After a Facebook post, Purplebricks and allAgents have once again begun to fight, the latest battle in an ongoing war between the two companies.
A Purplebricks area manager posted on Facebook: “Over 40,000 positive reviews on Trustpilot, verified users of Purplebricks. allAgents is an unregulated site where anyone and everyone (including the competition) can post untrue reviews.”
This was in response to a Facebook user posting the comment: “Don’t. Awful. Take your money sell (sic) or no sale and then you’ll never hear from them. I’ve just removed my property with them” with a reference to AllAgents.”
AllAgents then responded by issuing a statement yesterday in the name of its director Martin McKenzie saying: “Enough is enough. First Purplebricks’ lawyers send us threatening letters, now their own staff are trolling Facebook users to spread misinformation about us. All of our Purplebricks reviews – both positive and negative – are verified. I’m not convinced Trustpilot can say the same. What’s needed is an independent audit of both our reviews and Trustpilot’s. We’re very happy to allow that, the question is, are they? With such a wide disparity in ratings, it’s time consumers knew which review website they’re able to really trust.”
The bad blood between Purplebricks and AllAgents runs deep.
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