Comments on: Is there crack in the groundwater? http://www.arbitraryuser.com/blog/2008/07/04/is-there-crack-in-the-groundwater/ Jonathan Endersby, Recovering Technologist Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:11:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Confluence http://www.arbitraryuser.com/blog/2008/07/04/is-there-crack-in-the-groundwater/comment-page-1/#comment-10294 Confluence Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:47:48 +0000 http://www.arbitraryuser.com/blog/?p=262#comment-10294 When Hodgestar and I were looking for a house, we discovered that while local estate agents claim to make use of the intertubes, and ostensibly have running websites, this claim is in fact greatly exaggerated. Their online information was frequently outdated and incomplete, and we got the feeling that each agency contained about one employee (if any at all) whose job it was to copy stuff onto the internet, and nobody else cared. I think this is why they're so keen to route your email correspondence into a more familiar medium. We ended up buying property newspapers. It was the only way to actually get to see anything decent. It's possible that things have improved during the past couple of years, but I'm sceptical. :/ When Hodgestar and I were looking for a house, we discovered that while local estate agents claim to make use of the intertubes, and ostensibly have running websites, this claim is in fact greatly exaggerated.

Their online information was frequently outdated and incomplete, and we got the feeling that each agency contained about one employee (if any at all) whose job it was to copy stuff onto the internet, and nobody else cared. I think this is why they’re so keen to route your email correspondence into a more familiar medium.

We ended up buying property newspapers. It was the only way to actually get to see anything decent.

It’s possible that things have improved during the past couple of years, but I’m sceptical. :/

]]> By: mjw http://www.arbitraryuser.com/blog/2008/07/04/is-there-crack-in-the-groundwater/comment-page-1/#comment-10277 mjw Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:47:38 +0000 http://www.arbitraryuser.com/blog/?p=262#comment-10277 1) I agree with regards to Gumtree. I lose patience fast and go elsewhere. I get sick of hacking the URLs to open multiple listings. 2) Read <i>Freakonomics</i> (again?) 1) I agree with regards to Gumtree. I lose patience fast and go elsewhere. I get sick of hacking the URLs to open multiple listings.
2) Read Freakonomics (again?)

]]> By: Michael http://www.arbitraryuser.com/blog/2008/07/04/is-there-crack-in-the-groundwater/comment-page-1/#comment-10272 Michael Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:21:37 +0000 http://www.arbitraryuser.com/blog/?p=262#comment-10272 Try greasemonkey. Try greasemonkey.

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