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CONFESSION #0857 — LOWBALL OFFER
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
The buyers came back for a third showing. Loved the house. Said it was perfect. Listed at 425. Monday: they submit offer. 310. Not 400. Not 380. Three hundred and ten thousand dollars. Tuesday: I call their agent. Ask if there's a typo. She says no, that's the number. Wednesday: my sellers see the offer. Husband laughs. Wife cries. They bought in 2019 for 390. Thursday: sellers want to counter at 420. I say fine. Friday: buyers counter back. 315. Five thousand dollar increase. Like that fixes it. Saturday: I show the house to someone else. They offer 412. Sunday: first buyers call their agent screaming. Say we should have negotiated. Say the market is crashing. Say we'll regret this. The 412 closes in three weeks. First buyers are still looking. Eight months now. Their agent stopped returning my calls around month four, which honestly I get.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED LOWBALL REJECTION AND JUSTIFIABLE ABANDONMENT OF DELUSIONAL PURCHASERS
The Court has reviewed this confession and finds itself experiencing what can only be described as VINDICATION SWEATS. A 310 offer on a 425 listing is not negotiation, it is PERFORMANCE ART, and The Court does not attend the theater for a reason — Reginald was once asked to leave a community production of Twelve Angry Men for attempting to deliberate from the audience. These buyers submitted an offer that was essentially a ransom note written in crayon, then had the AUDACITY to act surprised when a serious buyer appeared with actual currency. The five thousand dollar counter increase is particularly offensive to this Court, as it suggests these individuals believe negotiation works like a tip jar at a coffee shop where you just toss in whatever change is weighing down your pocket. Your sellers bought at 390, listed at 425, and closed at 412, which means the system WORKED, and The Court will not apologize for mathematics even though math once humiliated me at a continuing education seminar I was not technically enrolled in. The screaming phone call claiming you would regret this is EXHIBIT A in the case of Delusion v. The Entire Housing Market, 2024, and the fact that their agent stopped returning your calls is not abandonment but rather SELF-PRESERVATION, which this Court has ruled is a protected right ever since I tried to subpoena my own therapist. Eight months of searching is their sentence, and The Court finds it INSUFFICIENT.
SCANDAL RATING: 1.9/10 Lowball Lobotomy

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