It sounded both interesting and at the same time a bit, "where have I heard this before", so I went ahead and gave them a call. The pitch had these bits:
- I pay them $375 + gst per month.
- They will advertise a webpage form, offering a free appraisal and pass the leads on to me.
- They will print hundreds of flyers that I should put in letterboxes within my "farm". These flyers send the reader to the same website.
- Next month I pay again and they send more flyers.
- I get a protected territory until someone else wants the same location and then we both pay and stuff the same letterboxes,
So, let me see if I have this right? I pay and I walk the streets, putting their flyers in the letterboxes in my farm and I get to pay $375 +gst monthly to do this?
Now, those who know me, will not be surprised that my first question was; "Why do I need you?"
Long, uncomfortable pause on the phone and then, this "Well I guess you could do it yourself." Yes, I could and yes, I probably would, if the idea felt that it had merit, which it does not!
Left with not much else to pitch me with, this fellow went to his bailout line: "You could buy the who area and then on-sell it to other agents", said the nice man. I mumbled something about MLM's and having to make a call to Saturn and gracefully exited the call.
As you will no doubt receive the same solicitation, I may have just save you some time and possibly a few dollars as well. Just do me one favour; when you get to the last line, do not use Saturn; that's mine. Get yourself your own planet!