Bait-and-Switch on Washington Park?
We got an email on Saturday from a incredulous reader pointing out that a $4.5 million brownstone listing on Washington Park had just popped up on the New York Times. Say what? With a little digging, the whole thing really started to stink. The ad from DJK Residential was using “borrowed” photos from an old…
We got an email on Saturday from a incredulous reader pointing out that a $4.5 million brownstone listing on Washington Park had just popped up on the New York Times. Say what? With a little digging, the whole thing really started to stink. The ad from DJK Residential was using “borrowed” photos from an old Brooklyn Properties listing for, we believe, 181 Washington Park. When you clicked through to the DJK web site, though, the map location said 192 Washington Park, an impossible address based on the the backyard photo. So a friend of the original tipster gave the broker, Ken Smith, call. Surprise, surprise: Within 24 hours of the listing popping up, it was already in contract! But, of course, the broker would be more than happy to show her something else. Here was Ken’s reply email:
Thank You for your enquiry but this house is no longer available. I will be happy to assist you with other properties if you remain interested. I am expecting some details with regard to a similar property also located in a hi-end Brooklyn neighborhood.
Pretty darn fishy.
192 Washington Park [NY Times]
The link is no longer working. Seems someone got the clue and pulled the webpage.
Yesterday Brownstoner posted elsewhere on the site that he wasn’t going to allow anonymous “guests” to trash companies on here because it encourages really lame bashing of one’s competition. What happened to that policy today I wonder? Thank goodness most of the brokers who frequent this site are truly professionals and don’t take it to the new lows we’ve seen lately.
Wow!
Who take the bait very easily. Officious idiot.
oh…got it.
You know, like this this site is a great cage for high-minided brokers.
I thought you meant coop like for chickens.
Although… there was a recent forum post asking whether brokers are capable of lying…
Fishy indeed. Do they think people are that stupid?