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I believe I have evidence of an estate agent creating fake bids
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There's a difference. One is "you must offer me more to get the house otherwise someone else will get it" and the other is "I want you to offer more but even if you don't, there's a chance you will still get the house".AdrianC said:
No, there's precisely zero functional difference to you.kdotdotdotdot said:
Not entirely right as I see it. There's a difference between "There's another bidder and you'll have to increase your offer if you want to buy the house" and "The vendor wants you to pay more for the house".AdrianC said:Literally the only difference here between a simple "The vendor's rejected your offer - do you want to increase it" and what the OP alleges is that they've apparently Seen A Book With A Name In It. A name that may or may not bear a resemblance to that of somebody who may or many not be somebody else entirely.
The OP could, at any stage, have said "Nope, I don't want to pay any more."
Both situations are "Offer more if you want the house".0 -
This is a fallacy and the functional difference is the same because you cannot possibly say that just because someone has put in an offer means that they will actually pony up the cash and get the house and not offer 85 different reasons why they are no longer wanting to pay the agreed pricekdotdotdotdot said:
There's a difference. One is "you must offer me more to get the house otherwise someone else will get it" and the other is "I want you to offer more but even if you don't, there's a chance you will still get the house".AdrianC said:
No, there's precisely zero functional difference to you.kdotdotdotdot said:
Not entirely right as I see it. There's a difference between "There's another bidder and you'll have to increase your offer if you want to buy the house" and "The vendor wants you to pay more for the house".AdrianC said:Literally the only difference here between a simple "The vendor's rejected your offer - do you want to increase it" and what the OP alleges is that they've apparently Seen A Book With A Name In It. A name that may or may not bear a resemblance to that of somebody who may or many not be somebody else entirely.
The OP could, at any stage, have said "Nope, I don't want to pay any more."
Both situations are "Offer more if you want the house".
Remember the OP was advised by a professional that they were paying over the odds for the house but decided to ignore this.3
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