Arlene Waye Responds to 180 Adelphi Fiasco
For those of you who followed the listing-poaching story last week, the founder of the brokerage firm involved has responded and we’ve updated the original post with her email. You decide for yourself if you believe her.
For those of you who followed the listing-poaching story last week, the founder of the brokerage firm involved has responded and we’ve updated the original post with her email. You decide for yourself if you believe her.
Biff, I’m technically challenged, but I’ll be happy to tinyurl the link if you tell me how.
Thanks very much, DIBS. It’s a great house (and Carroll, between Henry and Clinton is a fantastic block), and I miss the Parlor Floor and especially the garden. I can’t say I miss most of the tenants I had over the years and especially the constant work required (and the attendant cost). That said, I am looking at houses again (as well as apartments) and considering taking the plunge again for the right house at the right price.
This woman is carrying quite a set in her pants! That explanation was lame and confusing at best. I don’t buy it for one second. Quit being an idiot!!!
MacD – to respond to your question, the potential harm to the FSBO owner is a realtor claiming some sort of relationship with the owner (or maybe even an a buyer) and seeking some form of commission and delaying or derailing a sale. Not likely, but a risk. Plus, sounds like they advertized for more than what the FSBO did. Just generally creates confusion with potential buyers, and could in a worse case, create a problem with a sale.
CGar, can you tinyurl the link?
NIce place, CGer.
Is she telling us with a straight face that all listings were taken down within 5 minutes of the owner’s call? The owner called her firm on July 9th and the listing wasn’t taken down until July 10th. THE NEXT DAY. And it was only taken down after she got a huge amount of bad press in B’stoner.
So her response includes one blatant and verifiable lie. Does she really expect us to believe the rest?
That’s funny, DIBS. There were actually not a lot of comments back then, and all but a couple were “Anonymous” posters. The comments were all positive, and the thread devolved into a general discussion of house width (my house was only 18 feet wide) and stairway location. Here’s the link:
http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/archives/2006/06/house_of_the_da_164.php
this lady’s doing herself no favors even if, by some incredible stretch of the imagination, they did send the owner some emails (which i highly doubt).
she manages to be: 1) ridiculously self-congratulatory (“the house was advertised well enough…,” “reaped the benefit”), 2) threatening to both brownstoner and the owner (“defame”, “smearing”), and 3) delusional and self-pitying (“for no good reason”). all the while, she admits to making “an error” but makes zero apology for it. incredible.
“Clearly it took a while for Awaye / jwlprincess to get their story straight.”
jwlprincess is now princessofdenial