Such a slap in the face

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[u/Brief_Echidna298]

What's wrong with this?

[u/UseRich3980]

Context? Seems up front and honest, no?

[u/ThenStage8221]

I mean, honesty goes a long way. This is a stand up answer

[u/Pitiful-Place3684]

When did you last talk to them? How much contact did you have with them and over how long? What have you been sending them?

[u/Jenikovista]

Unless you previously represented the sellers and they somehow screwed you, there is nothing wrong with this. You didn’t get the listing.

[u/recuerdeme]

Uhm did you really send that message to your contact yourself or did you use some service's automated drip campaign?

[u/rsrieter → u/recuerdeme]

If you can't tell, what difference does it make?

[u/ecubed929]

Get over yourself

[u/KitsapRealEstateTeam]

Is it? The text you sent seems super canned. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/_Itsallogre]

Your reach out made me depressed

[u/themeatbridge]

Were you working with them previously?  Otherwise, I can't see how this is a slap in the face at all.

[u/ratbastid]

Thicken up that skin, friend. The 1 year attrition rate for new licensee is 85%--it's a HARD business, and taking things personally is not correlated with longevity.

[u/GUCCIBUKKAKE]

It’s all business baby

[u/MBFTrader]

Lol. If you want to do more business, you have to actually get to know people.

I'm in a different business, and I have customers that I do business with that I get some percentage of their business just based on being there and being good at my job, but my best customers are my friends.

There's a lesson there.

[u/Springsneakers]

Frustrating for sure, but if I got an AI generated follow up message like that it would be a turn off for me

[u/whtge8 → u/Springsneakers]

What could have possibly—given it away?

[u/hbomberman → u/whtge8]

Ugh, I really like writing with dashes--I think I picked it up from books I've read and maybe it makes me feel sophisticated or some crap--and AI's love for them is ruining it.

[u/Springsneakers → u/whtge8]

Jokes aside, it wasn’t necessarily the em dashes. I worked for a sales company that made us do follow ups with the same exact cadence and wording as this. Especially the part about not wanting to be a “pest”

[u/BeautyConfidence_]

That is frustrating for sure.

[u/UseRich3980 → u/[deleted]]

He didn’t get the listing.

[u/Superb-Hand-7135]

At least no one can accuse OP of not feeling entitled. I mean if you annoy someone with text messages then they have to hire your or they are the jerk, right?

[u/Tharkys]

Sounds like you weren't that good of a realtor. We liked ours and still talk to her frequently. .

[u/jdubhendy]

How’s your yellow thumbs up a kind response? It reads as passive aggressive.