in exchange for a fairly large amount of money. Even after you choose to pay the exorbitant fees, the service you receive is likely to be of lower quality than the initial promise.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Mould Inspection<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/A-dangerously-mouldy-white-wall.jpg\" alt=\"Does Duct Cleaning Prevent Health Problems?\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sometimes scams will give you what they promise, but they make sure the outcome favours them. Mould inspection is a great example with this subpar approach. The duct cleaning company offers to inspect your house for mould and somehow manages to find mould everywhere. Suddenly, the cheap inspection your coupon\/special promised (plus the fee they would charge if they did find mould), have vanished \u201cin light of new information.\u201d The company had no intention of offering a low-cost mould removal because there is no way for their business to survive at such a low pricing level.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Planning Too Many Appointments At Once<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/file000786402730.jpg\" alt=\"Something Smells Foul: Duct Cleaning Scams\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the worst ways shady companies try to compete is by offering high-quality services to many customers but failing to deliver anything of value. A dishonest duct cleaning company will offer to clean a certain number of homes on a particular day, but the services provided are brief, superficial cleanings. The customers think their vents are clean and end up paying for a service they never received.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Getting High Quality Service You Can Trust<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Duct-Cleaning.jpg\" alt=\"Second Hand Smoke May Fade Away but What It Leaves Behind in Your Ductwork Won\u2019t\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The truth about quality duct cleaning is that the service is an investment in the health and safety of your home. It\u2019s impossible to escape the fact that cheap offers are unreliable. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/services\/air-duct-cleaning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reputable air duct cleaning services<\/a><\/strong> will provide the quality work we promise. Call Dr. Duct and we will send trained, friendly, capable technicians to your home or office. We won\u2019t con you. Call 613-845-0707 today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air duct cleaning services can be costly or time consuming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Something Smells Foul: Duct Cleaning Scams - Dr. Duct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/duct-cleaning-scams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Something Smells Foul: Duct Cleaning Scams - Dr. Duct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Air duct cleaning services can be costly or time consuming [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/duct-cleaning-scams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dr. Duct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-10T12:52:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-06T11:54:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dr. Duct\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dr. Duct\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/duct-cleaning-scams\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/duct-cleaning-scams\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dr. Duct\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/#\/schema\/person\/866c194a17074fa0c40e4b621e21037e\"},\"headline\":\"Something Smells Foul: Duct Cleaning Scams\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-10T12:52:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-06T11:54:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/duct-cleaning-scams\/\"},\"wordCount\":439,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/duct-cleaning-scams\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/duct-cleaning-scams\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/duct-cleaning-scams\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.drduct.net\/duct-cleaning-scams\/\",\"name\":\"Something Smells Foul: Duct Cleaning Scams - 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