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Old 07-11-2012, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by downeaster View Post
It appears the activity on this forum has increased in the past few months. Many more viewing, more threads and more responses. That's the good news.

There also seems to be an increase in the amount of erroneous information. That is the bad news.

A lot of this can have serious consequences. People asking for information may rely on the answers they get here. However, those answers may be from self styled experts who are wrong. There are even cases of others correcting the error only to replace it with another error.

I am not referring to questions such as electric cart vs. gas cart or new vs. resale. Anyone asking about subjects such as those will expect opinions. However, much more serious questions are asked. They include bond issues, taxes, our form of government, IRS issue and more. People deserve correct answers as they may be making a big decision and that decision could depend on the answer they get here.

This problem is out of the hands of the Admins. They cannot be expected to check the accuracy of every post. It is in our hands. Let's get our facts right before responding.

My comments are not meant to include the political forum or any sub forum or question requesting an opinion.
I brought this post alive again because people do say things on here which I find to be incorrect, particularly about sales reps working for the villages not showing you resales.

Ours did. Showed us resales. Did yours? Jim McLaughlin said he made the same percentage on both. Did you want to see resales? Did he or she try to talk you out of resales? Did they discourage your resale from being sold?

Someone also said that a sales rep for the villages would be fired if he/she didn't sell enough new homes.......... I wonder where that information came from. Do you think it is correct? Does anyone know who to ask?

Maybe the person who said that was correct and maybe they weren't.
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