Dishonest property agents?!?

**zooter** · 10th June 2007, 20:56

Originally Posted by busa pete

Can you give me an instant.

Instance. What he seems to have had : "I'll buy you house for X zillion dollars" "OK I accept your offer but I need to have my lawyer check the legality of your contract" At what stage does a contract exist? Anything else and you'd have a "verbal contract", but I'm no lawyer, just asking.

**degrom** · 10th June 2007, 21:03

Originally Posted by jonbuoy

Can't say that I would ever trust an agent - just as I wouldn't trust any salesman thats on commision. No one gets into sales because they like helping people.

You forgot about politicians because we need them to waste our tax money and kiwisavers... LOL

Luckily we have a clever bunch at the bee hive that all own investment properties and will never agree with the capital gain taxes because they will also loose out... LOL

**Mrs Busa Pete** · 10th June 2007, 21:06

Originally Posted by zooter

Instance. What he seems to have had : "I'll buy you house for X zillion dollars" "OK I accept your offer but I need to have my lawyer check the legality of your contract" At what stage does a contract exist? Anything else and you'd have a "verbal contract", but I'm no lawyer, just asking.

Technicaly yes but if someone else came along and put an offer on paper you will loss out you could take it to court but would cost a shit load of money and still probely come out of it with nothing. The thing is what is he going to give to the lawyer to read and check the the legality of. If you are going to buy a property you need to put it on paper with all the condition of the purchase And just so you know you can buy a contract from whitcols.

**degrom** · 10th June 2007, 21:07

Originally Posted by zooter

Instance. What he seems to have had : "I'll buy you house for X zillion dollars" "OK I accept your offer but I need to have my lawyer check the legality of your contract" At what stage does a contract exist? Anything else and you'd have a "verbal contract", but I'm no lawyer, just asking.

That is inexactly what I want to know!!! Can the agent stall that?

**Karma** · 10th June 2007, 21:09

Originally Posted by busa pete

I'm not going to say what i would like to but.
YES WE CAN WE INTRODUCE HIM TO THE PROPERTY do you not get that bit.

Ok... I think you need to put the coffee down now.

**zooter** · 10th June 2007, 21:14

Originally Posted by busa pete

And just so you know you can buy a contract from whitcols.

Cheers for that. So what he should do is march around to the owner with a Whitcoulls contract and fill it in with them on the spot and the agent gets his commission as "introducer" everybody happy?

**Drum** · 10th June 2007, 21:34

As an aside to this 'argument'. Here are the results of the 2007 Readers Digest survey of professions, listed from most trusted (Firefighters) to least trusted (Politicians). And coming in at 35 out of 40 is.........

1. Firefighters
2. Ambulance officers
3. Pilots
4. Nurses
5. Veterinarians
6. Doctors
7. Pharmacists
8. Marriage celebrants
9. Teachers
10. Dentists
11. Armed forces personnel
11. Farmers
13. Judges
14. Childcare providers
15. Police officers
16. Postal workers
17. Hairdressers
18. Chefs
19. Bus/train drivers
20. Counsellors
21. Personal trainers
22. Accountants
23. Customer service/IT help desk staff
24. Mechanics
25. Tradesmen
26. Religious ministers
27. Financial planners
28. Lawyers
29. Bartenders
30. Sales assistants
31. Business executives
32. Domestic cleaners
33. Taxi drivers
34. Journalists
35. Real estate agents
36. Psychics and astrologers
37. Sex workers
38. Car salesmen
39. Telemarketers
40. Politicians

**Karma** · 10th June 2007, 21:39

WOO 23!! Get on!

**marty** · 10th June 2007, 21:40

Originally Posted by busa pete

This is Wendy And you are wrong we can claim our fees for up to six months after vendor has given listing to another agency.THAT AGENT INTRODUCE HIM TO THE PROPERTY. Would you like me to start queting reinz rule book or do you think i'm just another dishonest agent. Shit i have nothing to gain.

the reinz rule book. now there's a scary piece of literature. funny those 2 'words' are mentioned in the same breath.

if only vendors/buyers could dick agents around as much as agents can fuck with vendors/buyers. i abhore the thought of paying $20000 to someone who fucks me around and tells me lies - and i'm tied into it because i had to sign an exclusive agency contract. shame i didn't write my OWN reinz book

i'll never use a real estate agent again, and in the unlikely event that i do, i'll only be signing up for 2 week periods at a time

**Mrs Busa Pete** · 10th June 2007, 21:40

Originally Posted by Drum

As an aside to this 'argument'. Here are the results of the 2007 Readers Digest survey of professions, listed from most trusted (Firefighters) to least trusted (Politicians). And coming in at 35 out of 40 is.........

1. Firefighters
2. Ambulance officers
3. Pilots
4. Nurses
5. Veterinarians
6. Doctors
7. Pharmacists
8. Marriage celebrants
9. Teachers
10. Dentists
11. Armed forces personnel
11. Farmers
13. Judges
14. Childcare providers
15. Police officers
16. Postal workers
17. Hairdressers
18. Chefs
19. Bus/train drivers
20. Counsellors
21. Personal trainers
22. Accountants
23. Customer service/IT help desk staff
24. Mechanics
25. Tradesmen
26. Religious ministers
27. Financial planners
28. Lawyers
29. Bartenders
30. Sales assistants
31. Business executives
32. Domestic cleaners
33. Taxi drivers
34. Journalists
35. Real estate agents
36. Psychics and astrologers
37. Sex workers
38. Car salesmen
39. Telemarketers
40. Politicians

Well at lest we arn't last.

**Mrs Busa Pete** · 10th June 2007, 21:45

Originally Posted by Marty

the reinz rule book. now there's a scary piece of literature. funny those 2 'words' are mentioned in the same breath.

if only vendors/buyers could dick agents around as much as agents can fuck with vendors/buyers. i abhor the thought of paying $20000 to someone who fucks me around and tells me lies - and I'm tied into it because i had to sign an exclusive agency contract. shame i didn't write my OWN reinz book

I'll never use a real estate agent again, and in the unlikely event that i do, I'll only be signing up for 2 week periods at a time

Mate we get dick around heaps by vendors and buyer but hay that is part of the job.
But anyway your choice i wish you luck should you be in that situation again.

**Patrick** · 10th June 2007, 21:46

15th.... and there were some posts from the disgruntled few about how the whole of NZ was against us... Told ya so...

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.....

**yod** · 10th June 2007, 21:47

Originally Posted by busa pete

I'm not going to say what i would like to but.
YES WE CAN WE INTRODUCE HIM TO THE PROPERTY do you not get that bit.

yes you can introduce him to the property??

um....well done?

do you mean; yes we can, we introduced him to the property??

if that is, in fact, what you meant; it is quite simple to add a clause to the agency contract that says the vendor can sell elsewhere without having to pay you commission - do you not get that bit?