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Dealing with Timewasters

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  • tea-bag
    tea-bag Posts: 548 Forumite
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    I am moving from Berkshire to Wales and when I went into the agents in wales they asked my position I said not on the market yet but it will sell in a week. They did not take me serious. 2 weeks later I went back told them my house was sold and only took 2 days they did not beleave me so I showed them on rightmove they was shocked!

    Different world around there.
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    Davesnave wrote: »
    Whenever I see the words, "No timewasters" on an advert, I move swiftly on.

    That says everything I need to know about the attitude of the person who placed it.

    I'm always tempted to phone them and check exactly what they define as a timewaster...
  • Beancounter
    Beancounter Posts: 1,076 Forumite
    davidmcn wrote: »
    I'm always tempted to phone them and check exactly what they define as a timewaster...
    Someone who phones up and asks stupid questions like that I would guess.:D
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    tea-bag wrote: »
    I am moving from Berkshire to Wales....
    Different world around there.

    We were rarely, if ever, asked our position by agents whilst viewing in West Wales during the late noughties. Maybe that was because we usually arranged things via the 'ladies' on the front desk, with viewings by the vendors, or by key if the place was empty.

    The only times we met an agent were on block viewings, with elderly and infirm vendors, and two other instances when he agent was, for devious reasons, attending personally in order to put us off!

    Yes, a different world, with quite a few vendors who weren't that fussed whether they sold this year or next. Also, many badly described properties with wildly ambitious prices, but it would have been churlish to complain about the waste of good diesel....

    Time wasting, indeed!:rotfl:
  • Mocha61
    Mocha61 Posts: 107 Forumite
    When my daughter was selling her house through an estate agent they were bringing people to view who couldnt even afford it so you could still have time wasters with estste agents.
  • anselld
    anselld Posts: 8,646 Forumite
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    Mocha61 wrote: »
    When my daughter was selling her house through an estate agent they were bringing people to view who couldnt even afford it so you could still have time wasters with estste agents.

    ... people who thought they might negotiate an affordable price but who found out your daughter was a timewaster for sticking to a high asking price ... just the other side of the coin.
  • System
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    anselld wrote: »
    ... people who thought they might negotiate an affordable price but who found out your daughter was a timewaster for sticking to a high asking price ... just the other side of the coin.

    How do you know the house was overpriced?
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  • anselld
    anselld Posts: 8,646 Forumite
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    Walcott wrote: »
    How do you know the house was overpriced?

    It doesn't matter. I am just pointing out how the other side may view the situation. i.e. there is no such think as a timewaster only people with a different perspective on the potential deal.
  • System
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    Surely someone is time wasting here. While I agree with the assertion that this is all part of the process, it is either overpriced or the potential buyer is under bidding/can only proceed at a price that is significantly lower than what they viewed at.
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  • anselld
    anselld Posts: 8,646 Forumite
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    Walcott wrote: »
    I personally wouldn't see anyone as a time waster.
    Walcott wrote: »
    Surely someone is time wasting here.
    OK then. I thought I agreed with you but now I'm not sure!!
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