True story: (1997) I was referred to a couple wanting to sell their home by a friend of mine that was selling new homes at the time. They wanted to price it OVER market, to give them room to negotiate don't you know? I refused, they agreed to my price & hired me. We sold their home in a reasonable amount of time & they bought a new home from me.
A few years goes by, they decide they don't like the new community they purchased. They wanted to list it & price it OVER market, to give them room to neogitate don't you know? I refused, they agreed to my price & 
hired me. This time though, someone showed their home without an hours notice as they had requested, so they FIRED me! Ok fine! 4 months goes by, their home isn't sold... they call me to "bail them out" of the mess they have created. I agreed, sold their home at the original price I recommended & they bought a new home from me.
A year goes by, they decide to move to Arizona. They again wanted to price it OVER market, again I refused & this time, they hire someone else. 3 months goes by before they realize they've made yet ANOTHER mistake. They call me to sell their home, which I do & they move to ARIZONA.
8 months later, they HATE Arizona. The neighbors are not nice to them etc... so they want to move BACK to Las Vegas. They go through 3 agents in Arizona before accomplishing their goal & finally move back to Las Vegas in a home that I sold to them.
No lie... 1 year goes by & they decide that there are too many children in their new neighborhood and decide to sell this home. This time - They Hire Me 1st... (what a concept)!! We sell in a timely manner! (amazing how that works when you take good advice)!! HOWEVER, the husband insists on purchasing their new home in a neighborhood they insisted they would never live in, built by a builder they insisted they would never buy from. I sold it to them (under duress I might add)!
Seriously, 2 months goes by & the wife is about to divorce her husband for buying this "PIT" as she called it. They decide to sell this home at a price ABOVE market value... This time, I don't refuse because I think eventually they'll get it & this time we can CUT OUT THE MIDDLE MAN! WRONG!!
I have their home on the market for approx. 3 months recommending price adjustments on several occasions. "Put a pricetag on your happiness" I suggest. They refuse. Month 4, they decide I MAY NOT BE THE AGENT FOR THEM!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? FIRED AGAIN?? OMG!!
So... 18 months goes by... they have gone through 4 agents since then.... The market continues to slide... they called me a few months ago to list their home. Now, my recommended price is literally $100,000 LESS than it was the first time I list it. They think I'm crazy... Seriously? I'm the CRAZY one??
We mutually decide NOT to do business together... So now, their home has been on the market for 2 years at a price FAR above what I had recommended. Apparently, their happiness is worth FAR less than mine!!
The moral to my story... You can't help everyone... because not EVERYONE wants to be helped!
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Sue-I'm feeling your pain. Although not a referral, somebody from my SOI. I see this being an issue coming up over the next few months. Some people just don't get it. It's kind of like going into the Doc being told you need to take better care of your body and still sticking with the same bad habits. The Doc knows best in the medical field and as real estate professionals we know best in the real estate field. Some people just need to learn the very hard way.