An email I received today:
no hassle listing was not my experience. Your representative sent to install my sign refused to put the sign where the realtor and I agreed to. He was too busy talking on the phone to listen tome. And when I asked for the 5th time to move the sign the crack head acted like he was going to attack me with a 5′ foot steel pike. I promptly told your sign installer to get the sign and his self off my property. Regardless of weather he was a contractor or not he is your representative. I expect anyone involved in the listing of my home to be drug free, not tweaking on speed and making threatening gesture. AND I QUESTION THE PROFESSIONALISM OF YOUR COMPANY even considering sending this company
back to install my signage. The experience was more than a hassle. It was a nightmare. I have wasted valuable time and effort dealing with Russell Shaw to list my home. Also the lack of
response to correct the matter was simply unacceptable.
I will be filing complaint’s with board of realtors, State of Arizona , better business bureau, and all of the local TV investigative reporters.
I also plan to use my 24′ enclosed racecar hauler and racecar to advertise to the valley my experience with no hassle listing. Look for me at the fall nascar event…
Phil Hoover says:
As Brian Buffini would say . . . .
“Bye Bye!” 🙂
May 11, 2007 — 3:23 pm
Dyan says:
I don’t know who wrote this info on the no hassle listing but I personally think they are the best in the west and wonder about the person who wrote Mr. Shaw with such garbage. I notice he has no name. He is probably someone who no realtor could please, the customer from “hell”.
May 11, 2007 — 3:33 pm
Austin Realtor's Wife says:
Woah- FREE branding at Nascar? How could I piss this dude off???? What luck!
May 11, 2007 — 3:34 pm
Matthew Hardy says:
Doesn’t everyone just want to BE Russell Shaw? (You’re my hero!)
May 11, 2007 — 3:51 pm
Matthew Hardy says:
Asked a girl what she wanted to be
She said baby, can’t you see
I wanna be famous, a star on the screen
But you can do something in between
Baby you can drive my car
Yes I’m gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And maybe I’ll love you
May 11, 2007 — 4:02 pm
Doug Quance says:
You try to do your part for humanity by hiring a crack-head… and look what happens!
As dear old Dad used to say – “no good deed goes unpunished!”
I know there’s more to this story… so I’m staying tuned…
😆
May 11, 2007 — 4:05 pm
Drew Nichols says:
If that’s the worst hate mail you’ve received this week, then you’re doing better than some of us. 🙂
I can’t see the exact same wording going down on the phone – only an email would be so brash.
May 11, 2007 — 5:31 pm
The Reverend Coyote Joe says:
I have delt with Mr. shaw on more than one occassion. I found him to honest, caring and kind, especally when telling about his hiring of “Crack Heads”
As Russ puts it “I cried when a Crack Head put up a sign in my yard until I met a man with no For Sale sign in his yard at all!”
Maybe this woman has something against Ghandi.
P.S. isn’i Pike a fish, if so was it relly 5 feet long… this whole story sounds fishy to me!
I, for one, will stand with Mr. Shaw, with respact for his business ethics.
Coyote Joe
May 11, 2007 — 7:04 pm
John Cotter says:
Mr. Shaw…
I’m afraid I’ll have to agree with the complaintant, having been exposed to other crack-addicted members of your staff. When I called your office last week, the receptionist screamed “Quit bothering me…I’m trying to score on the other line…” This is not a unique event. The day I met you, Mr. Shaw, remember you had white power all over your face and chest…your nose was running and your teeth were turning yellow and brown. You had many open sores on your face and neck, and I now have a rash after shaking your hand. Crack kills my friend…please take yourself and your staff to rehab immediately if you ever hope to work in this town again. By the way, do you know where I can find any weed?
May 11, 2007 — 8:18 pm
The Reverend Coyote Joe says:
Okay
I’ll agree For the love of GOD take your staff to rehab and get those brown teeth fixed or you’ll never sell houses (or CRACK!) in this town ever again!
Or not.
Joe
May 11, 2007 — 8:35 pm
P.J. Dean says:
Wow, imagine the sassy seller’s ire had something really bad happened? Last time I checked, the benefit and 401k packages of sign companies weren’t all that great so I suppose expecting the disciplined design eye of a landscape architect would pretty much be setting yourself up for disappointment. The post guy was probably just grumpy and exhausted after installing his 25th Russell Shaw signpost for the day and required to be on some sort of illicit stimulant.
May 11, 2007 — 9:25 pm
The Reverend Coyote Joe says:
Good thought P.J. but i know for a fact that Mr. shaw has not only a grueling interview process and extensive background check for all sign placers, or “Pounders” as we call them in the business but he also has weekly drug tests, which Mr. shaw performs personally.
although the drug tests are written and not oral… but that’s another story.
May 12, 2007 — 6:42 am
Doug Trudeau says:
Reading between the lines, sounds like this person is not one I would want to list. High maintenance, short tempered, a disaster in the making. Of course the free publicity doesn’t hurt. My advertising budget could use someone like that.
May 13, 2007 — 6:17 am
Chris says:
Wow I need to piss someone like that off! Imagin Chrisfieldrealty on the side of a trailer at NASCAR!! LOL
Look at it this way, he probably pisses off a lot of people; and they will list with you just to piss him off!
May 13, 2007 — 12:22 pm
Steven Groves says:
ROLF – too funny…
May 24, 2007 — 6:02 am