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Roofer wants to sell me his tiles MiamiCuse 06-13-2007
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Posted by EXT on June 14, 2007, 2:00 pm
I would go for it if the price is right, I always insist on having spare
floor and wall tiles, roof shingles and other items that are only available
for a short time before the style or colour drops off the market. If there
is another storm you may be real happy that you have them. If you never find
a use for them, I am sure there are people who would need some for repairs,
I am sure that you could sell them in lots of 10s or so to these people.

> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:37:14 -0400, "MiamiCuse"
>
>>My house has a new barrel tiled roof put on in 2004. At the time the
>>previous owner paid $40000 for the new roof.
>>
>>Since then a few tiles (about six) were damaged badly and I need to
>>replace
>>them. I called around and found that the tiles are still being
>>manufactured
>>but the specific color has been discontinued. The tiles are called
>>Vanguarf
> ...[much deleted]....
>>If not I can always order the 10-12 I need in another color and try to
>>stain
>>it to match.
>>
>
>
> Well, you could buy the pallet, and sell the excess on ebay,
> or you could get contrasting tiles, and swap them around with
> other tiles on the roof so that the new ones are in some sort
> of regular pattern.
>



Posted by Just Joe on June 14, 2007, 7:33 pm
Call the guy back and offer to buy 50-100 from him at say half of current
retail. If he has had them since 2004 he needs to sell them worse than you
need to buy them. Think about it. What is he going to do with them? He does
not have enough to roof an entire house and can not get more. Then again if
you can afford to live in a house whose roof alone cost 40 grand why are you
worried about this? Pay the man what he wants to fix it.

Joe

> My house has a new barrel tiled roof put on in 2004. At the time the
> previous owner paid $40000 for the new roof.
>
> Since then a few tiles (about six) were damaged badly and I need to
> replace them. I called around and found that the tiles are still being
> manufactured but the specific color has been discontinued. The tiles are
> called Vanguarf Roll:
>
>
http://www.monierlifetile.com/products/products_detail.cfm?regionid=7&producttype=standard&profileid=38
>
> I finally located the roofer who installed the roof and he told me he did
> a few jobs with that tile in 2004 and still have lots of left over tiles.
> In fact he said he has a whole pallate of it, like 500 pieces. He asked
> me if I want to buy it form him. I told him I needed 10-12 pieces but he
> was not interested to sell me 10-12.
>
> He said if I get another hurricane it would be wise to get as many tiles
> as I can, but do I really need 500 pieces? This will take up a good part
> of my garage. He said to give him a price...now I am wondering first,
> should I get it and if so, how much should it be?
>
> If not I can always order the 10-12 I need in another color and try to
> stain it to match.
>
> Any thoughts and comments?
>
> Thanks,
>
> MC
>



Posted by Toller on June 14, 2007, 8:14 pm

> Call the guy back and offer to buy 50-100 from him at say half of current
> retail. If he has had them since 2004 he needs to sell them worse than you
> need to buy them. Think about it. What is he going to do with them? He
> does not have enough to roof an entire house and can not get more. Then
> again if you can afford to live in a house whose roof alone cost 40 grand
> why are you worried about this? Pay the man what he wants to fix it.
>
That is bad advice.
The OP needs those tiles. The roofer merely wants to get rid of them. If
he doesn't sell them to the OP he can sell them to someone else eventually.
The roofer has the OP over a barrel; to antagonize him is a serious mistake.

But you are right about the roof costing 40 grand and the trivial cost for
the tiles.
Just buy the tiles for a reasonable price and find a creative way to store
them; staining another color is bizarre.



Posted by MiamiCuse on June 15, 2007, 12:17 am

>
>> Call the guy back and offer to buy 50-100 from him at say half of current
>> retail. If he has had them since 2004 he needs to sell them worse than
>> you need to buy them. Think about it. What is he going to do with them?
>> He does not have enough to roof an entire house and can not get more.
>> Then again if you can afford to live in a house whose roof alone cost 40
>> grand why are you worried about this? Pay the man what he wants to fix
>> it.
>>
> That is bad advice.
> The OP needs those tiles. The roofer merely wants to get rid of them. If
> he doesn't sell them to the OP he can sell them to someone else
> eventually. The roofer has the OP over a barrel; to antagonize him is a
> serious mistake.
>
> But you are right about the roof costing 40 grand and the trivial cost for
> the tiles.
> Just buy the tiles for a reasonable price and find a creative way to store
> them; staining another color is bizarre.
>

How do I know what a reasonable price is? He told me it's taking room in
his ware house and he wants to get rid of them.

I wonder if he is open to sharing with me name/number of other houses he did
his roofing job on with same tiles so I can call them and put together a
package deal...

MC



Posted by Toller on June 15, 2007, 1:03 am

>
>>
>>> Call the guy back and offer to buy 50-100 from him at say half of
>>> current retail. If he has had them since 2004 he needs to sell them
>>> worse than you need to buy them. Think about it. What is he going to do
>>> with them? He does not have enough to roof an entire house and can not
>>> get more. Then again if you can afford to live in a house whose roof
>>> alone cost 40 grand why are you worried about this? Pay the man what he
>>> wants to fix it.
>>>
>> That is bad advice.
>> The OP needs those tiles. The roofer merely wants to get rid of them.
>> If he doesn't sell them to the OP he can sell them to someone else
>> eventually. The roofer has the OP over a barrel; to antagonize him is a
>> serious mistake.
>>
>> But you are right about the roof costing 40 grand and the trivial cost
>> for the tiles.
>> Just buy the tiles for a reasonable price and find a creative way to
>> store them; staining another color is bizarre.
>>
>
> How do I know what a reasonable price is? He told me it's taking room in
> his ware house and he wants to get rid of them.
>
> I wonder if he is open to sharing with me name/number of other houses he
> did his roofing job on with same tiles so I can call them and put together
> a package deal...
>
How much would the tiles be if you bought 500 of a current color from a
retailer. Are we talking $100, $1000, or $10,000?
If we are talking about $1000. how much time is it worth to screw around
with this. Offer him $750 for the lot. Once you have purchased them, then
you can then ask him if he used the same color on other jobs. Maybe you can
unload some, maybe not; but don't louse up your only chance to get them. If
he says he wants to unload them, then let him do it painlessly; don't make
him think too hard about it.

I have what I think is a nice house, and it cost me (or rather it cost my
insurance company...) $8,000 to put a new roof on a few years back. I am
making the assumption that if yours cost $40,000 then your time is too
valuable to waste on picking up a few tiles at the cheapest price possible.



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