Update

Gillespie - you're hilarious, you should be writing headlines for the tabloids or broadsheets! I haven't seen the Queen movie but she won all the awards didn't she?

What about the S.TIMES...'CROCODILES LOOSE IN DISNEY"

Georgia, your story is horrendous, I totally agree with Gillespie, we never did 'Inspection Trips' and never would, if a buyer is serious they will not think twice about paying for their own flights and hotel. I really hope they get stitched up at customs big time. You should have charged the full amount of the trip to their creidt card for costing you money and having the audasity to admit to it. This sort of person should be ashamed of themselves, in my opinion that's the same as stealing from you. Don't do the subsidised thing, people try to use and abuse it...only if you let them.

Most of our clients buy our salespeople lunch, not the other way round! They're true buyers.

There's a well known saying about people with budgets and wishes and that's 'buyers can be liers' yes some agents are liers too but sometimes I wish clients would realise if they tell us exactly what they want before they arrive, it saves a lot of time for the client, of course people can change their mind when they get here for example, they may decide that they will look at townouses as well as apartments so sales people have to have excellent product knowledge and be able to think on their feet but it would help much more if clients told the truth too!!

What about the clients that want everything before they get here...floor plans, spec, full photos, exact location etc, then they say they're not buying for another 6 months. OK I'll speak to you then, when what I have just given you will probably be sold! There's a limit to what you can do on the phone, some properties look far better in real viewings.

Rixxy, totally agree with your story, sellers can be even worse, my original story shows a little bit of that.

Oh now - dont get me started. All buyers are liars - most agents are as well so why oh why do I have to spend so much of my precious time arguing with another idiot owner who has been told his property is worth 280,000 euros by another agent (yup Duquesa) and then comes to me who auctions off for a living?

Whats the sense in that? If they reckon they can get that amount then bugger off to the local agent who sold it to them

Dont you just love the 'amount of money' they have made since buying the place??

WAIT TIL YOU SELL IT THEN SPEAK TO ME

And amazing how many come back after a year to us... THEN I tell them its worth less cos they waited around.

My buyers love me!!

Very true Gillespie,needless to say we have changed our policy since that experience and now only do inspection trips if the clients pay themselved,we then pay for flights and hotel on completion of purchase.

I also had clients once that said they could only buy if there son who had been electronically tagged could come to Spain with them!This was on day three of the trip and when i said i did not think this would be possible(putting it the nice way)they blamed me for misleading them!!

I never even knew they had a son let alone his criminal record.

Sounds fun and if the weather were better I m so flippin quiet I reckon I would take you up on that one!

Dead innit!

Don't think so but if he is maybe he can get us some type of discount at Harrods to spend all our commission that us agents earcn so much!

Electronically tagged, ha that's so funny imaine that going through the x-ray machine at the airport! Oh my god, wonder what their budget was?!

Gillespie, now do the NEWS OF THE WORLD...they're so funny. Go on who was the actress...

Rixxy, same happens with us daily, we get phone calls from unknown clients always when they have to complete in like 4 weeks time and want us to try and sell it for them. I always ask them who sold it to you in the first place? What are they doing to help you? And it's always one of the big boys, and guess where the developments are...yup Duquesa, Casares always Arenal devs too, basically ones that we never trouched with a 10-foot barge pole in the first place. We know they are non-starter investments, what can you do, I always qualify if they can afford to complete because I'll be damned if we have interest for those type of developments. Most of the clients can't afford to complete, they are self-employed with no accounts, arrggh why weren't they qualified for completion before the agent even took the deposit in the first place, well don't answer that cause we know why, deposit = private contract = commission = bye bye client. It make me livid.  and then you get the know it all buyers that say it's saturated - yes - in those non viable areas but the legitimate developments WITH LFO's and bank valuations carried out on them that are in desirable urbs are maintaining value and steadily will increase as supply for those legitimate devs is at a halt.

Gosh - you have one with an LFO do you? Lucky you are you know!

Where are you based Emzhops?

yeah, not many though! When will the hit list be finalized do you think?

I'm in Marbella, office based and you?

Do they really sell fresh antelope in Harrods or are you just pulling our legs, maybe he's ordering that red flag for your actress lady client!

D'oh just realised you're in Marbella too sorry Rixxy, it's all this forum talk cracking me up. Better go and do some more work now,just had a call from another off-planner wanting to sell! Oh JOY!

Have a great day people,

Emz

Oh we wouldnt Gilespie - you're miles away on the colder coast!!!! Yes I bet he is there or on his way now - poor woman!

Good luck with the off planner Emz - oh and Gilespie - I am getting quite a few wanting to enter auction from your end - Im happy to send them your way if you like - after Ive given them a real shock about prices.

Let me know.

Have a great one boys