tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202278766649962002.post7312306365802849356..comments2023-10-23T11:50:58.103-07:00Comments on Adam Dziedzic: GRE writing argument task: The following appeared in a letter from a homeowner to a friend.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202278766649962002.post-22906413241082349132015-07-21T11:39:53.219-07:002015-07-21T11:39:53.219-07:00The author of the letter claims that it is better ...The author of the letter claims that it is better to use the services of Adams Realty in real estate sale rather than Fitch Realty. The claim is based, however, on some questionable assumptions, which should be revised in more detail.<br /> Let focus on the first assumption of the argument: Adams has more real estate agents. Does really the quantity reflect the quality? Maybe Fitch does not need as many agents because the ones they have are more effective in selling and more competent. Also if they work part-time they might have better experience in ither field or they might just not need as much time for the real estate selling as Adams' agents need. It is very shortcutting way of thinking to claim that if particular company has more sales representatives it is of better quality. Some smaller companies can offer even better service because they are not mass-oriented and concentrate on few clients and deals at a time and therefore are more personalised and individualised.<br /> The second assumption under the argument seems problematic as well. How can the amount of revenue of a company certify the superiority of its service? It can show as well that a company imposes greater commission on their sale, so in other words they keep more money of the sale value to themselves and leave smaller part on the sale value for the client . Also home average sale value says really little about the real estate company superiority. It might be that the company with the smaller sales value focuses on different segment of properties for sale (the cheaper ones). As in the example mentioned above it may also mean that they comman greater commission on their sale, while Fitch can earn smaller part for themselves. Also it may mean that Adams could have been selling just higher-valued properties in the last year but it does not show their superior sales abilities. The author also gives numbers from the last year, which is not actually a representative of a general business operations. That particular year could have been just expceptionally worse for Fitch and in other years it might have outnumber Adams in the amount of revenue. <br /> On the other extreme, as the next example, the author bring forward the case of sale from ten years ago. He states his opinion on his particular experience, so it os not objective mean of assessing the company service. It might be just his case and not the others'. Also his property might have been exceptionally easy (or attractive) to sell and he has no comparison as he used only service of this particular agency. Besides, he makes and inadequate analogy to his another sale from a year ago, which was not so succesfull with Fitch and he draws very simplified conclusion based on the time it took both to sale. However, such comparison is not correct as both cases dealt with other properties and were in completely different times (for example 10 years ago it might have been generally easier to sell any property). The market for real estate could have changed drastically over this 9 years time difference and it might not be related to the real estate agency operations at all. Also the real estate agency service might have changed in that time. This is just example how people can generalise and build stereotype attitudes and opinions based on just one case. <br /> In conluclusion, the recommendation the author give that one should use Adams Realty when selling a property is based on very questionable assumptions and should not be taken as an objective and reliable one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259574865875952974noreply@blogger.com