I made the same mistake as Kim in California and thought I would save money buy listing with a discount broker. He saw me throw BuyOwner out of my house and thought it was funny. I fired BuyOwner because of cheap directional signage and no one returning phone calls. Rick Kopp did the same thing I had to buy my own OPEN HOUSE signs, reprint my own flyers, host my own open houses, repair his cheap yard sign (when the wind blew the info sign dropped and all the flyers fell on the ground) and the last straw was he forgot twice to list my house as an OPEN HOUSE on his own web site. I e-mailed him that he was fired (he would not take my phone calls) and did not respond until I took all his cheap signage and put it in front of his office door. He said the only way he would release me from his contract was to give him a cashiers check for the full amount.
I bought more signs, printed better flyers, listed on a few web sites, and doing OPEN HOUSES every weekend. And getting a lot of traffic. If I have to pay Rick Kopp for doing nothing then it will just be another lesson learned. But I will not go down without a fight. I just found out about Ripoff yesterday and it makes my life easier. I have been contacting every listing Rick Kopp has and I found others that are unhappy. I also tried to contact there main office, but no response. I will re-write them this time addressing the letter to Hale Martin (thanks Bill in Georgia) to see if the company is all bad.
Assist 2 Sell and other discount brokers like Help U Sell work in a sellers market when you can LIST IT AND FORGET IT. They sign you up and do nothing. If another broker sells the house you still have to pay them 3%. You are better off selling the house yourself or finding a broker that will work for you. Release me from the listing contract!!!
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