Very disappointing service.
We were very disappointed. This email exchange of 7 May tells the story. We have removed one paragraph from our email that contained a further complaint that Ferrino dispute.
Our email to Ferrino:
This email is to follow up our conversation just now.
We are on the verge of making a formal complaint about Ferrino’s performance over the past few days. The level of service we have received has been appalling and Ferrino has shown serious incompetence.
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The much greater issue is Ferrino posting the wrong price on Rightmove and Zoopla. We called immediately we noticed this, on the morning of Wednesday, 5 May. The person we spoke to initially said that this was the price we had agreed to, although quickly revised that view. We emailed ***** on 5 May to ask that Ferrino ensured that neither site showed the property’s sale price having been reduced. We were/are concerned that an apparent significant drop of price within twenty four hours of the property going on the market will damage your and our credibility. It may deter people from pursuing an enquiry and it may weaken our position come a negotiation. Although the Rightmove entry was revised almost immediately, at the time of writing Zoopla is still showing a price reduction, two days after we asked for this information to be removed.
Worse than the initial mistake by Ferrino of posting the wrong price has been your subsequent action. Four times on Thursday, 6 May you emailed me to say that the Zoopla entry had been changed. One of these came even after we had said exactly where on the Zoopla website the reduction was appearing (in the listings history). We find it especially worrying that you said everyone in the office had checked the Zoopla entry. It seems extraordinary that not one person in an estate agents office knows their way around one of the most widely used property search tools on which that estate agent themselves post properties. Nor, clearly, had anyone read properly my email saying where the reduction was appearing.
We are also concerned about the lack of responsiveness to our emails on this matter. Taking up to nine hours (on Wednesday) to reply to an email on an urgent issue is not acceptable. I mention above that our emails were clearly not being read properly. You will understand that this poor communication and lack of attention to detail raises real worries for us about entrusting Ferrino with the negotiations if we get an offer.
We will not make a formal complaint as long as:
- the Zoopla site is corrected by 1530 today, Friday 7 May.
- there is a step change in the quality of your communication with us
In the meantime, please can you send us your complaints procedure?
Please can you acknowledge receipt of this email.
We hope that we will all be able to consider this moment as the one in which our relationship was reset and that are able to work together effectively in the future.
Regards
Jamie B and Sarah P
Ferrino's reply:
In response to your email below, I can confirm that Zoopla have assured me that they will move all history relating to your property within the next couple of hours.
On your second point regarding communication this can be subjective. As previously outlined we have a weekly and a monthly update process with email updates on bookings and viewings with relevant electronic reminders. This is our proven operating procedure. If however, you don’t feel this is the way you wish to proceed we are happy to release you immediately from the contract.
Please let me know your thoughts.
Kind Regards
Note: we accepted the offer to be released from the contract. The Zoopla entry was finally changed later on 7 May.
8 May 2021
Unprompted review