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Lying Estate Agent

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  • snails's_pace
    snails's_pace Posts: 2,121 Forumite
    ashcarrot wrote: »
    I'd prefer them in a bangor than a merc, if someone turned up in one of them i'd be thinking how did they manage to afford that and what dodgy deals were involved.

    typical stereotypical opinion of estate agents. not all of them are out to get you. in 10 years of estate agency my oh has worked for 4 agencys and none of them partook in dodgy dealings. as i have said before, nice cars they drive are usually company owned and the employee is taxed to the eyeballs for it.
    Bring back mark and lard NOW! or else (please) clique member no. 10 :j

    "When a woman steals your man,there is no better revenge than to let her keep him"

    I maybe blonde, have many moments and have big bazookas but my brain is in gear
  • Viking_Man
    Viking_Man Posts: 64 Forumite
    In a recent survey by NAEA only 1 in 10 people thought that Estate Agents are trustworthy. In fact they were rated as nearly the least trustworthy profession, just a notch up above second hand car salesmen. The answer to this problem is to regulate and license them properly, as happens in every other industrialised country.
  • papermoney
    papermoney Posts: 583 Forumite
    RBH, Is it worth putting a note through their door again?

    I did reply on the other site aswell and may have missed a post somewhere.
    :rotfl:
  • Redbedhead
    Redbedhead Posts: 1,131 Forumite
    Viking_Man wrote: »
    In a recent survey by NAEA only 1 in 10 people thought that Estate Agents are trustworthy. In fact they were rated as nearly the least trustworthy profession, just a notch up above second hand car salesmen. The answer to this problem is to regulate and license them properly, as happens in every other industrialised country.
    H are I were saying this as well. It is such a significant industry not to be regulated.
    MFIT No. 81
  • snails's_pace
    snails's_pace Posts: 2,121 Forumite
    Viking_Man wrote: »
    In a recent survey by NAEA only 1 in 10 people thought that Estate Agents are trustworthy. In fact they were rated as nearly the least trustworthy profession, just a notch up above second hand car salesmen. The answer to this problem is to regulate and license them properly, as happens in every other industrialised country.

    perhaps people should use ea's that are members of the naea (and i'll think you'll find that a lot of them are)......and also use an agent who is registered with the ombudsman scheme. like anything else...shop around
    Bring back mark and lard NOW! or else (please) clique member no. 10 :j

    "When a woman steals your man,there is no better revenge than to let her keep him"

    I maybe blonde, have many moments and have big bazookas but my brain is in gear
  • snails's_pace
    snails's_pace Posts: 2,121 Forumite
    Redbedhead wrote: »
    H are I were saying this as well. It is such a significant industry not to be regulated.

    GOOD AGENTS ARE!!! see my post above. choose one that has joined one if not both of these organizations
    Bring back mark and lard NOW! or else (please) clique member no. 10 :j

    "When a woman steals your man,there is no better revenge than to let her keep him"

    I maybe blonde, have many moments and have big bazookas but my brain is in gear
  • Redbedhead
    Redbedhead Posts: 1,131 Forumite
    papermoney wrote: »
    RBH, Is it worth putting a note through their door again?

    I did reply on the other site aswell and may have missed a post somewhere.
    I would except the owner doesn't live there. Plus I don't trust the estate agent not to take it.
    MFIT No. 81
  • Redbedhead
    Redbedhead Posts: 1,131 Forumite
    snails's_pace wrote: »
    GOOD AGENTS ARE!!! see my post above. choose one that has joined one if not both of these organizations
    Except the one that has lyed to me (and we now have confirmation of this from other things the manager of the office has said) ARE members of the NAEA. Unfortunately though membership of effectively a voluntary organisation is not guarantee of them behaving correctly.
    MFIT No. 81
  • snails's_pace
    snails's_pace Posts: 2,121 Forumite
    it is voluntary to join and certainly is not a voluntary organization
    Bring back mark and lard NOW! or else (please) clique member no. 10 :j

    "When a woman steals your man,there is no better revenge than to let her keep him"

    I maybe blonde, have many moments and have big bazookas but my brain is in gear
  • snails's_pace
    snails's_pace Posts: 2,121 Forumite
    good luck with ur house and everything , im gonna shoot off and leave this thread because I see the sweeping comments of " lying estate agents & not trustworthy"..as a generalization of them all and with my oh being a decent honest hard working ea,it is not easy to sit here and listen to these comments without my back being put up. im an easy going kinda person and dont wanna retaliate in the wrong way :smiley: good luck and everything
    Bring back mark and lard NOW! or else (please) clique member no. 10 :j

    "When a woman steals your man,there is no better revenge than to let her keep him"

    I maybe blonde, have many moments and have big bazookas but my brain is in gear
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