Meshugy says "Make Me Move"

[deejayoh]

Time for a bit more meshugy-schadenfreude

Since he used to make such a big deal of the "zestimate" for his palace, I like to check in every once in a while to see how he is doing.

This time I got a little surprise! Shugy has put a "make me move" on his property. And from the looks of it, based on the fact he has added 11 pictures + put his phone number on the site to contact him - I was thinking he might be serious about selling...

until I saw the price!


His "make me move" is $565k. This is $90k higher than the current "zestimate" of $475k, and $25k higher than the time high of $540k from ~two years ago.



It seems the exhaust fumes are still quite strong over in Crown Hill!

[rose-colored-coolaid]

<shaking head>

It's so hard for some people to cope with reality. One can hope that Shuggy doesn't actually expect to get that price out of it, but is putting it up there on a hope and a prayer. If it doesn't happen, maybe he's no worse off. If it does, he can finally come back here and gloat that we were suckers and his house kept on appreciating even during the crash.

[EconE]

IMO...when a person uses Zillow's Make Me Move, it tells me that somewhere, there is an agent that told them "Sorry, your price is too high, I don't want the listing".

[JimN]

Zillow was born during the bubble, so it was great for Meshugy (and others) on the way up.

On the way down, quite another story. I expect we'll soon see some lawsuits from sellers blaming it for not getting "true value"

[Everett_Tom]

[EconE]

"Make me move" also has a bit of bravado to it.

If you say with a "Clint Eastwood" tone...it almost dares the borrower to pull out their checkbook.

"Come on....Make...me...move."

[Charles Dean]

I've never seen a make me move price on Zillow that was based in any sort of reality. On the way up or on the way down.

[ira s]

" Do you feel lucky, punk?"
" Make me move."

[SeattleMoose]

Poor Baby Blue....a little behind the times.

It was all "good" on the way up and he could hardly wait to beat us over the head with how "special" Ballard was.

He was warned....MANY times that this day would come.

Now it is too late.

[faster]

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7310- ... 1321_zpid/

Here's the link to his house for anyone interested in making an offer.

[wreckingbull]

This is classic!!

I know he is reading this. Lil' blue, come back, we miss you!

Re: "Make Me Move" - This 'feature' will go down in the Housing Bubble Hall of Shame - A way for delusional homeowners to quell the post-purchase cognitive dissonance.

[perfectfire]

[Hugh Dominic]

I wasnt around for the Meshugy days - sorry I missed him.

Anyway, this guy is delusional....over $550K for that house? 2 years ago...maybe. Now, not a chance.

Tons of inventory in Ballard/Greenlake/Phinney and more coming on the market all the time....

[Everett_Tom]

Woah! I just looked, and his make me move price is up to $950,000 ..

better act now before it increases again!

[deejayoh]