Difficult Buyers

[micci124]

Good evening all.

We are in the process of selling our house, accepted an offer on our already reduced house. Things were progressing nicely until an error was spotted on the purchase price, nobody is sure what is going on for sure, but our buyers are maintaing they offered 5k less than what the estate agent offered to me over the phone. They were understandably angry and shocked, however despite being sent a memorandum of sale with the purchase price 30 days, only just actioning this now. We are at the top of borrowing for the next house and cannot afford the extra 5k. Even though, this isnt our fault we offered 1.2k extra. This was flatly refused. There seems to be no empathy for us by them and they seem to be going beyond the realm of politeness. I think there is foul play here,and I'm tempted to tell them to shove it. Any advice? Thanks

I cant see where @rainingsnoring has counted 7, I can see they have written "several"

I did say several and definitely didn't go the trouble of counting up the responses! Thanks for pointing that out. I think the rather rude and emotional nature of the OP's posts is there for all to see. Imo, buying and selling houses relies on trust and a bit of give and take, at least in the UK. If those things break down, the deal is more likely to fall apart, which isn't a good thing as it just creates more stress.

You weren't being super polite yourself @rainingsnoring when you said to @micci124 "I feel a bit sorry for your buyers if you are behaving like this with them" and are now accusing their posts of being "rude and emotional" so the nature of your posts is also there for all to see.

Saying that I feel sorry for the buyers is not rude. It's a genuine feeling. The second is a fair, description, I think.
Naturally, you would completely ignore the OP's far ruder posts though and single me out! Don't worry, I've come to expect it from you.

That's it then. They're having you on if the EA has evidence they made the higher offer. It also squares with them not querying it when they first got the paperwork.
Edit: I see this means their call to you, not the buyers' call to them.
But I still think the buyers are at fault. If they were buying with a mortgage, the price would be all over everything and everyone. Their solicitor should still have picked it up even if they did not, as the solicitor would have to have told them what monies to make ready. I don't think the EA picking up some of the bill automatically means they admit they were wrong, they may just want the sale to go through.
Either way, it's the buyers' job to check the paperwork. If they failed to, it's 100% their fault. You couldn't have known, as the paperwork squares with your understanding of it- so it certainly is not your fault.

Get it back on the market. Just say sorry but the agent offered x. They need to take it up with agent - if they have cocked up they need to reduce fees to compensate.

Not paranoia, have experienced it myself