Barry Stone On The Subject of Low Ballers

[hausdok]

In this piece in The Chicago Daily Herald, a reader boasts to Barry Stone about how he shopped around, saved $200 on his home inspection, and then asks why there is such a large difference in fees from one inspector to another. I bet the reader wasn't feeling so smug after reading Barry's answer.

[Phillip]

So True, I love it.

[Erby]

When you're buying a Snickers Candy Bar, it doesn't matter where you buy it or how much you pay, you still get the same Snickers Candy Bar

When you're buying a professional opinion, (fill in the blank).

[Eric B]

I don't know how much of a problem it is in other areas but in the Chicago area people shop on price. Can you blame them?

After all, virtually all advertising that they see is based on the lowest price. It's been embedded into people's thinking. They can't relate to paying more.

[kurt]

I do like Barry Stone.

There are people that understand. They usually are not first time buyers, or they've been burned on a previous home inspection.

[sepefrio]

For $2 you get a $2 hair cut.

[carle3]

Amen

[ozofprev]

It's too bad that people need to have that explained. They should be able to figure it out for themselves.

[SonOfSwamp]

Cheap HIs, the people who hire them and the RE agents who recommend them all deserve each other. It's the dumb leading the dumber.

There ought to be a homebuyer's license...

WJ

[hausdok]

Tsk,

Walter, you're letting that little cloud of doom that follows your avatar around get to you.

OT - OF!!!

M.