Next time you get cold called, just interrupt their flow and tell them you’ve got something for sale – car, bike, whatever…. and insist on telling them how good it is and how it would be just right for them, etc etc. They soon get fed up with a counter-sales pitch.
Or if you can speak another language, just talk in that.
Or ask them to hang on, and walk away from the phone forever….
I usually say to cold callers on the phone, ” have you heard this one before it was number one back in 1965 for the Byrds “, then start singing Mr Tambourine Man to them. If they last the Byrds shortened version, two minutes fifteen seconds, I then stat singing the Dylan version which has more verses and last over five minutes. Nobody has lasted the full term yet
It’s a close run thing. I think the latter have the edge. At least it’s easy to get rid of the former. We occasionally need the latter.
Thing is, home is where people make their lives. They enjoy time with friends, make memories, have relationships, maybe start families, etc. It should be a refuge, a place of comfort and security. But for most agents it’s just something to be bought, sold and profited from, like stocks n shares. Never mind the human side, just think of the £££, and to get a sale aim to appeal to people’s base instincts like status and greed.
They don’t even need any qualifications except to be dishonest, souless and happy to cold call or push leaflets through your door which basically say ‘Give us your house, we want to make cash out of it’. Sure, there are exceptions, but very few. Just read their reviews. All either fake 5* or 1* complaints about poor service. Sez it all.
Been fortunate to not have to deal with them fir the last 25 years. Will soon be having to engage with them again in a few years now the birds are gradually fleeing the nest.
We have been talking down sizing for awhile now but it’s such a balls ache just thinking about it all, I usually pour myself another glass of malt and just carry on as normal.
I have a friend who’s planning on doing that in a few years upon retirement. Just upsizing boats. Wouldn’t fancy it myself. Not enough space for me and I do like a garden.
Aye, cold in winter, bit like a caravan, specially in the UK. But if the boat was a liveaboard moored somewhere like Gibraltar, and say 52 ft. you’d have plenty room and no freezing weather. You could get something like that for the price of a crummy semi in Scunny, and teach yourself all about it while in residence and having the adventure of a lifetime! Mrs Gurn isn’t too keen mind – likes the garden and creature comforts, etc. etc.
Think it’s maybe an easier move if you haven’t got kids, but even then, the physical rigours of boat living wouldn’t seem appealing in old age to me, I don’t think.
Kids love a boat! But, I suppose you need a fair bit of mobility to climb up to the cockpit or down to the engine room. Plus, there’s the cost of fuel if you actually take the boat out, which is supposed to be the whole point! But then again… unlimited sunshine, on board meals of fantastic seafood, swimming with dolphins, sailing overnight to some foreign port and not knowing what awaits…
Ah, the romantic imagination, the spirit of adventure, is that not what life is all about???
No Gurnelista,life is all about Glorifying God and enjoying him forever.
Life is all about creating the next generation, and enjoying many experiences on the way. We’ve hired a cruiser on the Norfolk Broads three times, and enjoyed every minute.
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