Monday 8 November 2010

Truly bizarre

Whilst new to blogging on Active Rain, I have been blogging elsewhere (Blogger) for a few years but I have to say this is probably the first time I have blogged on what I consider to be a collection of bizarre occurrences all in the past few days.
First off, I must point out that business is done very differently in Spain compared to where many readers (of this) are based. Anyway, Thursday morning started out with two appointments to view a property I currently have available for rent. Both enquiries were from local customers that had seen the property on one of the various webpages where it is advertised with full details - the first client was looking for an unfurnished property and this one is furnished, the second client didn't have the decency to show up and funnily enough turned off her mobile phone.
Ok, not that unusual. Then Friday evening after a very bust day with four appointments (and a haircut) I receive an email via Facebook telling me I have been selected to appear in an advertisement billboard to be located at Alicante Airport. Sounds interesting but a little digging deeper and I find out it's a hoax.
Saturday was a family day and Had a trip to Valencia, my nearest big city. Whilst there, I received a call from a (what I thought to be) big hitter looking to view a couple of properties asap. The urgency being that he had docked in port for a couple of days (yes, a yacht type), and was back out to sea early Tuesday. I said I was away until later that evening, but would take his call at 10 pm on a Saturday night to discuss exact requirements. At that stage he told me exactly the property he wanted to view (on Sunday) and I said I would do my best to accommodate him.
Back to Altea Saturday evening and confirmed the appointment with the vendor, got my call at 10 pm and early Sunday morning appointment confirmed.
Met with client for first time and had a coffee. The guy looks the part for sure based on first impressions and clearly educated too. This came across more so when we visited the property for sale and spent nearly two hours there, with the buyer actually discussing some of the very beautiful artistic touches that the house boasts. We didn't discuss an offer but we did discuss the process of purchasing and to be honest all was going perfectly well.
We left the property, talked about the pro's and con's of the house and also did a small yet useful tour around the area. Then the client invited me to lunch (bearing in mind this is Sunday, an important family day in Spain) and we proceeded to a restaurant in the Club Nautico de Benidorm. A good meal, discussing amongst other things, possible offers and the like.
By the time that the waiter offered us dessert, I have spent close to six hours with this client. And then he disappeared - yes that's right he disappeared.............................unbelievable. And I couldn't even eat his serving of tiramisu which he had ordered.
Seriously, the guy got up from the table to see if his father had arrived who he had been expecting for the hour prior and not to be seen again (or heard from since).
It got me wondering if I had a "mug" sticker across my forehead!

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