On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 09:24:34 +0100, Mike Mitchell
wrote:



Look, if properties in England and Wales are priced at a fixed asking
price, as they largely are, then buyers have the choice of choosing to
go for this or that property purely from comparing the particulars.

But they aren't at a fixed asking price. The vendor can move that up
and down on a whim.


That is competition working. Where is the competition in Scotland? If
we're all agreed that Scottish OO figures are just playing silly
buggers with the true valuation, it's as if everyone is driving blind
down a foggy motorway in the wrong direction.

Both are perfectly reasonable forms of competition.

It's completely normal to have instances in buying and selling when
you know what the competitors are offering and other instances where
you do not. Both are fair competitive situations and you have the
choice to bid or not.

You must have led a very sheltered life.


..andy

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