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Oh no alandale, not a tie rack...are you joking?

I think we could really do with an 'organic cafe' - like the one in Greenwich, which is extremely reasonably well priced. We definitely don't NEED a record/CD shop, as they can never compete with the likes of the online retailers price wise. I think we need a really good unisex clothes shop, and if that means a good chain shop, like a GAP, Joseph, Whistles then so be it. I would love a genuine Italian deli like Luigi's in Fulham Rd SW10. I think, like others, that we need a good bakery selling organic bread, some yeastfree, some wheatfree. Cakes and pastries, some sugarfree, some glutenfree. Someone also mentions an arty cinema would be a blessing and I agree. However, would it do well financially as ED is 'dead' during the week.

Very nicely put Maurice - and Peckhamboy. Anyway, I am glad that not everyone misconstrued my original points; even H.P took it all rather well. Of course there are some good estate agents (as with all professions), although there does seem to be a higher percentage of dastardly ones, as Maurice has so eloquently noted! Anyway, I live in hope. Maybe one day I will meet a decent and compassionate estate agent, instead of either:- 1: a wide boy/geezer type. 2: failed public school boy 3: rather tarty female chavvy type I am sure H.P is none of the aforementioned. :)

No, I just dislike Traffic Wardens and Estate Agents as a profession, and did not like being lumped in the same category as them. Apologies if it came across as 'lofty'?

Thanks for that mockney. I see that solicitors and barristers aren't even in the Top 10 of most hated professions. Shame (for you downsouth). HP: My points were not directed at you personally, but the estate agency profession in general. It isn't regulated, and that is a real worry.

Downsouth, perhaps you would care to tell me what was 'wrong' with what I said? I am just pointing out the basic differences in the two professions. Loz, I am not biting the hand that feeds me as I am not a conveyancing solicitor.

Hennypenny, I am a lawyer, please do not put me in the same maligned category as estate agents. Lawyers: 3 year degree; 1 year LPC; 2 years of solicitor training. Estate agents: No qualifications or regulations The Estate Agent industry in the UK is unlicensed and unregulated, so any old fool or failed-at academia-ex-public schoolboy off the street without qualifications or experience can set up shop as an Estate Agent. There is no official training required. That explains a lot already, doesn?t it? *Lawyers are regulated by the Law Society, and the slightest misdemeanour means they will be 'struck off' practising. Estate agents: a profession that includes backstabbing to the ultimate level; manipulating people into buying homes because their salary depends on it; a life of working 6 days a week, 12 hours a day; an occupation that requires no qualification at all, and has no consumer protection. In my honest opinion, the answer to that question is, ?a daft twit who carries a joy for inflicting misery? Lawyers: you're protected when using one, as insurance indemnity is high. Estate Agents: You have more protection when buying a tin of soup. Agents can laugh all the way to the bank without carrying fear of prosecution. It?s extremely hard to claim anything against Estate Agents, unless they do something blatantly illegal. It?s amazing how British consumers have more rights when buying a tin of soup than when they buy a house. * Lawyers get paid a basic salary. Estate agents: tend to get "Commission-based salary" Their commission-based salary means they will try to sell you anything at any cost. You can see from the threads on here alone that many of us living in the ED area have been less than impressed with the service received from local estate agents. It doesn't take a genius to work out why!