Threat of legal action against me over Trustpilot review :(

Ath_Wat

born_again said:

Ath_Wat said:

F1shyFingers said:

outtatune said:

Don't estate agents have an obligation to pass on all offers? If an agent demanded a fee from me as a buyer for any reason and at any point in the process I'd tell them to foxtrot oscar and expect it to make no difference whatsoever.

This is why I asked if this was a "modern auction" type of sale. In these cases, and I do think they're a complete ripoff.  The "winner" of said auction needs to pay some quite considerable fees to the estate agent and the seller, as far as I'm aware, pays nothing.

They're not a scam, per se, but they're ridiculously sharp practice and I'd advise anyone to avoid them.

However the OP has been incredibly tight-lipped about what actually transpired, and so there's probably little point in speculating or even advising the OP other than to say, speak to a solicitor.

There was a lot more detail in another thread, since removed.

This "estate agent" simply asks every prospective buyer to pay an unreturnable deposit on offer acceptance.  This is clearly stated on their website. I can only imagine they don't want buyers, for reasons outlined above.

Wayback machine may throw it up if you know when it was posted 😜

Why would I want to look? I know what was in it.