Saturday 11 July 2009

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The parasite we appointed put our property details on Rightmove.co.uk. When we viewed them along with the photos we quickly realised what a bag of shite they were. The key features consisted of two things - parking and garage. What the fuck is key about those two features?

Following a quick phone call to the parasite we were informed it was a technical restriction with the parasite management software they use, but if you read the small print below the key features they are of a high standard (bollx). To add insult to injury, I'd emailed this parasite some proper pictures taken with my digital SLR a couple of days earlier and he went on to complain to me about how the pictures I'd sent him clogged their entire email system and stopped all the staff from working. What the fuck are they using, a 9600 baud modem connected to Compuserve for fucks sake? Things must be bad if they can't afford 10 quid a month for broadband.

In the end, a friend of a friend made us an offer and saved us an enormous parasite fee. Fuck you parasite!

Why do we use parasites when we have the Internet available? These parasites do nothing apart from encourage Gazumping in order to earn themselves more commission.

The UK online property market is dominated by a single player - http://www.rightmove.co.uk/. If anyone is looking for a property, their first port of call is Rightmove. So, why not just put your property directly on Rightmove and avoid the middleman? Because, Rightmove only allows parasites to upload properties. If they allowed vendors to advertise their own properties they would 'alienate' their existing parasites who pay them money.

Come on Rightmove, don't be a parasite. Open the flood gates. Charge vendors £99 a pop to upload up to 15 photos. Your revenue will go through the roof (excuse the pun).

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