Was it us?

[Mellie2162]

Ok so recently we have been looking for a house to rent and today while driving down the road we saw a cute house with a for rent sign so we pulled over and dialed the number. My husband asks the man about the house and he begins to tell us all about it. Dh then asks how much to which the guy replied 1350 a month. DH says to him ok well thank for your time. At this point the guy says to dh "what is that too much?" Dh says well its too much for us, our budget is only 1000. So then the guy starts telling my husband well it has a big barn and you could rent that out for 500. My husband says well I appreciate your time. Now the guy gets irate and says well wouldnt we all like to have it for free? DH just looked at me stunned and says to the guy, ok well you have a nice day.

I dont know did we say something insulting? I mean we didnt try to make him lower his price we just told him it wasnt in our price range. Maybe we could have worded it differently?

 

[Luv Bunnies]

No it wasn't you, it was him. It sounds like he's desperate to rent the place out and maybe a lot of people have declined because of the price. He should probably be a little more polite to prospective renters. Once he gets mad and asks if you want the place for free, you're probably pretty sure you don't want him for a landlord!

 

[It'sWDW4me]

Unless your husband actually said something along the lines of "$1350?! Are you insane?!" rather than "Oh, well, thank you for your time", you did/said nothing wrong. Maybe the owner is getting frustrated that his house is sitting empty and he really needs the money. Or maybe you should be really glad his price was too high and he won't be your new landlord!

 

[Mellie2162]

Ok, shew I was thinking maybe we were being insulting or something. Ive seen this house for sale in the past, in fact for like the past 3 years, but this is the first time we saw a for rent sign there.

 

[Jennasis]

I get this a LOT. I deal with horse sales (the buying side...I help my students when they are looking to purchase) and the nutbag sellers I have to deal with are ridiculous! Many of them are completely clueless/out-of-line with their asking prices and get offended if they don't get what they are asking for. The problem I have is that these people often mistake "emotional value" with "actual cash value". Just because they love Lightning SOOOO much and hate to sell him doesn't mean he's worth %5K.

Just chalk it up to their lunacy and move on to another.

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

No it wasn't you. I was looking for an apartment awhile ago so I was calling different ads in the paper. Some older gentleman answered the phone and asked who wanted to rent it. I replied that I did. He then went on how it wasn't wise for women to live alone, how could I afford the rent (being a woman), my pet parakeet would make too much noise, etc. etc. etc. I finally had to hang up because he kept berating me for having the audacity to want to live alone as a single woman. I tried to tell him that I worked on Wall Street all the way in NYC, had a college degree and wasn't into big parties. After awhile I just gave up and hung up on him mid-sentence.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I do not think you did anything wrong--and the man was clearly out of line. That said, I do think it is better to ask about the price first, before wasting the prospective landlord's time with other questions (okay well other than "is it still available?"). Again though this guy was totally out of line.

 

[BellvilleDad]

unless your husband actually said something along the lines of "$1350?! Are you insane?!" Rather than "oh, well, thank you for your time", you did/said nothing wrong. Maybe the owner is getting frustrated that his house is sitting empty and he really needs the money. or maybe you should be really glad his price was too high and he won't be your new landlord!

qft

 

[Tinkermommy]

No it's not you it's me! (I just had to say it!)

I believe that a person's response to anything has 100% to do with them and 0% with the other person. That also means your response to anyone is 100% about you and not what the other person did/said/didn't do, etc.

 

[cm8]

No it's not you it's me! (I just had to say it!)

I believe that a person's response to anything has 100% to do with them and 0% with the other person. That also means your response to anyone is 100% about you and not what the other person did/said/didn't do, etc.

You stole my line!! I really agree with what you have said!

 

[Diva of Dragons]

Wow! Thanks goodness it was out of your budget! Can you imagine if he had ended up your landlord??? You dodged a bullet!!