Is it strange that the seller wont accept a higher offer?

Davesnave

Alter_ego wrote: »

On that basis, every woman is a prostitute! Well, it's the same principle.

Are all prostitutes women?

Many people certainly prostitute themselves for money, in the sense that they do things they wouldn't otherwise wish to do in order to achieve a suitable income. They will rationalise it in all sorts of ways, of course, but they put a value on their time.

Alter_ego

Davesnave wrote: »

Are all prostitutes women?

Of course not, that was just an example.

Smodlet

Talk about digressing! Every woman is most certainly not a prostitute, some manage perfectly well without men: Nuns, for instance, any woman who can pay the rent/mortgage herself, me, before I met my wonderful and, at the time, totally skint husband...
:rotfl:

Mickygg

Nah, if I had someone wanting to offer on the property without seeing it I'd stay well away. I mean, you would actually want to see the property, then there is every chance you would back out.
I would never accept an offer from someone who hasn't even seen the property.

cashbackproblems

anotheruser wrote: »

The problem is though, people as a whole love money.

All those posters saying "glad the seller didn't accept your offer" - how much would you take to change your mind? 20k, 30k, 40k?
Everyone has a tipping point. Unlikely someone will offer 40k over the asking price, but there is no hiding behind morals and whatnot.

i agree this is business, i wouldn't have no loyalty and its not something iv signed up to. If you were selling a car and verbally accepted but someone walked off street and offered u 10k more would u sell.. i know i would

Davesnave

Smodlet wrote: »

Talk about digressing!

I don't think it was digression. The point was made that many of us can be bought, and I believe it's valid. We might know what the right action is, but it's a brave person who always puts their principles above economics.

But in the case of a newly advertised house, there's a question whether it's had sufficient exposure to the market for the seller to be correctly rewarded. I think that's a moral issue too.

On this board, people tend to see the deal struck between first potential buyer and seller as sacrosanct, whereas I see a possibility of the seller being ripped-off. Not everyone is clued-up, like those on this board. Just as some people hold out for a price far too long, others sell too cheaply, for a variety of reasons. If they are well-informed reasons, fine.

I did not say it applied in this case, however, because it seems the house may have been on the market for some time.

theGrinch

offer + position + timescale is the trinity

Niv

I have just done what the seller in the OP has done.

Once I agreed to sell my house I refused all other viewings and would not entertain any further offers - a potential viewer saying 'well if I like it I will pay £10k more' would not sway me.

david1951

I bought a house once and was the first person through the door. It was on "between £x and £y". I offered in the middle there and then and he accepted. Fast forward a couple of months and he sends an email prior to exchange saying he wants another £20k as he miscalculated the original price.

Pretty sure I'm digressing here but hopefully it has some relevance.

anotheruser

Alter_ego wrote: »

On that basis, every woman is a prostitute! Well, it's the same principle.

How is that the same principle?