SOLD ! Yes right…
10th June, 2009 - Posted by admin -
I found a flyer in my letter box from a real estate agent who was trying to get some business. The flyer features a house in my street with the word SOLD mentioned 4 times.
Underneath it says: “You may have noticed that we have just put up a SOLD sign on this property. If you would like to see the same on yours, please feel free to call me …” bla bla bla
Very well you may think. Hey why not telling everybody that you have finally sold a house. But wait.
Underneath, in small print it says: “The above information has been furnished to us by the Owner. We have not verified whether or not that information is accurate and do not have any belief one way or the other in its accuracy. We do not accept any responsibily to any person for its accuracy and do no more than pass it on. All interested parties should make and rely upon their own inquiries in order to determine whether or not this information is in fact accurate.”
I re read it twice wondering if I had misunderstood the statement somehow. But no. They were really insulting their potential clients’ intelligence and making a fool of themselves at the same time.
Not only they admit that they have not sold this house themselves, otherwise they would be certain of the accuracy of the SOLD statement but they also subtly hint that the house may have not been sold at all.
Why on earth would anyone contact this real estate agent after she admits that she put the SOLD sign only for the benefit of her advertisement?
It’s beyond me. They may think desperate times call for desperate measures but this real estate agent only showed her dishonesty while trying to disclaim all responsibiliy for her actions.
Please comment if you have any similar stories.
Tags: false statement, real estate, selling house, sold
Posted on: June 10, 2009
Filed under: Observations on real estate
3 Comments
Estate Agents Christchurch
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:36 am
Some estate agents use that for their tactics. It’s wise for a real estate agent to get the facts straight than just a mere propaganda to get clients.
Apollo Beach Real Estate
February 21st, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Great post, you provide very valuable information here that many will benefit from.
david garratt
February 28th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
heehee! Now thats a classic!
I’m a real estate salesperson active in the Wellington market. I’d be embarrassed to even entertain the idea of such a flyer!
You have either sold the place or not!
If you haven’t, don’t take the credit for someone elses hard work!
It smacks of desperation to me…this company is not doing any business in the area and wants to be seen as being active.
Here is another “trick” played by the same company in my area of influence…a business card drop - take 400 of your business cards and spend your morning writing on the back of them…”I am interested in your house, please call me between 6 and 8 pm tonight”. Then wait for some chump to call you thinking that you are actually interest in your house! Is it any wonder that this company only does about 2-5% of the business in my area???? People ain’t that stoopid!
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