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Old 02-01-2016, 11:01 AM   #4683
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Another disturbing trend I've noticed is (at least it is true with a few of the recently built / yet-to-be-built high rises near Metrotown), some developers are not giving the buyer the explicit choice to pick their own preferred unit. They don't even tell you which units are available still. Instead, they just show you all the different floor plans that are available, but they won't allow you to pick the actual floor of your own choosing. Rather, you tell them which floor plan you want, the sales agent go to talk to the sales manager, and comes back to offer you with 1 or 2 units at a certain floor.

The key point here is, the sales manager chooses the floor for you, and you have the option to take it or leave it.

In my experience, the developments that use this type of selling scheme are generally quite tall (30+ floors?), so maybe they are doing this in the name of efficiency. But as a buyer, I want to choose my own unit, not having to beg the sales manager to allocate one of their available units to me.
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