A real estate agent has been accused of deliberately trying to mislead Australians after a promotional brochure wrongly claimed he had sold a property for $260,000 more than the actual price.
The three-bedroom house on Lygon Avenue in Clyde, about 50 kilometers southeast of Melbourne’s financial district, was bought for $650,000 on April 10.
However, a promotional brochure commissioned by Empire Real Estate Agents claimed that its agent Aseem Jhanji had sold the property for $910,000.
Daily Mail Australia understands the incorrect figure in the leaflet was a printing error by a third party responsible for printing and distributing the leaflets.
An eagle-eyed local who received the flyer in the mail posted a photo on Reddit and compared the sum to the price on the real estate.com list.
As a result, Australians mistakenly thought that Jhanji was being dishonest with the asking price to improve his status as an agent in the local area.
A promotional brochure commissioned by Empire Real Estate Agents claimed that their agent Aseem Jhanji (pictured) had sold a property for $910,000 – $260.00 above the correct asking price.
Daily Mail Australia understands the incorrect figure on the leaflet (left) was a printing error by a third party responsible for printing and distributing the leaflets.
‘Can this type of thing be reported? Not that it’s going to make any difference,” one wrote.
—Are you really suggesting that a real estate agent can be dishonest? Get out of here,’ commented a second.
A third shared: ‘I reported an agent for doing this once. I provided all the evidence and everything. I knew absolutely nothing, so I have no idea if anything came of it.
One commenter said Empire Real Estate Agent was aware of the printing error.
“I just chatted with a member of your team and they have been aware of this bug since yesterday,” he wrote.
‘They told me they have been receiving a lot of messages and calls since this incorrect leaflet came out.
“Someone needs to learn how to peer review after printing.”
Empire Real Estate Agents told Daily Mail Australia in a statement that the flyer was guilty of human error.
“Empire Real Estate Agents had agreed, through a third party, to prepare listings for two properties,” it said.
‘The first advert concerned the sale of a property situated at 74 Graziers Crescent, Clyde North, Vic, which sold for $910,000.
The three-bedroom house on Lygon Avenue in Clyde, about 50km southeast of Melbourne’s CBD, was bought for $650,000 on April 10.
«The second advertisement concerned the sale of a property located at 42 Lygon Avenue, Clyde, Vic. which sold for $650,000.
‘The printing error occurred when the format page of the said first advertisement for the property 74 Graziers Crescent was used in preparation for the second advertisement, namely the property 42 Lygon Avenue.
‘All details of the property were changed except the fact that the price of the Graziers Crescent property was accidentally kept as the price of the Lygon Avenue property, the latter of which should have been $650,000 and not $910,000 (which was the price of Graziers Crescent). .’
The real estate agency offered its “humble apologies” for “any inconvenience caused.”