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Re:Amazon to shut down its Amazon Restaurants business in th... by chrisseaton on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @05:21PM (#20159656)
> the agent we ended up with was a direct recommendation from the selling agent, and we figured this would give us a little extra "boost" with her by using her friend

Huh what? So what incentive does your agent have to negotiate a good deal on your behalf if she’s earning a price commission, and she’s friends with the selling agent?

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Re:Amazon to shut down its Amazon Restaurants business in th... by hbosch on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @02:34PM (#20167822)
> So what incentive does your agent have to negotiate a good deal on your behalf if she’s earning a price commission

That's a great question, but it's not unique to my situation... it's standard that agents split the commission. You could say that any agent or salesperson is never incentivized to give any buyer a deal on anything as long as they collect commission.

Secondly, we paid what we thought the house was worth. We're in a competetive market and had a hard budget. The house price came in below budget. As far as I'm concerned, we got a fine deal.

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