Re: Selling your home privately in the UK


"Miss L. Toe" <missltoemissltoe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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All cross sections of society has its liars even the cross
section
you
are
in, or the work you are in, but you seem to suggest Estate
Agents
are
the
worst liars unless I have mistaken you - or misquoted you?


I have never said that - So you have both misquoted and mistaken
me.

Now - shall we get back to a sensible and adult discussion of the
issues
?

I never said you said that but I have. So would you agree, or
disagree,
with
my comments that all cross sections of society have their share of
liars?

I would agree that all cross sections of society contain some liars.

I
am also asking if you feel Estate Agents have an higher percentage.
If
you
think so what evidence is that based on?


Based on my personal experiances in life I believe that commission
based
sales people have a higher percentage than average of liars.

Based on what evidence?



I told you, my personal experiance.

If you want more evidence try this:
http://www.gatago.com/uk/finance/6445349.html

"The National Association of Estate Agents on Friday conceded that
housebuilders' accusations of "aspirational pricing" by estate
agents, which they claimed had contributed to the stalling of the
market last year, were mainly valid"

Your sole personal experience is hardly evidence of anything.

Your quote, from the link, is taken out of context ( a factor you accused
me
of in an earlier posting from you) and for the benefit of those few
reading
this thread here is the full quote of Peter Bolton King for the NAEA: -

The National Association of Estate Agents on Friday conceded that

housebuilders' accusations of "aspirational pricing" by estate

agents, which they claimed had contributed to the stalling of the

market last year, were mainly valid. "I would accept that," said

Peter Bolton King of the association. "Some estate agents

persistently overpriced over the past year."



There were examples, he said, of agents overvaluing properties solely

to get instructions from homeowners. But there were also big numbers of

homeowners who refused to lower valuations in spite of months of

inactivity.



In this fuller quote Peter Bolton King is saying "some" (you will always
get
the rogue element in all walks of life) and "were examples".



Can ask what line of work you are in? And is it noted for its 100%
integrity
because that is not how life is?


I am in IT.
AFAIK it doesn't have a bad reputation for integrity, maybe for going over
budget / timescales and the occasional enormous Gas Bill or demand for
payment of -1p.

Every profession or service will have its share of rogue traders and liars
but they will also have the good ones and what has annoyed me about the tone
of you posts is the constantly negative, rude and aggressive stance you take
towards them. Perhaps in your perception most Estate Agents are all liars,
thick or whatever other accusations you have made where I feel it is another
case of the law of averages. Out of every ten of 'whatever' you will get the
average, those above and those below because that is the human race.

Let me be very clear I do know the reality in Estate Agency as I work in a
related field. Some are bloody greedy, some are bloody arrogant and some are
bloody useless but I also know those who are bloody good, not greedy and
work very hard to offer a really good service. The better ones usually in my
view are the smaller 1/3 office firms where the partners are very 'hands on'
with long serving staff. They also seem to get very high repeat from
satisfied clients and very high amounts of business from happy clients who
have recommended them.



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