Awkward moment...

eddddy

Tiners wrote: »

... the vendor told him ''we've decided not to sell and even if were we wouldn't sell to you if you were the last people on earth'' !!!:huh:

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

I'm going to hazard a guess that you don't know the full story on that one.

Actually, I know a few people who deal with guilt like that.

They feel guilty because they're going to shaft someone, so make it easier for themselves by convincing themselves that the 'victim' is a terrible person.

i.e. "It's not my fault I'm shafting you, it's your fault, because you're such a bad person"

hammy1988

You've mentioned the term 'before now I've been offered tea and coffee'...Yikes...how many times have you visited?? No wonder shes sounding a bit miffed!

Have you exchanged yet? Being allowed to measure up for curtains before exchanging is a NICE courtesy bestowed by the vendor, just because you are buying it doesn't mean she has to bend the knee.

Crashy_Time

hammy1988 wrote: »

You've mentioned the term 'before now I've been offered tea and coffee'...Yikes...how many times have you visited?? No wonder shes sounding a bit miffed!

Have you exchanged yet? Being allowed to measure up for curtains before exchanging is a NICE courtesy bestowed by the vendor, just because you are buying it doesn't mean she has to bend the knee.

Pardon?? Dropping the price will be fine thank you.....

hammy1988

I watch too much Game of Thrones it seems...

gax23

Cognitive dissonance. Wonderful thing.

gax23

Whoops. That was meant to be a reply to eddddy. Bloomin’ phone won’t let me edit it.

john_white

Tiners wrote: »

Vendors can be funny folks... I remember back in the late 80's my parents found their dream house, although it was very dated and a not very competitively priced they still offered full asking price straight off the bat as they were so keen on it.

With the offer accepted they got the ball rolling with searches and surveys etc but everything seemed to go very quiet and no progress appeared to be getting made and they couldn't get any answers out of the EA or solicitors as to the reason for the delay.

My dad then bumped into the vendors in the garden centre and very politely asked them if they knew why nothing seemed to be progressing... the vendor told him ''we've decided not to sell and even if were we wouldn't sell to you if you were the last people on earth'' !!!:huh:

Factually correct. If your parents were the last people on earth then the vendors would be dead and therefore unable to sell their property.