Expensive Snow Removal

In Boston, an elderly man paid $4,800 to have his roof cleared of snow. Salisbury man defends $4,800 roof shoveling charge.

One of the three men who police said charged an elderly Amesbury resident $4,800 to shovel his roof defended the cost of the job in an interview today, as details emerged of the family's prior legal problems in other states.
"I want people to know, I'm not scamming, I'm making a living," Kevin Snow Jr., 23, said in a phone interview.
Snow, his father Kevin Snow Sr., 47, and his brother George Snow, 21, all of Salisbury, charged the man for clearing his roof on Friday, but gave the money back on Saturday after Amesbury police said they could face criminal charges if they did not reimburse him, police said. No charges were filed.
The customer agreed on the price prior to the job and also requested that his garage roof be shoveled, which added to the cost, Kevin Snow Jr. said.

The job took six hours, and he claimed six people were doing the shoveling. That's $133 per hour per person.