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Posted by Banty on March 1, 2008, 3:12 pm
trader4@optonline.net says...
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>> >> Smitty Two wrote:
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>> >> >I was in email contact with an agent recently, and decided that she wa=
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>> >> >not responsive enough to my needs, so I informed her I would look
>> >> >elsewhere. That seemed acceptable to her at first, but after a couple =
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>> >> >days of chewing on it, she apparently went off the deep end,
>> >> >constructing a vicious written attack that I would characterize as rab=
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>> >> >or psychotic.
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>> >> >I have written to the owner and manager of the Century 21 franchise fo=
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>> >> >whom she works, but since she's a top seller for him, I'm not holding =
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>> >> >breath that he'll concern himself too much with my complaint.
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>> >> >So do any of you happen to know whether there is a procedure for forma=
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>> >> >redress of grievances against agents? Are they sworn to uphold some so=
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>> >> >of code of ethics? Does Century 21 censure its agents if they misbehav=
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>> >> >or are individual franchises free to operate however they choose?
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>> >> I haven't read all of this thread, and I'm interested mostly because it=
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>> >> has run on so long. =A0Is it correct
>> >> that you had no contract with her? =A0You were an interested buyer? Jus=
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>> >> for curiosity, what was the
>> >> essence of what the realtor said that was offensive? =A0If you have
>> >> already written to her agency, and you
>> >> don't have a financial investment, I have trouble understanding what wa=
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>> >> so offensive. =A0If she made
>> >> remarks that might come under discrimination laws, I can understand
>> >> taking it further. =A0O/w, she is just
>> >> not a likeable person, which is much more of a problem for her than for=
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>> >> you, it would seem. =A0Being
>> >> offended by email by an almost complete stranger just doesn't seem like=
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>> >> a big deal to me.
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>> >I think the thing that irritates me the most is that this woman appears
>> >to be a psychopath, masquerading as a real estate agent. I hate
>> >deception.
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>> LOL! =A0Oh come on. =A0What - psychopath is some kind of profession? =A0Ho=
>w about the
>> much more likely, and boring, scenario that she's a real estate agent who =
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>> her professionalism around you. =A0For some reason.
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>> After this post, and the lack of any details coming from you after all thi=
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>> time, I'm thinking you had more to do with it.
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>Yeah Banty, I'm with you. Something doesn't pass the smell test
>here. To me, even the idea that this incident really involves ethics,
>doesn't fit. I consider unethical behavior to be where someone
>misuses a fiduciary role, has a conflict of interest, an undisclosed
>financial interest in something, practices racial discrimination, etc.
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>Simply being rude in a letter I would characterize as unprofessional,
>but not unethical. And I would report it to their employer and be
>done with it.
Yeah. That's what rational people do.
I think he's here fishing for something he can get back at her with. Bleaaah.
Life's too frickin' short for that.
Banty
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