Yes, I know they’re scummy as fuck. Yes I know they’re gonna turn it into yet another overpriced rental. But I’m mostly asking if they’re otherwise legit.
I get those offers all the time and typically shitcan them immediately. The most recent offer I got is for twice what I paid for the place, and honestly, it’s enough to be my ticket out of this backwards-ass shithole state. Otherwise, barring a surprise lottery windfall, I’m stuck here for the foreseeable future.
Assuming all is above board, the main concern I have is if it’s worth that much to them, wouldn’t it be worth that much to me? FWIW, I like my house and my neighborhood, but it sadly exists within a shithole of a redneck state where I’ve been disenfranchised all my life, and I want the fuck out of here.
Edit: Thanks everyone. I knew they were scammy/scummy but several of the replies cleared up how they operate, and it’s scammier than even I was thinking. Back to buying my weekly lottery ticket and hoping for the best. 🤞
Cool. I don’t. I think manipulative tactics are fucked up and illegal.
Anytime a sales person tries to manipulate me I walk away. Usually they become abusive… probably because manipulating people is a form of abusive coercion.
But hey, I also don’t associate with anyone in marketing or sales… for this very reason. They tend to think manipulation is the entire point of human relationships.
Too bad for both of you, there’s already a term: ripoff.
So you believe walking into a pawn shop and selling something to them for an agreed upon amount is no different than someone just stealing the object from you? They are completely different degrees of skeevy to me.
Also we could just throw most car salespeople into the pawn shop position, because that’s their entire job is to weasel as much money out of a person as possible.
Maybe just any commission job. As the employees are gambling they can swindle people for more money than they would otherwise get with a flat price tag
Yeah, that’s why I walked away from every car dealer who was a weirdo manipulative twat, and I bought my car from the sales person who was honest and didn’t try to sell me upgrades and sold me the car for the quoted price. They exist.
I walked out of 6 different dealerships before I found an honest salesperson. And they got my business.
Just like I don’t buy shit from pawn shops or other shady businesses.
I don’t disagree with any of your points, and I feel the same way about sales tactics, but I still think straight up robbery is much worse and it’s own category.