Jah Lush Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 It's already full of sharks. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-129289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalamityKel Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 *repeats self*Bovvered?! ;-) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-129299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroban Posted August 27, 2008 Author Share Posted August 27, 2008 If Foxtons charge more than 2% commission, then it is because they are the best. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-129303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalamityKel Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 at? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-129305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiepanda Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Persuading suckers to spend more than they can afford to get onto the housing ladder perhaps??Though I can't imagine anyone is having much luck there now. Can't see anyone trying to buy unless they really really need to now. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-129309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisiana Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I hear that 120 estate agent branches are closing down a week.Or somesuch.Gives us something to smile about... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-129527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroban Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 Foxtons' financial situation deteriorated sharply today.It would be a good idea for anyone in a contractual relationship with Foxtons to review their position. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-129558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcedOut Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I sell cakes for ?10 a slice. They ARE the best. Macroban - would you like to try one? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-129570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mc Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Reminds me of an old joke. Goes along the lines of:Customer in cake shop: "How much are your gatox"?Assistant: "They're ?3.50 a slice and by the way, it's gateaux"Customer: "Oh well - in that case, bolleaux" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-129614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
char1ie Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 macroban Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I'm not very good with numbers.> > Does this mean the young lady from Foxtons has to> close ?1.8m of house sales per week to keep her> job?I think it's 1.2 million - based on a 3% commission. And not to keep her job, that's the next step up from basic.Charlie Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-129624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
char1ie Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 In defence of Foxtons I think their shop front in Lordship Lane is great - much more interesting than the boring estate agents with cards in the window elsewhere. They are good at selling houses. Maybe not the most popular of businesses but they are not the devil incarnate. And at least all the branded minis have disappeared.Charlie Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-129625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 char1ie Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> They are good at selling houses.Not to me, they're not! They showed me round some places last year, and the guy was clueless. When we arrived at the first place, and the owner wasn't expecting us, I put it down as a genuine mistake. When we arrived at the second place and the agent tried to get into the wrong house, I started to realise that he was a bit dim. I finally lost interest when he tried to convince me that a 400k 2 bed flat was a good buy. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-129651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroban Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 The Foxtons' way. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-130555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilson99 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I once met a nice agent from Foxtons. No really.She was honest, punctual, gave a true value of the property I was looking to rent.When I went back a week later, she'd "left". Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-130570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroban Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 As far as I'm aware, Foxtons are funded through to February 2009 unless there is a covenant "event trigger". Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-151759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCSB79 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 louisiana Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I hear that 120 estate agent branches are closing> down a week.> Or somesuch.> > Gives us something to smile about...You're smiling about a lot of people losing their jobs? What a pleasant person you sound like. If you ever find yourself in a position that you may lose your job... just remember and smile about it. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-151778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDOldie Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 The line 'something to smile about' was used by the, ever impartial, BBC to describe the potential loss of some 70,000 estate agency (and related) jobs over the next year.But, to get back to the subject, will Foxtons go bust? Very unlikely, I've said it before but they are in Dulwich for the long term. They must be a very well funded company to have come this far. Their previous owner, who did decline to buy them back but on what terms few know, has said that their business model should be fairly recession proof because of the rental market. And he is not stupid. He currently has about a billion pounds more than the rest of us.I wish they'd do something about their light show, it's so un-U. If you know what I mean? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-152186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDOldie Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Incidentally.A town called Malice - The Jam (with Bruce Foxton) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-152191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroban Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Soon. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-157344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 The Foxtons "shop" brightens up the "strip". Don't mind if it stays. Spoke to that Warren McCann chap once - he seemed like a nice guy and, like others on the thread, I would not like to see more people losing jobs, even estate agents have bills to pay. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-157348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
donvanvliet Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 As far as I'm concerned Foxtons can bugger off with their bullshit beers and colour schemes Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-157359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
minder2 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 when i was thinking of selling my property i had a young man from foxtons come round to give me a valuation, he was very pushy and speaking so fast i found it very hard to keep up with him, then he started on about with the commision he made on my house he could buy himself a brand new BMW!!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-157380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroban Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 The Foxtons empire contracts. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-179859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikecg Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 How to piss off a potential customer, When I was a consultant my boss told me to park the car away from the customer because people can get envious. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-179863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Was it a Hillman Hunter? ;-) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4042-goodbye-foxtons/page/2/#findComment-179881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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