Real Estate Agents Don't Deserve the Commissions

I fail to figure out why people pay real estate agents the money the do to sell a home.

Sure, some spend hundreds of hours, but most spend less than 50.

For that they get 3% and the broker gets 3%?

Granted, commissions differ, but on a half million dollar house, the money is ridiculous! If the combined commission is 6%, that's $30,000!

They give the sob story that they work hard and seldom make sales so they need big commissions to carry them through. Maybe if the commissions weren't so high more people would use them.

I'm all for changing the monopoly giving these guys such a huge commission.

How about a negotiated fee? How about hiring them by the hour? How about making it easier for the poor buyers and sellers to do the job themselves.

Agents and Brokers? Necessary in some cases, an overpriced pain in the bank account for most.

If you have a choice, work with a bank and title company and keep the commissions.

It's all my opinion, but hey, I'm entitled to that.

Windows is Easy?

Microsoft must have some strange set of designers.

The message from the company seems to want to convince everyone that their products are great, easy to use, and will make you productive.

Somewhat, absolutely not, and sometimes.

Having done lots of testing where users of all ages have had to use Windows to complete tasks, anything beyond the most basic tasks are amazingly difficult.

People have problems with the filing system. They save files and then can't find them.

If you watch experts for awhile, you see that they get around finding files by doing searches of their hard drives because they can't remember where they left their files. What makes it worse is that many times they can't figure out what they named the files.

That is probably one of the biggie problems. There are dozens more.

I often get people coming to me to help them fix their computers. To a person, when they talk about their computers they are confused, discouraged, and wishing there is an alternate to what they have.

I would tell them go to the Mac, but having used my daughters mac laptop lately, they are just as messed up.

The Mac people love to say how easy it is to use one. But having used one years ago and then here and there over the years, I know the basics. The problem is, there are so many cutesy little things they have done to the interface that it took me forever to find what I wanted to do and to do it.

So, Microsoft, get a clue and make life simpler for everyone.

Mac users, just shut the heck up. Macs may be easier for some things, like iPods and ITunes, but they are not easy.

There isn't a computer built that is easy.

They are complex and they all take dedication to figure out.

Someone should offer 10 million dollars to the first person that solves the complexity problem.

Microsoft and Apple need not apply for the prize.

Jetta Stalkers?

What was Volkswagon thinking?

Their ads have a current owner of a Jetta calling up the previous owner who seems really surprised to hear from the new owner.

The new owner is excited to talk to the previous owner and says they should hang out.

The previous owner seems to be thinking, "what the heck is going on?"

Does anyone else wonder how the current owner got the previous owners name?

Granted, it is an advertisement, but to me it seems to be sending the message that "we're selling your used car to some stalker wacko who is going to find you and bug you to spend time with him/her." But, that is a great reason to buy our car!

Whoever thought this ad up, wasn't thinking the concept through.

This is one creepy weird ad.