Comments on: Dear Greg

By: Nick Buick

Nick Buick — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:57:35 +0000

I’ve always felt the entire Real Estate industry is based on Selling Ice to Eskimos…

REA charge agencies huge money to list their properties on a site which – if they had their act together, agencies could have built and ran themselves.

Below REA, sit the agencies, charging Agents huge money for the privilidge of working for them. Few grand a month for a desk, photocopier, telephone connection and some space in the window… Something most Agents could do by themselves if they had their act together.

Below the Agencies, sit the agents themselves – charging vendors huge money to promote themselves and maybe sell a house once in a while – something that most vendors could probably do for themselves quite easily if they had their act together.

The entire industry is one big eskimo ice-market clusterfuk really… REA is hardly the pioneer of this mentality.

By: Anonymous Goverment Official

Anonymous Goverment Official — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:21:43 +0000

Nor would Titanium (which was what I meant in the first place)

Les also is a great contributor in other ways to society, take the Patterson Vat at the sperm bank. Tour groups at the bank are forever marvelling at this generous gift from the great man.

There are hundreds of kids running around with that famous Sir Les look, especially around the mouth.

By: Anonymous Goverment Official

Anonymous Goverment Official — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:15:11 +0000

Gold is still the preferred color in the rub and tug shops Les frequents after an arduous day representing the Australian taxpayer and the Australian Cheese Board at a top level cheese sniffing event.

They find it somewhat comforting and lets face it even if he had a platinum card it still wouldnt be the hardest thing in Les’s pants.

By: snoop

snoop — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:21:04 +0000

I am sure Sir Les being a successful agent would have nothing less in his wallet than a Titanium Amex.

By: Glenn Batten

Glenn Batten — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:45:44 +0000

Sir Les was upgraded to a Platinum card quite awhile ago. Those gold cards are becoming too commonplace for someone of Sir Les’s standing in the community.

By: Madge Alsop

Madge Alsop — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:08:57 +0000

Ahhh I love it, the agents are now paying to get the customers that were theirs in the first place.

I always knew agents were smarter than everyone else.

Even their Real Estate Institutes who could have done this on behalf on the agents didn’t bother, they provide a great service don’t they ?

A $500M company built on the principal of selling ice to the Eskimos.

Sir Les of course doesn’t need to know this, his whole 5 star lifestyle is compliments of the Australian Taxpayer who insists he travel extensively and stay in 5 star hotels, complete with Limo and Gold Amex.

By: The Jester

The Jester — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:25:10 +0000

Sir Les, I know it’s most likely beyond you, but just in case your article contains within it a degree of envy, let me suggest a course of action.
The real estate portal business model can be applied to any industry sector and place you Sir Les in a position of increasing your own charges.
Consider the take away food and restaurant businesses in your town. Their business consists of returns and also a healthy passing traffic element.
Here is how you get started. Acquire some very large billboards and Adwords like “ALL FOOD – the easiest way to find what you want – opposite the post office”. Place these signs in dominant positions where they cannot be missed, on all approaches in to town. Then in that very prominent location in town, establish your ALL FOOD kiosk.
Yes I’m aware Sir Les that the only food you know comes on a silver platter and your only knowledge of cooking comes from your accountant. No you don’t need to cook, just provide an easy way for visitors to search through the best range of meals in town, in the form of fliers

By: Robert Simeon

Robert Simeon — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:17:58 +0000

Sir Les – I could not have said it better myself

By: Peter Ricci

Peter Ricci — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:41:59 +0000

Sir Les is a mystery. I know him only by his first name. Sir Les does not mince words and I could smell his breath over the phone. He will write when he feels like it and only on subjects of his choosing. He did send my a photo, but I didn’t think it was suitable as dribble and food all over his suit was not the look I was going for. I am grateful for his contribution and look forward to a couple of postings a month.

By: Anonymous Goverment Official

Anonymous Goverment Official — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:53:18 +0000

Thanks for the question Rust, the answer is ……bugger all.
See the agents rip their clients off more my than we rip the agents off so as long as that delicate balance is maintained all is ok.