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"Onward Negotiation"

Here's an interesting service. When moving, your selling EA helps you to get a lower price on the place you want to buy. There's a (no win no pay) fee of course:)
https://www.perrybishop.co.uk/selling/Onward-negotiation
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  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,559 Forumite
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    Here's an interesting service. When moving, your selling EA helps you to get a lower price on the place you want to buy. There's a (no win no pay) fee of course:)
    https://www.perrybishop.co.uk/selling/Onward-negotiation

    But how can they know if they've saved you money? It's not as if you can agree a price with the vendor, and then ask a third party to lower that price. The vendor would most likely put the property back up for sale, and sell instead to someone who doesn't play games.
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  • hazyjo
    hazyjo Posts: 15,475 Forumite
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    If some 'trained negotiator' rang an EA to try to let a lower price, how on earth would that work? The vendor makes the decision, not the EA lol!

    Are you suggesting they ring the vendor direct? Because if they or a buyer did that to me, I'd tell them where to go.
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  • kinger101 wrote: »
    But how can they know if they've saved you money?.

    I'm guessing - Property on the market at (say) £250k. You could:
    1. Pay £250k OR
    2. Use an Onward Negotiator who gets it down to £240k. You have saved £10k. Onward Negotiator charges you (Guess) 10% = £1k
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  • Thrugelmir
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    I'm guessing - Property on the market at (say) £250k. You could:
    1. Pay £250k OR
    2. Use an Onward Negotiator who gets it down to £240k. You have saved £10k. Onward Negotiator charges you (Guess) 10% = £1k

    As a buyer why pay anything. Simply negotiate through the EA.
  • Thrugelmir wrote: »
    As a buyer why pay anything. Simply negotiate through the EA.

    The EA is acting for the seller and is hardly likely to negotiate a deal that's good for you:rotfl:
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  • eddddy
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    I'm guessing - Property on the market at (say) £250k. You could:
    1. Pay £250k OR
    2. Use an Onward Negotiator who gets it down to £240k. You have saved £10k. Onward Negotiator charges you (Guess) 10% = £1k

    I'm not sure how you think purchase negotiation works.

    What's the difference between:

    a) Me offering £240k
    b) The "onward negotiator" offering £240k

    In both cases, the EA will pass the offer of £240k on to their client. Their client will decide whether to accept £240k.

    (If anything, it's the EA's negotiating skills that are important. They will want to persuade their client to accept £240k.)
  • Thrugelmir
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    The EA is acting for the seller and is hardly likely to negotiate a deal that's good for you:rotfl:

    EA only earns commission once the property is sold and the deal concluded. A few £'s of commision are neither here nor there. ;)
  • eddddy wrote: »
    What's the difference between:

    a) Me offering £240k
    b) The "onward negotiator" offering £240k

    For you or me, possibly no difference:) However, Mr Average might offer £245k. The "onward negotiator", being more canny might first offer £235k before settling for £240k:T
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  • eddddy
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    For you or me, possibly no difference:) However, Mr Average might offer £245k. The "onward negotiator", being more canny might first offer £235k before settling for £240k

    What???

    You'd pay an "onward negotiator" £1k, or whatever, for that mind-blowingly clever tactic?

    I think that most people would work that out for themselves.
  • eddddy
    eddddy Posts: 17,814 Forumite
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    Looking back at your previous post, you seem to say that you are a good negotiator:
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/76360295#Comment_76360295


    Is it that you're seeing "Onward Negotiation" as a business opportunity for yourself?

    Maybe earning thousands of pounds for very little effort?

    I'm not sure it's that easy in real life.

    (If it was, I suspect that there would already be lots of millionaire "onward negotiators" and large profitable firms doing "onward negotiation".)
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