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Dear Tampa Bay Florida Real Estate And Tampa Homes for Sale

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408

I feel awkward when I read the blog and want to comment, but there is not name. Instead there is "Tampa Bay Florida Real Estate And Tampa Homes for Sale", or "Starfish Real Estate", or "State Financial Services, LLC Financial Hope for America", etc.

I was reading the blog Coastal or Almost Coastal - Which is the best to Buy in Florida? and I wanted to leave a comment. I just hated the idea of writing "Dear Tampa Bay Florida Real Estate And Tampa Homes for Sale". I also usually do not do comments without putting the name. So I went to their home page, from there I got to their outside website, and, bingo... Now I could match the photo of the beautiful woman with not Tampa Bay Florida Real Estate And Tampa Homes, but with Julia Vakulenko. And that she is from The Ukraine, and that she was a computer programmer.

It is much nicer to say "hi Julia" than "Hi Tampa Bay Florida Real Estate And Tampa Homes". We all know that there are live people behind those Tampa Bay Florida Real Estate And Tampa Homes.  I think it will work better for you if you will have your name there as well.

I can understandwhen sometimes companies do that on purpose, because they are companies and want to be treated like this. So it does not surprise me when I see Real Bird, and not Zoltan, but I think Julia Vakulenko will win as Julia, not as Tampa Bay Florida Real Estate And Tampa Homes.

I have to admit that if I am in a hurry, I would skip and not leave a comment, as I do not feel like digging.

Is it worth 2 cents to you?

Comments (11)

Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Rick - I should not link to anyone, unless I want to, and sure I will not link to spammers like you. What I would do, however, is report you to AR.

I guess, some people are able to tell good from bad, but some have problems with it and quickly learn it after being slapped.

Wishing you the nicest slap on the face.

Jul 18, 2009 06:23 AM
Melina Tomson
Tomson Burnham, llc Licensed in the State of Oregon - Salem, OR
Principal Broker/Owner, M.S.

Well Jon I think you earned 10 points for reporting a spammer...

You know I have a hard time with that as well.  It's also hard for me when there are two names for a husband and wife team and I don't know which one left the comment.

Jul 19, 2009 03:45 AM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Melina - I know what you mean. With time I learned that Nestor & Katerina means that it is Katerina is writing, Frank & Sharon means that you communicate with Sharon, etc. Maybe Bryant Tutas is the smartest. He and TLW have separate accounts - LOL.

Jul 19, 2009 04:25 AM
Al & Peggy Cunningham, Brokers
RE/MAX West Realty Inc., Brokerage - Brampton, ON
Our Family Wants To Help Your Family!

Hi Jon! We agree, it is difficult to add a name without a lot of work on sites that are in a company name.  As for the couples with one site on AR. Ya, it can be confusing who is writing.  In our case its usually both of us!!  We just signed up to AR the same we market real estate.   Have a great night!

Peggy typing, Al & Peggy commenting LOL

Jul 19, 2009 12:10 PM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Al & Peggy - You made it really easy. I guess Peggy has faster fingers, though -LOL?

Jul 19, 2009 03:45 PM
Al & Peggy Cunningham, Brokers
RE/MAX West Realty Inc., Brokerage - Brampton, ON
Our Family Wants To Help Your Family!

Nah, not faster fingers..........Al is just better at delegating or am I a control freak? Nah, Al's a delegator!  ha, ha,  Written and commented by Peggy  Have a great day Jon!

Jul 20, 2009 01:40 AM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Guys, you are funny.

Written and approved by Jon Zolsky

Jul 20, 2009 01:39 PM
Lisa Hill
Florida Property Experts - Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Beach Real Estate

I feel the same way when I want to respond to their comments on my blog. I usually leave a comment that draws attention to the fact that they're showing no name. Example: ??? (No Name) in Tampa?  Then I write my comment. If I'm in a cranky mood, it's along the same lines, but crankier. LOL

Jul 25, 2009 02:50 PM
Lisa Hill
Florida Property Experts - Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Beach Real Estate

LOL at your comment to Rick. I love busting spammers! It's even more fun to expose the headers and forward it to the FTC as well, AND send a copy, showing all the people who got a copy of it, right back to the spammer =D  *mwa ha ha haaa* (That's my evil laugh) =P

Jul 25, 2009 02:52 PM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Lisa,

I think it happens because many people never put themselves in the readers (clients, customers, etc.) shoes and do not even notice that.

On some national real estate forums you may run into an offer of a property, but the guys are so into it, that they do not notice that unless I personally know the sender, I have no clue where in the nation the property is.

I also sometimes will use "Tampa Real Estate" and add in teh brackets that I am sorry I did not know their name, but it does not help.

Jul 25, 2009 03:55 PM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Lisa - this one was hilarious. Rick left me a comment with a link. It was very close to "cut the crap, follow the link, let's make money". It was so disrespectful to the soul of AR, that I got angry and left the comment. I did not want just to delete it, as I have reported it as spam to AR, and I did not want them to go to the post and not see it there. This is not me, who deleted Rick's comment, this was AR.

And I got 2 from him in one day, so I also sent him a personal e-mail, as I was sure he was not coming back to read comments. He responded with pretty much the same. He could not care less that I reported him, but he asked me whether I would forget the crap if he gave me a referral to a short sale in Palm Coast. The guy absolutely seriously believes that he can do whatever he wants and we will all shut up and rejoyce when he shows us a potential penny.

I did not even respond to him.

That's the stuff we sometimes have to deal with. Life is life.

Jul 25, 2009 04:03 PM