Clients have changed their minds, but we ALWAYS call back the agent and tell them if that is the case.

No confession here, I've NEVER done this and I know from past experience I'd really prefer not to enter into a transaction with this "piece of shitake mushroom covered cheesecake". She'll likely be just like this throughout the whole thing!

Good luck!

Colleen

Oh I had a Miss Short Sugar-Free Vanilla Soy Extra Foam Latte - Tell me the same thing last Fall.  I waited  and  waited...  when I called her 2 days later she said ... oh yeah  I have it here - I forgot to send it!

WHAT?  Oh lovely!  (Yes I describe People by their Starbucks order.  It says alot about people actually!)

I have never done this.  I believe in not saying a word until the ink is dry on the paper and check in hand!

Bob/Carolin: The trick is even trying to get a hold of them. They don't answer calls. They're probably hiding behind that marshmallow.

Colleen: There you did it.....just let it out!

James: I hope you added cream to it too.

Rick: You're a good agent. Too many don't do that and promise you the world sometimes.

I'm with Rick. Offers are the "Holy Grail" of this business and are not to be treated lightly.

It boggles the mind what some people consider professional behavior.........hey, can I get the job of firing the eyes into those cute little fellows???

That is a real pet peeve of mine too. I never tell a Seller until I have it in hand.

Wayne, some agents don't treat it as such sometimes.

Bonnie, go ahead and fire away! :)

Christina, it is definitely a pet peeve for me too.

I did it once, the client was meeting me to sign the paperwork.  They never showed up, never called, nothing.  I can only assume that something happened and they had to join the Witness Protection Program or got lost and still looking for me two years later. 

I waited and waited and finally gave up and went to have a late lunch and a couple beers.  Then I ran into a friend and hung out for a while longer.  Then I had to go home and see the wife and kids, then bathtime, get them settled into bed.  The next morning we left for the weekend, had a nice trip.  By Monday morning I had put it behind me and moved on to the next. 

Well the LA had been calling and calling and by Sunday night it appeared that she had had one to many rum soaked raison in her ice cream.  I still had hope that my buyer would awake from a comma and call, or the aliens would bring them back home, or they would be able to dig out of whole that swallowed them.  I did at least send her an email and told her there was a issue with the missing buyer.  She was even more mad. 

So now, I never say Im sending an offer unless its loaded in the fax machine and ready to go. 

By the way, its been 2 years and that buyer is still missing.  If anyone has any info please call me or have them call me.  I just want to make sure they are safe HAHA!!!

Chad,

That is an interesting story. I'll keep an eye out for them. I'll pass the word around the rain.