The Vent - Part Trois

[trailmix 77]

They set up a bunch of phony transactions with different a/c and gave themselves a good rating. That is why I'd never buy from someone with 100% rating.. always make sure that they have at least 2-3 negative ratings (like item took too long to receive) in the past 6 months.

Well that's not really fair. I sold stuff on ebay for a while - I had a 100% rating

I suppose a person should look at all those ratings and see who gave them as well - see if they also have good ratings and many of them.

Edited December 18, 2009 by trailmix

[Nina~ 431]

Yeah, and you can almost always tell which ones are phony by reading the reviews... The phony ones almost always have very similar wording and writing styles.

[darkchilde794 5]

Stoooopid cold, go away. I have a lot of things to do!

[trailmix 77]

Real estate agents. This isn't REALLY a vent, just an observation.

My Sister has had her house on the market for over a year. I personally think this is because her real estate agent is a slacker. This week she cancelled the contract with the woman. She tried to do this a few months ago but she (RE woman) really wanted to keep the contract until January as she had invested so much in advertising etc <roll eyes>.

Ffwd to the day before yesterday, my Sister emails her, says cancel it - the real estate agent tries to tell her she might have to share some of the costs associated with advertising the property up to this point - but here is the hilarious part. She tells my Sister that she advertised the property on the radio. My Sister said, the radio, that's the first i've heard of that.

Well the real estate woman's Husband owns a website and he streams a retro 'station' that no one would listen to. She said while they host the 'station' she still has to pay for production costs. What?? What does that involve, her Husband sitting in front of a microphone?

Oh and my Sister's realestate agent sends her a text - do you want me to send the termination contract to 253 (as in house number) - umm no....that's not the house number of the house you were supposed to be marketing for the last year.....

Anyway, this week I emailed a realtor here, to ask about a property, she emailed back - an answer to my question. Anyway, by mistake, yesterday, I emailed her to ask if we could see the property tonight. (I meant to email someone else about a different property ) - this was her reply:

Hi Trailmix,

I am actually leaving on vacation this afternoon, so I am forwarding this to my colleague AJ, who can call you and arrange for the viewing.

Who wants to bet $5 that AJ won't be emailing me?

Anyway, this brings me to the point of this rant - a lot of these agents are slackers and the people trying to sell probably don't even know it!!

Edited December 18, 2009 by trailmix

[Peachey 10]

Actually he might email you. My co-worker has been searching for a house for a year and it's happened with her many times where she went with another agent.

[trailmix 77]

Actually he might email you. My co-worker has been searching for a house for a year and it's happened with her many times where she went with another agent.

Well he might - but he probably won't.

But that's not really my point. Tonight my Husband is actually going to look at the other place, on his way home from work. Had ms real estate agent actually ensured her cohort contacted me, he would probably be going to see that one too.

So the point is - because he hasn't contacted me, we may well put an offer in on this other place - so where does that leave the other seller?

It's a tough market out there and I would want my real estate agent to actually pay attention to people that contacted him/her - immediately.

Edited December 18, 2009 by trailmix

[MrsCat 6]

Real estate agents. This isn't REALLY a vent, just an observation.

My Sister has had her house on the market for over a year. I personally think this is because her real estate agent is a slacker. This week she cancelled the contract with the woman. She tried to do this a few months ago but she (RE woman) really wanted to keep the contract until January as she had invested so much in advertising etc <roll eyes>.

Ffwd to the day before yesterday, my Sister emails her, says cancel it - the real estate agent tries to tell her she might have to share some of the costs associated with advertising the property up to this point - but here is the hilarious part. She tells my Sister that she advertised the property on the radio. My Sister said, the radio, that's the first i've heard of that.

Well the real estate woman's Husband owns a website and he streams a retro 'station' that no one would listen to. She said while they host the 'station' she still has to pay for production costs. What?? What does that involve, her Husband sitting in front of a microphone?

Oh and my Sister's realestate agent sends her a text - do you want me to send the termination contract to 253 (as in house number) - umm no....that's not the house number of the house you were supposed to be marketing for the last year.....

Anyway, this week I emailed a realtor here, to ask about a property, she emailed back - an answer to my question. Anyway, by mistake, yesterday, I emailed her to ask if we could see the property tonight. (I meant to email someone else about a different property ) - this was her reply:

Hi Trailmix,

I am actually leaving on vacation this afternoon, so I am forwarding this to my colleague AJ, who can call you and arrange for the viewing.

Who wants to bet $5 that AJ won't be emailing me?

Anyway, this brings me to the point of this rant - a lot of these agents are slackers and the people trying to sell probably don't even know it!!

Just a guess, but I think some of them got into the RE game when selling homes was easy-breezy in Alberta, and they have no idea of the drive needed and how to work in a tough market. They presume that people will just walk in the door and say I love it. SOLD!

And the radio thing is just insane. Who would hear an ad and say, that's the house for me.

[Revenesque 2]

Anyway, this brings me to the point of this rant - a lot of these agents are slackers and the people trying to sell probably don't even know it!!

Hubby had a slacker too, did squat and the property never sold...barely had any showings. When the contract ended, she had the nerve to ask for payment to recover advertising costs so hubby shelled out $200. When he told me about it, I ranted. No results, no commission--All advertisement costs are the real estate agent's to bear! But he already paid and the money's gone.

Then a year later, the real estate agent-turned-MLM-marketer surfaced to ask for money to recover the advertisement cost--apparently, she was still advertising the condo (liar!) Hubby, thankfully, wrote her off.

Edited December 18, 2009 by Ravenesque

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

Grr. Weather conditions in the D.C. area look pretty bad for the next few days. Worse still...weather conditions in Minneapolis look REALLY bad next week.

My wife flies out of Baltimore on Christmas Eve and has a layover in Minneapolis en route to Seattle.

Last year her Christmas Eve flight was canceled and she had to fly out on Christmas Day instead, causing us to miss Christmas dinner with my parents. I really don't want that to happen again this year.

[Flames9_RN 358]

Lots of snow forecasted!!! i work tomorrow night, should be interesting!!

[Misty1979 0]

They set up a bunch of phony transactions with different a/c and gave themselves a good rating. That is why I'd never buy from someone with 100% rating.. always make sure that they have at least 2-3 negative ratings (like item took too long to receive) in the past 6 months.

Well that's not really fair. I sold stuff on ebay for a while - I had a 100% rating

I suppose a person should look at all those ratings and see who gave them as well - see if they also have good ratings and many of them.

^^^^^^SCAMMER^^^^^

*runs and hides*

[Peachey 10]

They set up a bunch of phony transactions with different a/c and gave themselves a good rating. That is why I'd never buy from someone with 100% rating.. always make sure that they have at least 2-3 negative ratings (like item took too long to receive) in the past 6 months.

Well that's not really fair. I sold stuff on ebay for a while - I had a 100% rating

I suppose a person should look at all those ratings and see who gave them as well - see if they also have good ratings and many of them.

^^^^^^SCAMMER^^^^^

*runs and hides*

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

Minor vent:

I hate that MrsCat's current avatar picture is far too pretty for me to say, "Bring back the weird cat avatar!"...even though I miss the weird cat avatar!

[Hugglebuggles 60]

Minor vent:

I hate that MrsCat's current avatar picture is far too pretty for me to say, "Bring back the weird cat avatar!"...even though I miss the weird cat avatar!

She does pull the cute Canada hat off rather well doesn't she?

[MrsCat 6]

Minor vent:

I hate that MrsCat's current avatar picture is far too pretty for me to say, "Bring back the weird cat avatar!"...even though I miss the weird cat avatar!

She does pull the cute Canada hat off rather well doesn't she?

Awe thanks guys, Oscar is back in his new Christmas shades.