If you're a real estate consumer, please forgive this real estate minutia, however when somebody who has been on HGTV and interviewed by the New York Times starts ripping on my real estate model I get a little irked - even miffed. I believe it wrongly damages my reputation (I'm not sure what type of reputation a Discount REALTOR has, but its mine nonetheless) So, here is my final public response and synopsis of my dealings with Marlow Harris:
As you will notice from a former blog post, Marlow, found it appropriate to call me a scab because I list homes for 4 percent commission. Read the original dialogue yourself. As you can see 2 other people including a Seattle Realtor commented on the issue, along with myself. During the dialogue I continually asked Marlow if she believed fixing real estate commissions is OK. Here was her response to Objective Observer and myself (4percentrealtor):
Trevor, read my comment again: "If the National Association of Realtors was a labor union, and we were union workers, you'd be a scab."
Anonymous "Objective Observer": The term REALTOR(tm) is a trademarked term that refers to members of the National Association of Realtors. Not all real estate agents are REALTORS. When using the term REALTOR, it should be in all caps or at least the first letter capitalized.
And for the definition of "scab" see Jack London's speech "War of the Classes", first given before the Oakland Socialist Party Local, April 5, 1903.
Have a nice day!
Does anybody feel that this was a direct answer to:
Are you suggesting we fix real estate commissions?
Well, I thought she might have just misunderstood the question, so I asked her again,
Do you believe fixing real estate commissions is OK or not?
Its been over a week and a half now and no response from Marlow. Today, I found that Marlow had commented on another Blog which I frequent. It just happened to be a blog post about my dealings with my good buddies over at the NWMLS. What a coincidence. Yet, here is the doozy. What did Marlow have to say? Drum roll please...
"REALTOR" is a registered trademark of the National Association of Realtors and should be capitalized and, if available, the trademark symbol should be used.
Marlow, can't you think of something better than this to say? Who do you work for anyway? Do you get kickbacks from the NAR trademark department?
MARLOW, HERE IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO BE A STRAIGHT SHOOTER BEFORE YOU GET LISTED IN THE TREVOR SMITH HALL OF SHAME OF PEOPLE WHO DESERVE ZERO RESPECT:
Do you believe fixing real estate commissions should be legal?
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