I had something along these lines except the other agent never asked my customer if she was working with an agent ran out at 7 pm at night to show her a property and wrote the contract on the spot, my customer knew I had prior engagements and couldnt show property that night. Funny thing is I spoke with my buyer asking why she did what she did, well she must have said something ot that agent after that because my broker got a call the next morning by this agents broker saying that I was unethical and trying to alienate the agent from the buyer. Um hello I know your agent didnt even ask that oh so important question and you want to bring me up on charges? I just believe in Karma or at least I tell myself that so I dont go postal on someone one day :)

I had a procuring cause issue.  The other agent paid me a 25% commission and she was professional in her apologies that it happened.  She is an excellent agent and handled it appropriately (I thought).

Hi Heather: It's a small world in this business, and I have found it's better to let these things roll off your back. What goes around does tend to come around, for some unexplainable reason. It's distressing that not all agents have integrity.

Hi Fran: That's generally how they end up. One agent pays the other a referral fee. But some drag on and on. And some agents adamantly refuse to pay referral fees, even when they knowingly swipe a client. It takes all kinds in this business, and those agents ruin their own reputations.

When agents have a good experience working with another agent, sometimes we forget to say thank you to that person, which is regrettable. However, when an agent has a bad experience, human nature dictates that we yak about it to anybody who will listen until the cows come home. Even though the Code of Ethics prevents us from bad-mouthing, believe me, it's done, if for no other reason than to warn.