I've done a quick search and there is one similar thread but I really am a worrier and just wanted to check (afraid of being put on a bad credit rating list or something). To cut story as short as I can (plenty of previous posts by me explain situation as it occured:
Estate agent came to value my property. I said I was afraid it might not go over the 381 threshold but that I really felt it was worth more due to being an end property, but mid-terrace ones were going for 381. He told me he was confident he could get it over the 400 mark. I said that if it was only going to get 381 I would sell it myself as knew I could get that straightaway by putting an ad on DAFT. Paid him €200 upfront for advertising on myhome. 3 months later after his useless efforts at selling and rubbish service he's still coming back with the 381. I took house off market. Waited one month. Put house back on market and sold myself. Got over 410,000 within a week (took better photos, did a better brochure etc.) Got e-mail last week from smarmy EA pretening he was taking an interest to see 'how we got on'. Me trying to be nice told him the price we got and said I felt it was due to the effort I had put in, and was friendly in the e-mail and wished him luck in his business. Sale has closed I am in new house but got a re-directed (An Post) letter today from the EA saying that he wants €200 for 'signage' as it was us who took our property off the market.
I know the other half is going to tell me to bin the letter (and in fairness if I didn't have the re-directed post I probalby wouldn't have gotten it). I feel like writing a letter telling him exactly what I think of him for wasting 3 months of my time misleading purchasers and wasting my time (trying to get me to accept the 381).
Please someone tell me I do not have to pay this clown and that if I don't there is no danger of me being blacklisted.
Estate agent came to value my property. I said I was afraid it might not go over the 381 threshold but that I really felt it was worth more due to being an end property, but mid-terrace ones were going for 381. He told me he was confident he could get it over the 400 mark. I said that if it was only going to get 381 I would sell it myself as knew I could get that straightaway by putting an ad on DAFT. Paid him €200 upfront for advertising on myhome. 3 months later after his useless efforts at selling and rubbish service he's still coming back with the 381. I took house off market. Waited one month. Put house back on market and sold myself. Got over 410,000 within a week (took better photos, did a better brochure etc.) Got e-mail last week from smarmy EA pretening he was taking an interest to see 'how we got on'. Me trying to be nice told him the price we got and said I felt it was due to the effort I had put in, and was friendly in the e-mail and wished him luck in his business. Sale has closed I am in new house but got a re-directed (An Post) letter today from the EA saying that he wants €200 for 'signage' as it was us who took our property off the market.
I know the other half is going to tell me to bin the letter (and in fairness if I didn't have the re-directed post I probalby wouldn't have gotten it). I feel like writing a letter telling him exactly what I think of him for wasting 3 months of my time misleading purchasers and wasting my time (trying to get me to accept the 381).
Please someone tell me I do not have to pay this clown and that if I don't there is no danger of me being blacklisted.