THE HYMNS OF PRAISE.
HOUSE DECOY'S PRACTICES. A new. device—the house-decoy—is being employed by the unscrupulous class of house-agents in certain suburbs, says ia London newspaper. The role of the decoy is simplo. He is installed in a houso in a jerry-built row, with, instructions to " boost "_ to all and sundry the wonderful bargain he lias secured. "Prospective purchasers are led up his garden to his front door by the house agent, who generally contrives to mako it appear as a bright idea on the part of the purchasers themselves that they should hear what an earlier "settler " has to say. The decoy then sings his hymn of praise, professing to be full of gratitude to the agent for having offered him such a bargain. Sometimes " a solicitor with a taste for sharp practice takes a hand in collusion with the agent and the decoy. In these cases the purchaser is quite likely to find himself a " landed " proprietor in a decidedly equivocal sense of the term. A " dud " house, a crooked agreement too cunning to be upset without ruinously costly litigation, and a pood deal of unwelcome experience are then all he has to show for his money.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20288, 22 June 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)
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