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Estate Agent Gift Ideas?

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  • phoenix_w
    phoenix_w Posts: 418 Forumite
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    In a similar vain, our estate agent has been horrible - pushy on us taking an offer (phoning up me straight after wife firmly told 'em "no" to an offer), and they tried to screw us over with their solicitor "recommendation" - putting it through as two conveyancing transactions (separate purchase & sale) to maximise their referral fees - potentially earning them over £800, and upping our conveyancing fees by a similar amount if we weren't complete idiots who don't read paperwork. To add insult to injury, they're not cheap estate agents either.

    Any ideas what "gifts" I could give them? I was thinking along the lines of flaming bag of dog poop, or giftwrapped box full of angry hornets.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    Jay_C wrote: »
    As a thank you for their efforts, I wanted to give a gift to estate agent who has assisted with latest purchase,

    Anyone got any gift ideas, what goes down well as a gift for an agent?
    A glowing letter to their boss.
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 50,686 Ambassador
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    [STRIKE]Cash in a brown envelope.[/STRIKE] Oops. Sorry that is before exchange not after.
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  • Hoof_Hearted
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  • RuthnJasper
    RuthnJasper Posts: 4,033 Forumite
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    phoenix_w wrote: »
    In a similar vain, our estate agent has been horrible - pushy on us taking an offer (phoning up me straight after wife firmly told 'em "no" to an offer), and they tried to screw us over with their solicitor "recommendation" - putting it through as two conveyancing transactions (separate purchase & sale) to maximise their referral fees - potentially earning them over £800, and upping our conveyancing fees by a similar amount if we weren't complete idiots who don't read paperwork. To add insult to injury, they're not cheap estate agents either.

    Any ideas what "gifts" I could give them? I was thinking along the lines of flaming bag of dog poop, or giftwrapped box full of angry hornets.

    A conscience...? Not sure how much giftwrap would be needed for that though...

    Seriously, OP, I'm glad that you've had a nice experience. Maybe a nice bottle of wine/Scotch...?
  • ethank
    ethank Posts: 2,197 Forumite
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    I offered a bottle of champagne to our agent at Connells. He said he would prefer a letter or card from us singing his praises, as they often use them at salary review time!
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