Reputation information doesn't always flow freely. After agreeing the purchase of the site for the house I'm now sitting in, the sellers changed their asking p

Reputation information doesn't always flow freely. After agreeing the purchase of the site for the house I'm now sitting in, the sellers changed their asking price, tried to pull out of the sale after we got planning permission, accused us of swindling them, and the night before we fenced the property moved the boundary markers. When it was all done and dusted one of our neighbours said "it's great to see someone getting the better of $FAMILY_X". Seems like we weren't entitled to access to their reputations until we'd started to build the house, and became true locals