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I am with Gools on this as well. I know a lot of agents and most of them do the right thing. There are always agents I would avoid, but they are in the minority. That doesn't mean I would not rather have the commission money in my pocket, but I do believe that trying to sell my own house or...

Interestingly, my mother chose an agent to market and sell her own home. She knew this particular agent would negotiate and get her a good price. And most people would not put their heads in an oven, just because someone told them to, or "conditioned" them to do so.

Many buyers think their house is worth more than the market thinks it is worth. So you may find you are aiming too high and become stale.

Thanks Andrew. I imagine if agents were not honest and were found to be pocketing the difference they would cop a hefty fine or lose their licence?

Can you show us your facts???

That is not what I am talking about. I thought you were getting at the old story that they would get the vendor to pay $500 for an advert, but they would get the advert for say $400 because of volume discounts, and pocket the rest. If this happened in the past, I believe that it does not happen...

I believe that these days any advertising kickbacks or discounts that would benefit the agent at the expense of the vendor have gone the way of the dodo. Perhaps one of our agents can confirm this.