From: sam@ssrl.org.uk (Sam Nelson)
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Gazumping
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 10:51:29 +0000 (UTC)
Distribution: world

In article <4jifhvslvt4jpr2vf3mrru73dor3jvt5f1@4ax.com>,
 Steve  writes:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 10:29:34 +0100, in uk.finance nog
>  wrote:
> 
> >In article <1dbe5182.0307180110.28f7d221@posting.google.com>, 
> >stephane_n@hotmail.com says...
> >> Just happened to us and it really hurts...So I decided to set up a
> >> simple website to try to regroup experience about "being gazumped".
> >> Take a look at http://www,gazumping.org and share your good/bad
> >> experience.
> >> We need a law against this, in this stressful time that is buying or
> >> selling your house, this kind of practice should not be permitted.
> >
> >Pre-contract, what you're really suggesting is a law against changing 
> >your mind.
>
> Come north. The grass is greener and the law makes more sense.

There are lots of other ways to cause house-purchase stress in Scotland,
though.  Early on, there's the throwing of large wedges of cash speculatively
at sharp-suited gravy-train-passenger surveyors for several minutes of their
time spent looking at nothing much other than a form with tick-boxes on.
Later on, there's the swamp that is `completion of missives'.  It may not be
`gazumping' as such, but it's still quite easy to end up with nowhere to
live at short notice and considerable expense.
-- 
SAm.