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Cold calling real estate agents - is there a law against it? (aussie.zone)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Some real estate dickhead just rang my mobile (which is not advertised anywhere) saying they were "just in the area" and wanted to do an appraisal on a house we own in .

It's an agency we don't use for any purpose, have never used for any purpose, and have never approached for any reason.

Is there some sort of legal issue with some smarmy sales knob looking up property owner details and cold calling them?

Makes me feel all gross that their grubby mitts are pawing through my deets somewhere in the hope of being able to stick a tongue up my bum and get a taste of some back door cash.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I see you invoking the Maoist uprising in another comment, but I'll be honest - the years following that uprising were hard for a huge swathe of the population (not to mention fatal for Millions more). I would not want to live through a Chairman Mao. Modern China happened despite Mao. Not because of him.

What was it like to live in China before 1949 compared to after 1949? Please support your assertions with relevant statistics.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't know what your point is. China was a shitshow. Both before and during Mao's time. I don't live in such a place though. And I absolutely would not want to go from where I am now to being under Mao. He'd kill me for being an "intellectual" for a start.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

He'd kill me for being an "intellectual" for a start.

Don't worry mate. There is 0% chance of anyone anywhere mistaking you for an intellectual.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Mao: peasants dont have to pay rent anymore

me, an intellectual: nooo, i cant foresee a world where my wages arent siphoned by a passive landowner!