{"id":1467,"date":"2007-05-24T12:21:27","date_gmt":"2007-05-24T19:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2007-05-24T12:21:27","modified_gmt":"2007-05-24T19:21:27","slug":"this-house-dont-fit-whats-your-return-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1467\/this-house-dont-fit-whats-your-return-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;This house don&#8217;t fit&#8230; what&#8217;s your return policy?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"this house don't fit\" src=\"http:\/\/i131.photobucket.com\/albums\/p290\/singlepointerealty\/lanianglintinyhouse.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/>The year is 2015 and the RE online brokerages reign. Buyers search for homes online, click a button to complete a closing, and pick up their keys the next morning to see their NEW home! <\/p>\n<p>Here are some sample voice messages left for the operators at the MegaOnlineBrokerage:<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>&#8220;I thought 13 by 13 meant feet, not inches&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8220;I want to list my home online but the value keeps coming up &#8216;&amp;=null&#8217;&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;This key doesn&#8217;t work, how do I get into my house?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I thought they were going to fix the A\/C before close- it&#8217;s burnin&#8217; up in here!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;The ad said there was a pool, but all I see is a dirty coy pond.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I have left 17 messages- will someone please call me back?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I must have clicked &#8220;buy&#8221; at the same time as someone else- this guy ALSO has papers on this house and our movers are fighting over who should unload first.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I thought all appliances conveyed- all I have here is a toaster.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Does the warranty cover squirrels in the attic?&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong>and my personal favorite, <strong><em>&#8220;This house don&#8217;t fit, what&#8217;s your return policy?&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What else do YOU suspect will be on the MegaOnlineBroker&#8217;s operator voicemail? And what do YOU think the scripted responses will be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year is 2015 and the RE online brokerages reign. Buyers search for homes online, click a button to complete a closing, and pick up their keys the next morning to see their NEW home! Here are some sample voice messages left for the operators at the MegaOnlineBrokerage: &#8220;I thought 13 by 13 meant feet, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3537,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3537\/just-when-you-thought-microsoft-internet-explorer-couldnt-possibly-suck-any-worse-it-finds-a-way-to-suck-with-wordpress-26\/","url_meta":{"origin":1467,"position":0},"title":"Just when you thought Microsoft Internet Explorer couldn&#8217;t possibly suck any worse, it finds a way to suck with WordPress 2.6","author":"Greg Swann","date":"July 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Did you ever wonder why Bill Gates doesn't have any children? 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