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Selling Acronyms

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  • do163600
    do163600 Posts: 38 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary
    I find 'offers in excess of' very off-putting.
  • Aylesbury_Duck
    Aylesbury_Duck Posts: 15,982 Forumite
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    Surrey_EA wrote: »
    Would it not be an initialism?
    Yes, an initialism but it is also an abbreviation.
  • daivid
    daivid Posts: 1,286 Forumite
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    I've only bought once, when I was looking I was also put off by offers in excess. If a house is new to the market I can understand the desire to chance ones arm as a seller. When looking at houses that had been on the market some time and where IMO clearly overpriced the tag put me off entering into any offers dialogue with a delusional seller.
  • bobobski
    bobobski Posts: 771 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Chutzpah Haggler
    I've been on the hunt for a property for most of this year (long story) and I have literally ignored all descriptors ahead of the price. I wouldn't fret about it if I were you; if you're aiming to attract buyers, I'd just avoid anything that looks like game-playing.
  • Goath
    Goath Posts: 63 Forumite
    Third Anniversary 10 Posts
    Thank you all


    Sorry I meant abbreviation - not Acronym


    So the general consensus is not to worry about it.
  • Mutton_Geoff
    Mutton_Geoff Posts: 4,060 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    "First to see will buy". Saw that in a house ad once when I thought that phrase was confined to the Arthur Daleys of this world!
    Signature on holiday for two weeks
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    Mutton_Geoff wrote: »
    "First to see will buy". Saw that in a house ad once when I thought that phrase was confined to the Arthur Daleys of this world!
    Sounds rather sinister. Do they lock you in until you sign the contract?
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