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From the article: "My father has had prospective buyers of multi-million dollar apartments threaten to walk away from a deal because of an additional $10,000 in
by earl 15y ago
From the article: "My father has had prospective buyers of multi-million dollar apartments threaten to walk away from a deal because of an additional $10,000 in closing or alteration costs at the 11th hour." And you have a problem with that? Seriously?
I have a hard rule that after many painful lessons is now inviolable. Every single time I've broken this rule it's hurt. Don't do business with dicks. If we negotiate a contract and you toss in another $10k at the last second? Hell, I don't care if you try, but the answer is absolutely not. We had an agreement, you changed it, the answer is no.
If that answer doesn't satisfy them, well, they already lied to me once. They're dicks. I don't know what else they're going to try to screw me on, but they already tried once and are going to try again. The only answer to someone tossing an extra $10K in and daring you to walk away by saying you're not a buyer is tell them they're assholes and you'll never do business with them again.
Life is too short to have dicks in your life trying to screw you at every turn. If someone isn't honest, drop them and count yourself lucky.
- j_baker 15y agoWe had an agreement, you changed it, the answer is no. No, you don't have an agreement (morally or legally) because you haven't signed the contract yet. There's a reason courts place such high emphasis on having a written agreement: they leave little room for assholes to alter the deal after the fact. Does adding in extra costs at the last minute make you a shrewd negotiator? Perhaps. Unprepared? Probably. But does it make you a dick? Not by itself. If you have a deal in writing and someone throws in extra expenses after the fact, then they're an asshole. And you have recourse.
- zzleeper 15y agoNo, if you have a written deal and someone throws extra expenses, they are breaking the law and they are IDIOTS, not assholes. If you have a verbal agreement and someone tries to push a last minute scam like this, they are dicks and they CANNOT be trusted. Thus, you should walk/run away. (I remember pg mentioned this in a post about VCs..) ____ Edit: It wasn't pg but jacquesm: http://jacquesmattheij.com/How+To+Sell+Your+Company http://jacquesmattheij.com/How+To+Sell+Your+Company "...Lo and behold, they actually tried to change one of the material terms of the deal AT CLOSING. These folks were not to be trusted at all. We immediately said "GOOD BYE!" and hung up the phone..."