My cover got blown in some Temecula model homes

[temeculaguy]

So I go out to some model homes to see if the cancellations are up with the credit crunch and to narrow down my choices of which ones to stalk for standing inventory as we move toward the end of the year. I go visit one of my finalists from my favorite builder and have a few questions for the sales person. During a five minute conversation she is extremely honest about the market and is easily the most realistic and personable salesperson I have met. She says “do you go on the housing blogs?” I respond that I read piggington and she imediately says with a smile “do you post as Temeculaguy?” In a split second I lie and deny it because I’m not so sure how much of my buying strategy can be gleaned from my posts and it is possible I will be buying from this person in the future. I know she will read this and I should have just fessed up but I was taken aback to find that someone could identify me in five minutes. It felt like having an annonymous online romance with someone only to find out by chance it is your co-worker at the next desk, wasn’t that the plot to “you’ve got mail.”

Has anyone else ever been identified in the real world?

[JWM in SD]

Not yet, but I suspect it will happen soon enough. Boy they are really going to hate me….

[JWM in SD]

Not yet, but I suspect it will happen soon enough. Boy they are really going to hate me….

[JWM in SD]

Not yet, but I suspect it will happen soon enough. Boy they are really going to hate me….

[Allan from Fallbrook]

JWM: Hey, we ALL know you’re the guy downtown with the ZZ Top beard and sandwich board sign reading “The End is Nigh!”.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

JWM: Hey, we ALL know you’re the guy downtown with the ZZ Top beard and sandwich board sign reading “The End is Nigh!”.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

JWM: Hey, we ALL know you’re the guy downtown with the ZZ Top beard and sandwich board sign reading “The End is Nigh!”.

[Drew]

Not quite the same situation, but I had a similar experience.

I was sitting in my office at work and a fellow employee (same company, but we don’t work directly with each other) that sits two offices down from me stopped by to chat about something work related. I can’t recall exactly how the conversation came up, but we began discussing his home being in escrow (he was the seller).

After a few minutes of explaining that I had done the same last summer and my thoughts on the current housing situation, he asked me if I had ever heard of piggington.com. Ironically, I had it minimized on my desktop, as I had just posted a topic, so I maximized it and said, “of course!”, and that it was one of the key factors in my decision to sell!

Before this conversation, we had probably only interacted a few times, and now we chat at least once or twice a week about housing, heh. I respect the desire to remain anonymous, so I’ll let him fess-up to being my co-worker if he reads this thread 🙂

[Drew]

Not quite the same situation, but I had a similar experience.

I was sitting in my office at work and a fellow employee (same company, but we don’t work directly with each other) that sits two offices down from me stopped by to chat about something work related. I can’t recall exactly how the conversation came up, but we began discussing his home being in escrow (he was the seller).

After a few minutes of explaining that I had done the same last summer and my thoughts on the current housing situation, he asked me if I had ever heard of piggington.com. Ironically, I had it minimized on my desktop, as I had just posted a topic, so I maximized it and said, “of course!”, and that it was one of the key factors in my decision to sell!

Before this conversation, we had probably only interacted a few times, and now we chat at least once or twice a week about housing, heh. I respect the desire to remain anonymous, so I’ll let him fess-up to being my co-worker if he reads this thread 🙂

[Drew]

Not quite the same situation, but I had a similar experience.

I was sitting in my office at work and a fellow employee (same company, but we don’t work directly with each other) that sits two offices down from me stopped by to chat about something work related. I can’t recall exactly how the conversation came up, but we began discussing his home being in escrow (he was the seller).

After a few minutes of explaining that I had done the same last summer and my thoughts on the current housing situation, he asked me if I had ever heard of piggington.com. Ironically, I had it minimized on my desktop, as I had just posted a topic, so I maximized it and said, “of course!”, and that it was one of the key factors in my decision to sell!

Before this conversation, we had probably only interacted a few times, and now we chat at least once or twice a week about housing, heh. I respect the desire to remain anonymous, so I’ll let him fess-up to being my co-worker if he reads this thread 🙂

[temeculaguy]

Wow Drew, the odds of that are astronomical. I wonder how many page views there are here, there only seems to be a couple hundred posters.

[temeculaguy]

Wow Drew, the odds of that are astronomical. I wonder how many page views there are here, there only seems to be a couple hundred posters.

[temeculaguy]

Wow Drew, the odds of that are astronomical. I wonder how many page views there are here, there only seems to be a couple hundred posters.

[SD Realtor]

There are alot of people that view the site but do not post. I was identified at an open house by the listing agent a few months ago. The site is pretty popular.

SD Realtor

[SD Realtor]

There are alot of people that view the site but do not post. I was identified at an open house by the listing agent a few months ago. The site is pretty popular.

SD Realtor

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