Should you mention the written errors you see?

Marte, when I see an error whether be in MLS or another platform, I always notify the agent by email. It's the right thing to do. 

Marte I will email a fellow AR member or a good friend/agent in our MLS. But as for all the other folks errors? I am not the spelling police for the tremendous amount of agents we have in our MLS - that would be a full time job!

Marte Cliff  i agree with Anna Banana Kruchten  not if it is a stranger have enough to do right now . Pulling rabbits out of hats

Hi Marte

It's a good question. I have notified agents of mistakes I have seen but it's usually more egregious ones, like the price in the MLS is $3,500,000 when I know it is $350,000 (the agent called me back to thank me), or when it says there is septic when I know in that area it is all community sewer. There are too many typos these days and I could spend all my time just sending notes or making calls about mistakes, and I suspect many would be annoyed at my doing so. I pick and choose carefully, as I do here in AR (and that I do via private email, never in a comment)! Some MLS listings are so bad I feel embarrassed for the agents, and sorry for their clients!!

Jeff

Hi Marte... I like the idea of a private note... as far as there and their...  I'd have to give that more thought...

Hi Marte - Interesting topic. I've mentioned more blatant errors to friends by note, and have appreciated their corrections of my stuff. But that's about as far as I feel comfortable going.

Marte- you're right about not correcting someone in a comment here...it would be just as if I told you that you had spinach in your teeth while we were standing with a group of friends. Thankfully Sharon Tara is kind enough to text me when I have an oops moment (about once a week!)

I know I would appreciate it if someone let me know that I had made errors in the MLS or marketing materials I had produced.

I like how point out mistakes to folks here who don't generally make them.  That's me too.  I've actually stopped reading one Rainer for their horrendous spelling and grammar.  Can't take it.

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I have come to understand that spelling is a lost art and most people don't care.  But if it's on a contract, then it's important enough to point it out.  I can't believe some of the bad spelling and errors I'll see on contracts, and sometimes even in CC&R's and other documents.  Doesn't anyone proof read anymore?

If I see a typo or spelling mistake here in the Rain, I send a message. As Kathy Streib mentioned I've done it for her and I've done it for many others. I would hope others would do the same for me. 

What really surprises me is that many times when I've done this,  I have been commenter #15 or higher and when I notify the writer of their mistake they tell me that none of the other commenters said anything. I'm talking about a real obvious mistake in the title of the post. It surprises me that nobody else said anything.

Marte - I've think I've mentioned that I am probably too aggressive in this area. I believe that when someone writes on a subject, it's not enough to be informed about the subject.  The written communication should be correct.

I just spoke with a client today who is chemistry teacher.  I told her that I was clueless on the subject and she said (not knowing my pet peeves) that she doesn't understand grammar.  I get that, BUT - she's not writing a blog!

Sometimes I correct more than other times but I sometimes think I "need to get a life!"

You are right. There is no reason to tell someone that they don ot understand the difference between "there" and "their" and "your" and "you're".

On AR I used to send emails to members, who would occasionally make a mistake in the title. And they did the same to me. Lenn Harley was watching me, and I occasionally would alert her.