Walk away, and let them stew. Didn't they already make at least a small concession after refusing your first offer and then getting a taste of the actual market? Worst case, you buy some other house that's less perfect but at least you're shed of having to do business with some truly unpleasant people who have been making what's already a stressful process even worse; or, in another couple of weeks, they find themselves needing to choke on their own shitty attitude and the shittier realities of the housing market and finally give you something you can truly work with.
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Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
JZ - Feb 19, 2012 12:37:23 pm PST #7928 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
sj - Feb 19, 2012 12:40:59 pm PST #7929 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Walk away, and let them stew. Didn't they already make at least a small concession after refusing your first offer and then getting a taste of the actual market? Worst case, you buy some other house that's less perfect but at least you're shed of having to do business with some truly unpleasant people who have been making what's already a stressful process even worse; or, in another couple of weeks, they find themselves needing to choke on their own shitty attitude and the shittier realities of the housing market and finally give you something you can truly work with.
This is a definite possibility. Yes, they did come down on the price after a week with no other offers.
lisah - Feb 19, 2012 12:46:22 pm PST #7930 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Yes, they did come down on the price after a week with no other offers.
That's crazy in these times! They are such a weird combination of impatient to sell and not willing to make the concessions they need to make to sell.
sj - Feb 19, 2012 12:48:05 pm PST #7931 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
That's crazy in these times! They are such a weird combination of impatient to sell and not willing to make the concessions they need to make to sell.
Yes, that is exactly how they are acting, and it's really infuriating.
Sean K - Feb 19, 2012 12:54:16 pm PST #7932 of 30001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Huh. I did not know David Ogden Stiers came out a couple of years ago.
le nubian - Feb 19, 2012 12:59:13 pm PST #7933 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
sj,
I'm just going to ditto what JZ said. I hate real estate transactions and it doesn't make the buyer feel good if you have to prior the seller loose on every.single.thing.
good luck. hopefully your agent has your back and will give you good counsel.
smonster - Feb 19, 2012 1:11:05 pm PST #7934 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Hi Nora!! Tom just headed home. I'm taking a break to feed the animals and then back for Bacchus.
sj, I hope you find something wonderful soon.
JZ - Feb 19, 2012 1:15:12 pm PST #7935 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Huh. I did not know David Ogden Stiers came out a couple of years ago.
Yup. It was very sweet and sad -- he said he was getting old and lonely and wanted to find a true partner for his twilight years, but he couldn't ask anyone to both be truly with him and stay quiet and closeted; just because he himself was frightened and shy enough to have kept quiet all those years, he had no right to expect the same of anyone else. So it was just time to be truthful and at peace, everywhere, with everyone, so he could be the kind of person worthy of being a true partner and spouse.
Sean K - Feb 19, 2012 2:13:19 pm PST #7936 of 30001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
That's totes adorable.
Typo Boy - Feb 19, 2012 2:35:20 pm PST #7937 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
sj, thirding walking away.
This is a buyers market. You will find something good. No point in dealing with a house where neither the agent nor the sellers are truly motivated to sell. Maybe you can mention that to your own agent. If they want to come back to you when they are feeling less like Divas you can consider it then, if you have not already found something else.