Why won't anyone from this one company contact me? (negotiations, agent, property)

[Bluidblonde]

A new listing came on in a nearby neighborhood weeks ago. Both an email to the listing agent and a phone call to the posted number were sent. Neither were returned. I met another agent who works for the same office at an Open House, sent her an email a day later asking several questions, she also, never returned the email.

At a local professional event, I met the manager of the office and asked to connect on Linkedin with them, they too, never responded to the request.

Your take on this, besides the obvious?.................

[oldmanbob]

No excuses, not very professional, and more than likely, already under contract.

[tomocox]

Only one of many possible thoughts, have you asked another broker or their agent? If MLS they could possibly give you an answer.

[Tish Thompson]

Unfortunately it happens all the time...even to other agents. I think it just comes down to money. If there's not enough in it for them, some agents just won't respond. I would rather call someone back and tell them why I can't help rather than blow them off and possibly make more trouble for myself.

Originally Posted by Bluidblonde

A new listing came on in a nearby neighborhood weeks ago. Both an email to the listing agent and a phone call to the posted number were sent. Neither were returned. I met another agent who works for the same office at an Open House, sent her an email a day later asking several questions, she also, never returned the email.

At a local professional event, I met the manager of the office and asked to connect on Linkedin with them, they too, never responded to the request.

Your take on this, besides the obvious?.................

[Silverfall]

It is possible their email service isn't working correctly. I know the Pru office here had major issues for a couple of weeks with email delivery being very sporadic. Agents were using their personal emails while they worked it out. If this is a small town, or a small company that isn't techie at all, they might not even realize that it isn't working.

[eric#1]

Some email gets filtered as spam - some agents stink at communication - some agents don't check email when on vacation - listing agent had negotiations on property and was afraid to disenfranchise the buyer to someone he/she did not have agencies with.

I'm not defending these excuses just stating potential reasons.

[Debsi]

Did you try a phone call?

[Bluidblonde]

Originally Posted by Debsi

Did you try a phone call?

Yes, as it stated in the opening post, I did try a phone call, it wasn't returned. It was actually made 1 day after the "for sale" sign went up on the property.

The various questions and requests were all for different reasons, not everything involved the one listing.

Thanks everyone for your reactions. I am located in a capital city and the market seems to be active. I can understand if one email went into spam but to have several, and some of those through Linkedin as well, seems alittle odd to be avoided.

[Debsi]

Originally Posted by Bluidblonde

Yes, as it stated in the opening post, I did try a phone call, it wasn't returned. It was actually made 1 day after the "for sale" sign went up on the property.

The various questions and requests were all for different reasons, not everything involved the one listing.

Thanks everyone for your reactions. I am located in a capital city and the market seems to be active. I can understand if one email went into spam but to have several, and some of those through Linkedin as well, seems alittle odd to be avoided.

Whoops, I read your OP too fast.

Don't think there's an answer for you other than they are 1) incompetent jerks or 2) something fishy is going on. Either 1 or 2 are good reasons to move on!