Unlucky mon.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 11:39, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

"the sellers have a potential new buyer so they are jerking you around
whilst they decide whether to gazump you"

is my translation of this...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 11:42, Reply)

Might not be.
Equally likely to be "legal profession being pricks"^TM
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 11:47, Reply)

unlikely
as he won't get paid until the transaction completes... lawyers aren't pricks when it comes to getting paid...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 11:48, Reply)

Yes, but they are magically good at extending the amount of work done
thus ensuring they get paid more.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 11:49, Reply)

depends
for conveyancing it's usually a fixed fee

for stuff like divorce or litigation, where it's hourly rates, you might have had a bad experience, i admit...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 11:55, Reply)

I'm pretty sure my last piece of conveyancing daarn saaaf wasn't fixed.
Or, at least it was fixed unless anything went wrong. Which it then magically did.

Meh, that was a fair while ago though.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 12:02, Reply)

such a bad impression of my wonderful profession
i'd fix you up
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 20 Mar 2013, 12:03, Reply)