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Whatever it is, I'd say the final outcome should be the involvement of the police!
Gotta keep your eye out for the clause in the sale agreement that states the agent is entitled to his commission if the contract exchanges but doesn't go to settlement.
Which basically means you ahve to pay commission but your house doesn't sell. Great!
I have come across it a couple of times and had it deleted, sometimes grudgingly.
NO AGENCY AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE OF PROPERTY = NO LIABILITY
THE AGENCY HAS NO RIGHT TO YOUR MONEY. end of story.
Legally - if you didnt have a signed sale agreement with them - you dont owe them one cent. Morally i'd fling them a check for a thousand bucks for making a phone call. With a note saying "legally you are not obliged to pay them but as a gesture of goodwill heres $1000" That should do it.
Asking for 1.8% on their part without an agreement is a bit rude. Looks like an ambit claim to me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambit_claim