Sick of these cheap referral scams with Owens Corning jobs

We offer $200 off for any referral that books a full asphalt shingle replacement with Owens Corning materials, but half the time it's fake referrals from Angi leads trying to game the system. Just lost a $15k roof deal because the 'referrer' was the homeowner's buddy pushing for a discount. TBH, it's pissing me off and killing our margins on legit Owens installs.

how do you verify if a referral is legit before quoting?

switch to a tiered system, $100 for consults and $200 only if it closes.

haha, sounds like my last gig where the referral was the pizza delivery guy.

goddamn it, same here with every third Owens job.

frustrated as hell, had to eat a $500 loss last month on a bogus one.

these homeowners are the worst, always angling for freebies on roof repairs.

sucks man, been there with shingle warranties too.

i feel your pain, lost two jobs last week to this crap.

angry doesn't cover it, these games are ruining small crews like mine.

screw the whole system, id rather cold call.

we're all getting screwed by these lazy ass schemes.

yep, time to band together and call out the fakers.

the roofing industry is infested with this referral trash.

damn right, especially with premium brands like Owens.

collective BS, let's start a no-referral pact.

these cheapos are killing our shingle margins big time.

had a crew quit over referral drama last month.

frustrated beyond words, quoted three fakes this week.

sucks, but ignoring them helped my close rate.

proud of ditching referrals, up 20% in bookings now.

frustrated, but yeah, the scammers are everywhere in roofing.

lost $2k on a fake last quarter.

we're pissed, time to raise the referral bar to $300 min.

finally got a system that weeds them out, referrals only from verified clients.

proud moment when i fired a repeat faker.

frustrated af, but switching to email verification helped.

these referral hustlers are the cancer of our trade.

proud to say my last 5 referrals were solid gold.

asking the group, anyone using apps to track this?

the whole referral game's rigged against us roofers.

try Jobber for referral tracking, cut my losses in half.

i get it, been burned too many times on shingle jobs.

proud of my no-discount policy now, referrals pay full then rebate.

yeah, hit $50k last month without the drama.

commiserating, same referral hell with every tear-off.

sucks, but talking it out here helps.

frustrated, quoted a $10k Owens roof that vanished.

proud we implemented background checks on referrers.

frustrated, these games make me wanna quit roofing.

the industry's full of referral leeches, fight back.

haha, my referral was a roofer competitor in disguise.

don't offer cash referrals, just priority scheduling instead.

funny story, referral turned out to be the inspector's brother.

use unique promo codes tied to the original job number.

damn, another fake referral cost me a day off.