My friend and her husband completed and moved into their new house 3 weeks ago. They were looking for months and finally found the perfect property. It went to best and final and they didn't get it. My friend was distraught and her DH called the estate agent offered more money and they got it. Obviously, this was not a particularly ethical thing to do but it happens and it worked for them.
After they had been in the house a couple of days, they received a hand delivered letter saying they 'would get what was coming to them'. Their first thought was it was some teenagers bored over the school holiday and they were a little worried about what kind of neighbourhood they had bought into.
The next one said something along the lines of karma would sort them out and they knew what they did. It started to get very I know what you did last summer. But this made them think it was the buyer that they gazuumped.
They have received several more and get them every few days. My friend is really upset. She is a very sensitive and kind person and already had felt terrible about the gazuumping but her DH had convinced her it was fine. They have gone to the local police station but they can't help as currently no crime has been committed as the threats are more karma based than 'I'm going to hurt you'.
They are looking at getting a camera to see if they can catch them or hopefully just put them off doing it.
Has anyone else ever had any experience of anything like this? If so, did they eventually get bored? I know gazuumping is horrible (and have had it done to me) but this seems a bit of an over the top reaction to it.