Has anyone heard of a buyer agent lying about getting their offer officially accepted?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

What?! Why? You got what you wanted.

You are going to walk because of some fantasy you have about what you imagine happened and it pissed you off?

I don't understand either. What's wrong with taking two days to evaluate all the offers? It's not like your trying to buy a stroller off NextDoor. This is a major purchase/sale.

Because I accepted their counter immediately and was told I would have a contract to sign asap. I expected it the same day as verbally accepting it. They lied telling me it was coming 3 times and it didn't until days later. They didn't even sign the contract until yesterday. They dragged their feet and found out I'm not interested in games.

That is so weirdly spiteful, though. You wanted the house and you got your terms at the end of the day. But you’re going to have a hissy fit and walk because you don’t like that you THINK they wanted to play games? WTAF?

DP here. OP *knows* they wanted to play games. Actually more than "play games" - OP's realtor lied to OP about having the document but not being able to open it and conspired with the sellers to string along OP.

I've bought four homes and sold two. While I agree that emotions should be kept at bay, the issue here is the willful deception. I would be very concerned about what else they're trying to deceive OP with. Major plumbing leaks that they painted over? Roof leaks they just threw new shingles over without fully fixing the roof? There's just too much risk here to do $1.35M in business with these people.

Still absurd. That’s not real world. So much weird catastrophizing and jumping to conclusions and weird paranoia.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

What?! Why? You got what you wanted.

You are going to walk because of some fantasy you have about what you imagine happened and it pissed you off?

I don't understand either. What's wrong with taking two days to evaluate all the offers? It's not like your trying to buy a stroller off NextDoor. This is a major purchase/sale.

Because I accepted their counter immediately and was told I would have a contract to sign asap. I expected it the same day as verbally accepting it. They lied telling me it was coming 3 times and it didn't until days later. They didn't even sign the contract until yesterday. They dragged their feet and found out I'm not interested in games.

That is so weirdly spiteful, though. You wanted the house and you got your terms at the end of the day. But you’re going to have a hissy fit and walk because you don’t like that you THINK they wanted to play games? WTAF?

It's not 2022 anymore and their behavior is indicative of how the whole transaction would go.

That is completely absurd. Your petulance is dumb.

If I told you I'd get paperwork to you (so you could give me money and purchase my home) multiple times, over several days stringing you along and then didn't without any explanation what would you think? If I would have asked for repairs I'm sure they'd do the same, lie and string me along making the home buying process difficult. They could have asked if I'd be willing for them to hold off on making a decision, ask for best and highest or counter for more. Instead they accepted it and then went quiet trying to get more money. They already showed me they were liars.

You really have no business buying a house, OP. You’re too emotional, suspicious and irrational.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

What?! Why? You got what you wanted.

You are going to walk because of some fantasy you have about what you imagine happened and it pissed you off?

I don't understand either. What's wrong with taking two days to evaluate all the offers? It's not like your trying to buy a stroller off NextDoor. This is a major purchase/sale.

Because I accepted their counter immediately and was told I would have a contract to sign asap. I expected it the same day as verbally accepting it. They lied telling me it was coming 3 times and it didn't until days later. They didn't even sign the contract until yesterday. They dragged their feet and found out I'm not interested in games.

That is so weirdly spiteful, though. You wanted the house and you got your terms at the end of the day. But you’re going to have a hissy fit and walk because you don’t like that you THINK they wanted to play games? WTAF?

DP here. OP *knows* they wanted to play games. Actually more than "play games" - OP's realtor lied to OP about having the document but not being able to open it and conspired with the sellers to string along OP.

I've bought four homes and sold two. While I agree that emotions should be kept at bay, the issue here is the willful deception. I would be very concerned about what else they're trying to deceive OP with. Major plumbing leaks that they painted over? Roof leaks they just threw new shingles over without fully fixing the roof? There's just too much risk here to do $1.35M in business with these people.

Still absurd. That’s not real world. So much weird catastrophizing and jumping to conclusions and weird paranoia.

Welcome to DCUM. Filled with paranoid lunatics.

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Still absurd. That’s not real world. So much weird catastrophizing and jumping to conclusions and weird paranoia.

You really have no business buying a house, OP. You’re too emotional, suspicious and irrational.

Ok so clearly OP isn't cut out for home purchasing/ownership. OP is now involved in neither; the seller failed close the deal; and the buyer agent deserves nothing anyway.

Where's the problem?

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Still absurd. That’s not real world. So much weird catastrophizing and jumping to conclusions and weird paranoia.

You really have no business buying a house, OP. You’re too emotional, suspicious and irrational.

Ok so clearly OP isn't cut out for home purchasing/ownership. OP is now involved in neither; the seller failed close the deal; and the buyer agent deserves nothing anyway.

Where's the problem?

The creation of this thread. Actually multiple threads. That were ultimately about nothing.

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Still absurd. That’s not real world. So much weird catastrophizing and jumping to conclusions and weird paranoia.

You really have no business buying a house, OP. You’re too emotional, suspicious and irrational.

Ok so clearly OP isn't cut out for home purchasing/ownership. OP is now involved in neither; the seller failed close the deal; and the buyer agent deserves nothing anyway.

Where's the problem?

The creation of this thread. Actually multiple threads. That were ultimately about nothing.

Actually it's a great lesson for sellers regarding not dicking around someone who is willing to pay your list price.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry about all of these crappy agents you're dealing with, OP. But please find a new agent and make sure all future offers you submit have an expiration date of no more than 24 hours. That way, at least you wouldn't be in a position where your offer is still technically lingering out there and you had to say that you wanted to pull it. Also makes it harder for the offer to be used to get other offers.

Expirations are silly

It's silly to not have expirations. Only an idiot will make an open ended offer.

They’re silly because you obviously want the house or you wouldn’t make an offer. And the seller knows this. I ignored the expiration dates at my agent’s recommendation— they still wanted it later.

And the seller still wants their $1.35M. Both sides have something to lose here. As a seller, I immediately ratified the full price offer we received. I wasn't going to screw around hoping for a few thousand more when it could also have been a few thousand less if the buyer walked.

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Still absurd. That’s not real world. So much weird catastrophizing and jumping to conclusions and weird paranoia.

You really have no business buying a house, OP. You’re too emotional, suspicious and irrational.

Ok so clearly OP isn't cut out for home purchasing/ownership. OP is now involved in neither; the seller failed close the deal; and the buyer agent deserves nothing anyway.

Where's the problem?

The creation of this thread. Actually multiple threads. That were ultimately about nothing.

"multiple threads"? What? How do you know Anonymous is the same Anonymous?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

What?! Why? You got what you wanted.

You are going to walk because of some fantasy you have about what you imagine happened and it pissed you off?

I don't understand either. What's wrong with taking two days to evaluate all the offers? It's not like your trying to buy a stroller off NextDoor. This is a major purchase/sale.

Because I accepted their counter immediately and was told I would have a contract to sign asap. I expected it the same day as verbally accepting it. They lied telling me it was coming 3 times and it didn't until days later. They didn't even sign the contract until yesterday. They dragged their feet and found out I'm not interested in games.

That is so weirdly spiteful, though. You wanted the house and you got your terms at the end of the day. But you’re going to have a hissy fit and walk because you don’t like that you THINK they wanted to play games? WTAF?

DP here. OP *knows* they wanted to play games. Actually more than "play games" - OP's realtor lied to OP about having the document but not being able to open it and conspired with the sellers to string along OP.

I've bought four homes and sold two. While I agree that emotions should be kept at bay, the issue here is the willful deception. I would be very concerned about what else they're trying to deceive OP with. Major plumbing leaks that they painted over? Roof leaks they just threw new shingles over without fully fixing the roof? There's just too much risk here to do $1.35M in business with these people.

Still absurd. That’s not real world. So much weird catastrophizing and jumping to conclusions and weird paranoia.

Yes it is the real world. You’ve just been spoiled by an outrageous real estate market. Eventually that will all end and the market will become a buyers market where sellers will offer whatever they can to get their property sold.

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Still absurd. That’s not real world. So much weird catastrophizing and jumping to conclusions and weird paranoia.

You really have no business buying a house, OP. You’re too emotional, suspicious and irrational.

Ok so clearly OP isn't cut out for home purchasing/ownership. OP is now involved in neither; the seller failed close the deal; and the buyer agent deserves nothing anyway.

Where's the problem?

The creation of this thread. Actually multiple threads. That were ultimately about nothing.

Actually it's a great lesson for sellers regarding not dicking around someone who is willing to pay your list price.

I'm sorry, what lesson is that? Because my takeaway from this weird tale is buyers are liars (which is a familiar refrain in the real estate industry, but I digress).

I mean, let's review ... OP wants to buy a house and puts an offer on a house and has a tantrum because seller didn't ratify the contract on some arbitrary timeframe in OP's mind and OP imagines that seller did unspeakable things with the offer. At the end of the day, seller does seek to ratify the offer with the terms as offered by OP, who, again, wants to buy the house ... but OP has a temper tantrum and walks because ... why, exactly? Meanwhile, OP still doesn't have a house.

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Anonymous wrote:Actually it's a great lesson for sellers regarding not dicking around someone who is willing to pay your list price.

+1 to this.

As a buyer, you never know your heart is into a house until you sign the offer and EMD.

Sellers you either ratify, or be prepared for seconds thoughts.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. If anyone is curious I received a signed counter offer dated today at noon. My guess is they couldn’t get people to go above my full price offer. With that said I’m not signing anything and will be moving on from everyone.

What?! Why? You got what you wanted.

You are going to walk because of some fantasy you have about what you imagine happened and it pissed you off?

I don't understand either. What's wrong with taking two days to evaluate all the offers? It's not like your trying to buy a stroller off NextDoor. This is a major purchase/sale.

Because I accepted their counter immediately and was told I would have a contract to sign asap. I expected it the same day as verbally accepting it. They lied telling me it was coming 3 times and it didn't until days later. They didn't even sign the contract until yesterday. They dragged their feet and found out I'm not interested in games.

That is so weirdly spiteful, though. You wanted the house and you got your terms at the end of the day. But you’re going to have a hissy fit and walk because you don’t like that you THINK they wanted to play games? WTAF?

DP here. OP *knows* they wanted to play games. Actually more than "play games" - OP's realtor lied to OP about having the document but not being able to open it and conspired with the sellers to string along OP.

I've bought four homes and sold two. While I agree that emotions should be kept at bay, the issue here is the willful deception. I would be very concerned about what else they're trying to deceive OP with. Major plumbing leaks that they painted over? Roof leaks they just threw new shingles over without fully fixing the roof? There's just too much risk here to do $1.35M in business with these people.

Still absurd. That’s not real world. So much weird catastrophizing and jumping to conclusions and weird paranoia.

Yes it is the real world. You’ve just been spoiled by an outrageous real estate market. Eventually that will all end and the market will become a buyers market where sellers will offer whatever they can to get their property sold.

My word, some of you have quite the imagination.

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Still absurd. That’s not real world. So much weird catastrophizing and jumping to conclusions and weird paranoia.

You really have no business buying a house, OP. You’re too emotional, suspicious and irrational.

Ok so clearly OP isn't cut out for home purchasing/ownership. OP is now involved in neither; the seller failed close the deal; and the buyer agent deserves nothing anyway.

Where's the problem?

The creation of this thread. Actually multiple threads. That were ultimately about nothing.

"multiple threads"? What? How do you know Anonymous is the same Anonymous?

It would be exceedingly rare for multiple buyers to have the exact same situation over the same weekend and choose to complain about it on DCUM simultaneously. Especially in a low-inventory, late October market, when sales are down to 2009 levels, and mortgage rates are 8.7%.

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Still absurd. That’s not real world. So much weird catastrophizing and jumping to conclusions and weird paranoia.

You really have no business buying a house, OP. You’re too emotional, suspicious and irrational.

Ok so clearly OP isn't cut out for home purchasing/ownership. OP is now involved in neither; the seller failed close the deal; and the buyer agent deserves nothing anyway.

Where's the problem?

The creation of this thread. Actually multiple threads. That were ultimately about nothing.

"multiple threads"? What? How do you know Anonymous is the same Anonymous?

It would be exceedingly rare for multiple buyers to have the exact same situation over the same weekend and choose to complain about it on DCUM simultaneously. Especially in a low-inventory, late October market, when sales are down to 2009 levels, and mortgage rates are 8.7%.

What skin do you have in this? You aren't the seller.

You sound emotional, suspicious and irrational.