[quote=AN][quote=sdrealtor]LAFTER
When was the last time the guy at the golf shop put you in his car and spent hours driving you around to go try out clubs?[/quote]
I guess they would if they’re trying to sell $500k golf clubs :-). I can’t speak for everyone, but I would much rather go see the places myself. Just give me the code. Would be nice if they establish a finger print system and anyone can go in if they want to and if the house is available for showing. Those who want their hands held can still pay for it. At this moment in time, there’s really not much option for those who don’t want their hands held.[/quote]

100% with you on this, AN.

We don’t want someone to “sell” us anything. We know what we want, know how to price things, and know how to negotiate (if we ever wanted to do that ourselves).

Quite frankly, many agents get in the way of transactions because they stand between the buyers and sellers. I honestly think we could negotiate a cleaner, easier deal without agents, but they hold the keys to the MLS and lockbox system, so buyers are pretty much forced to use them.

BTW, I fully acknowledge that not all buyers/sellers are capable of negotiating deals, but for those of us who don’t want to waste our time with ungodly amounts of paperwork, and who would rather sit down at a table — directly communicating between buyers/sellers — and quickly see if we can come to a conclusion, the whole realtor-led method can make things much more adversarial than necessary.

I think Scarlett was clear that she did **NOT** want to waste a realtor’s time if she wasn’t going to close a deal with them. At least that’s how I read it.