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Post by Clinton Cool on Oct 12, 2020 22:00:27 GMT
Following Abdul's 3 texts 'I'm buying on cash' that proved not to be true following an initial firm promise that 'I will complete by the end of September', and a text on Thursday 'I promise to give you a firm completion date tomorrow' followed by total silence, I conclude that Abdul was never in the financial position to make the claims he did. For some reason he chose to run this charade, I'm not quite sure why. Perhaps he had stars in his eyes, the idea of owning the 2 houses next door was really appealing. The strange thing about this is that this will have cost him some money. Not as much as the £4,100 it has cost me for sure but still, a few hundred quid is a few hundred quid, not to be sniffed at.
This is far from my first experience of dishonest Asians.
Maybe some of our resident commies will be along shortly to say that I'm a racist or a bigot. Fair enough, but my perception is based on experience, experience is more or less the opposite of the ignorance that apparently goes hand in hand with the racism and bigotry.
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Post by phil70 on Oct 12, 2020 23:48:37 GMT
We sold a house to an Indian who decided on the day we should have exchanged that he wouldn't unless we dropped the price by 5K. As the house was in West London I told him to stuff his money as I could get another buyer in short order, which I did. Later that day my solicitor rang to say he had been approached by another Indian who was looking for a property to buy at a reduced price, strange that ain't it. Our new buyers had been gazzumped and wirh jobs lined up were keen to move quickly which they did. Our original buyer having forked out for a full survey was trying to get back his deposit, tough on him for trying to stitch me up. Not sure what it cost him but I wasn't out of pocket so I was happy. Strangely my neice some 30 years on handled the sale of the property the sellers were the gazzumped couple Phil
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2020 23:51:20 GMT
It's a scam to knock the price down.
Happened to my cousin and yes it was Indians.
It also happened to my mum but in that case it was the estate agent doing it but she saw through him and he was the one who lost out in the end.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Oct 12, 2020 23:57:24 GMT
Good on you for resisting. It would have been easy for you to cave in, better to have a bit less guaranteed than nothing, and all that. Certain people thrive on trying to take advantage of this kind of thinking.
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Post by lollygagger on Oct 13, 2020 5:23:20 GMT
A (shock horror) white guy did it to us, it's a standard house buying behaviour because it can work. Ours had been to sealed bids, he won then tried to knock the price way below the other bidders. It was a game that eventually would no doubt pay off but not for us. I told the est ag to F him off whatever his future offers and not send any more wide boys round.
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Post by patty on Oct 13, 2020 5:40:06 GMT
Sorry to read about the house sell fiasco..what r your plans now? Guy is trying to get my niece to drop her house price having invented 'flaws' on the survey he commissioned..she got her own done...shes not yet told him to do one but has moved out anyway as hubby job is paying for 6 month rental. Its all a bit odd. There are far to many dishonest people who are getting away with these scams.
I hope you manage to get everything sorted.
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Post by lollygagger on Oct 13, 2020 6:33:22 GMT
It not scams it's people buying a house as investment and the easiest way to make money is by not spending it. If anyone can think of an easier way than cheeky house buying for the average person to make £5-10-20-50k I'd be surprised.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 13, 2020 6:52:45 GMT
If anyone can think of an easier way than cheeky house buying for the average person to make £5-10-20-50k I'd be surprised. Yes, I can think of easy ways of making loads-a-wonga - become an MP: Rishi Sunak - Member of Parliament, legislator - Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom Born: 1980, Hampshire, England Annual salary: £71,090.00 + perks + House of Commons subsidised bar + bonuses + handsome pension. Rishi says: "It's very easy spending other people's money!!!" "at the end of July 2020, UK debt was £2,004.0 billion, £227.6 billion more than at the same point last year."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2020 6:55:08 GMT
It's what happens buying and selling houses ... which is why the process certainly used to be listed as second in stress levels, only to the death of a spouse.
It is not racist to describe your experience with an Asian buyer ... it is a factual account (from your perspective) and your experience ... the problems begin to arise when or if you attribute such conduct to the race rather than the individual.
As has been said, dishonesty is not a race issue ... people conduct acts of malice, ill will, dishonesty, brutality, love and good or bad humour ... their ethnicity or colour is not usually a factor (but of course not always).
Good luck with the ongoing sale.
Rog
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Post by bodger on Oct 13, 2020 7:10:48 GMT
If anyone can think of an easier way than cheeky house buying for the average person to make £5-10-20-50k I'd be surprised. Yes, I can think of easy ways of making loads-a-wonga - become an MP: Rishi Sunak - Member of Parliament, legislator - Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom Born: 1980, Hampshire, England Annual salary: £71,090.00 + perks + House of Commons subsidised bar + bonuses + handsome pension. Rishi says: "It's very easy spending other people's money!!!" "at the end of July 2020, UK debt was £2,004.0 billion, £227.6 billion more than at the same point last year." are you really suggesting that £71k plus perks is a good salary for a senior executive?
you must have been left behind in the rush.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2020 7:26:02 GMT
...their ethnicity or colour is not usually a factor (but of course not always). So it is a factor sometimes? Example?
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 13, 2020 7:28:50 GMT
I forgot to add all the backhanders which come when you offer your friends contracts paid for from the public purse. The 'basic salary' is only a front.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Oct 13, 2020 7:29:37 GMT
...their ethnicity or colour is not usually a factor (but of course not always). So it is a factor sometimes? Example? Q. What do you get if you cross a black man with a Pakistani? A. A car thief who can't drive.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 13, 2020 7:38:20 GMT
"Gov has so far awarded 11 billion worth of covid contracts to private companies yet failed to publish details of contracts"
Why the secrecy? I think we can guess.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Oct 13, 2020 8:00:43 GMT
Sorry to read about the house sell fiasco..what r your plans now? Guy is trying to get my niece to drop her house price having invented 'flaws' on the survey he commissioned..she got her own done...shes not yet told him to do one but has moved out anyway as hubby job is paying for 6 month rental. Its all a bit odd. There are far to many dishonest people who are getting away with these scams. I hope you manage to get everything sorted. I'll probably hold on to the 2 houses for now. I'm still hoping to get the place in Wales but the process is being held up. My delinquent solicitor didn't suggest getting an indemnity policy for works to the listed building that lack a building control certificate. Instead, she's been hassling the seller via their solicitor to get a copy of the certificate from the council. This is a very bad idea as contacting the council would invalidate any indemnity policy taken out. The seller has, quite rightly, told her to do one. This is all from my own research and time spent on legal forums. Also Welsh water have failed to supply the results of a drainage search, ordered over 2 months ago. I guess someone is sat at home doing nothing earning £40K because it's too dangerous to go to work and when next year's bills go out, there will be a large increase 'because of covid'. If I do complete on the place in Wales I'll now face paying 3% stamp duty because I own other property. This would not be the case if I was selling a house I owned and lived in but those who live on boats, in caravans or rent rather than own the property they live in face this discrimination. I've kind of being preparing for this, taking a fatalist view of life rather an optimistic one. I chose well. Otherwise I'd have exploded by now.
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