$2M Sale and realtor thanked us with a Yeti.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When we bought our first house, we got a few 10% discount coupons for Macy’s. Second house at 2 mil, we received wine, a personalized cutting board and a Tiffany bowl. All useful. We also get a pie every year from the realtor. I think agents should give something. It helps generate business. I’ll refer people to my last agent.

+1

For everyone saying that a realtor gift is ridiculous - you are either a) cheap b) clueless c) realtor or d) ALL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always get gifts for my clients but sometimes that looks different when I represent the sellers. When I represent the sellers, I often pay for staging which can be $3k-4K or more for a large home. I have paid for painting, have paid for contractors to fix things in the house that need repair. Did this agent do any of those things? If not, I would agree that the YETI was ridiculously cheap!

Nope.. nada.. nothing. no staging, no paint, the house practically sold itself. Which is what I knew would happen, but to get a yeti as a thank you is just sooo cheap and thoughtless.

[Anonymous]

We received a 1% rebate on commission and a lovely painting of our new house. 1 million dollar house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I got a beautiful little framed art picture of the house once too, that was a good gift. Most recently I bought an inexpensive condo and the realtor gave me a basket with dishtowels, a coffee mug and other assorted housewarming type gifts, I appreciated it very much.

I think it's possible your Yeti tumbler was a commentary on how easy or difficult it was to work with you. Perhaps she or he does not really want any repeat business from you? Considering the current downturn in the market that is a bit of a serious issue you might want to consider.

Nope - in all honesty, we were very easy to work with and the Agent did zero painting/staging, etc.

Ignore the troll, OP. Your realtor was foolish to pass up the chance to get more business from referrals, especially from a client with neighbors in a $2M neighborhood.

There were a few other gestures that showed how cheap the realtor really was. If anyone asks about our experience with this realtor, we do not recommend. Knowledgable but cheap.

That's really bad. Sorry that happened to you. With the current downturn in the market, the realtor posting above might want to consider whether or not it's worth alienating clients.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Their cut on that sale is $60,000

If I sold my 2 million dollar house with a Realtor and all I got was a branded $300 cooler, I can promise you I would tell every person I know to never use them.

Wasn’t that the agreed upon price for their services?

Realtors give “gifts” because some clients are whiny babies who will give them a bad referral because they didn’t get their egos stroked with monogrammed tea towels.

- not a realtor

Have you read any of the above? It's very common for realtors to give thank you gifts. I'm in sales and frequently send thank you gifts to my clients.. and there's always "an agreed upon price".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Their cut on that sale is $60,000

If I sold my 2 million dollar house with a Realtor and all I got was a branded $300 cooler, I can promise you I would tell every person I know to never use them.

Wasn’t that the agreed upon price for their services?

Realtors give “gifts” because some clients are whiny babies who will give them a bad referral because they didn’t get their egos stroked with monogrammed tea towels.

- not a realtor

+1. I'm so glad that I'm not a realtor. I'd lose my mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We received a 1% rebate on commission and a lovely painting of our new house. 1 million dollar house.

2 800k houses, nada.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Their cut on that sale is $60,000

If I sold my 2 million dollar house with a Realtor and all I got was a branded $300 cooler, I can promise you I would tell every person I know to never use them.

Wasn’t that the agreed upon price for their services?

Realtors give “gifts” because some clients are whiny babies who will give them a bad referral because they didn’t get their egos stroked with monogrammed tea towels.

- not a realtor

Have you read any of the above? It's very common for realtors to give thank you gifts. I'm in sales and frequently send thank you gifts to my clients.. and there's always "an agreed upon price".

They give gifts because it has become common and now expected to the point clients who don’t get one - or even the “right” one - stomp their little feet and threaten to bad mouth the realtor. Yes, I get that it’s marketing but don’t pretend it’s a thank you gift. It’s more like extortion. Babies.

[Anonymous]

Wait - they received $60K in commissions and gave OP a tumbler branded with their name?

this is absurd. What a cheapo!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait - they received $60K in commissions and gave OP a tumbler branded with their name?

this is absurd. What a cheapo!

branded with the realtor's name, not even OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait - they received $60K in commissions and gave OP a tumbler branded with their name?

this is absurd. What a cheapo!

branded with the realtor's name, not even OP

Poor, poor OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait - they received $60K in commissions and gave OP a tumbler branded with their name?

this is absurd. What a cheapo!

Well, OP got $2M and is complaining that they don't like their free coffee cup....

[Anonymous]

We've bought and sold $4M of real estate over the past year and a half. We got one gift-a framed drawing of the house we sold. It was actually a pretty nice gift. We got nothing for the other 2 and I don't care one bit. The realtors did a great job with little headaches on my end. I'd rather have that vs. some gift..

[Anonymous]

A $35 branded tumbler is outright insulting. I'm sure OP would rather have received nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A $35 branded tumbler is outright insulting. I'm sure OP would rather have received nothing.

OP here - this is exactly my point. I wasn't expecting anything and would have preferred nothing rather than a tumbler with the realtors name on it.