Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

NOTE: use Perl; is on undef hiatus. You can read content, but you can't post it. More info will be forthcoming forthcomingly.

use Perl

All the Perl that's Practical to Extract and Report

Job agencies don't work More | Login | Reply

The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

Without JavaScript enabled, you might want to use the classic discussion system instead. If you login, you can remember this preference.

Agents (Score:1)

by kelan (5579) on 2006.05.04 9:35 (#47571)

Any conventional agent, for example an estate agent selling your house, paid on a commission related to and deducted from the sale price, is motivated to work in your interests, even if (perish the thought) they were was driven purely by their own greed.

You might be surprised. Although their interests are closer to being in line with yours, it's not all roses. In the US, the typical real estate agent commission is 6%, but that gets split a bunch of ways and they generally only take away about 1.5%. A $10,000 better sale on your house only makes them $150. So their main interest is getting you to take the first offer they think is reasonable, even if you could get $10k more by waiting a couple weeks. Fast turn-over pays them better.

Reply to This

Get More Comments

Stories, comments, journals, and other submissions on use Perl; are Copyright 1998-2006, their respective owners.