I should have bought a suit.

 I know that this is an old story but it keeps coming back to me, so I will share it with you again.

The well dressed well spoken English man was heading in from the airport. I asked him what he did for a living and he said that he was a professor of economics in Cambridge university. A clever boy so, Any tips?. Ireland has created a very positive tax base for internet companies and there will be a huge demand for property, Where should I look? he said.

Clontarf I said, close to town with good connections to the city center. Do you know a good estate agent? To cut a long story short he gave me his business card and asked to be called tomorrow evening.

So the next day I went to Gallagher Quigley at the bottom of the Malahide rd, As I walked through the door the secretary jumped up and blocked me. She then pushed me out and locked the door. She waved at me to go away. Mr Quigley had his back to me in the inside office.

So I went away,

I Raheny there was another office Douglas, Newman and Good, so I went there where the guy who met me knew me as his kids were going to the same school as mine. I explained what was going on and then he said "Give me your number, I will look after everything"

3 days later he rang me back to say that he had spoken to him and mailed off a pile of property details.

A few days after that he rang to say that the guy was coming, that night when the guy went back home the auctioneer rang to say that he had paid deposits on 2 2bedroom apartments and a 4 bedroom house.

He came back a few weeks later and bought more property,

A few years I met the auctioneer in the supermarket and he told me that he retied from the auctionerig business and was acting as an agent for the property company, he thanked me and all that I could say was

You are just lucky that I was not wearing a suit that day. 

I also had this happen to me when the owner of EBay was looking for a place where he could give his a special treat. I went to a hotel who did a tasting menu and asked to speak to a manager. 

The word came back that they were too busy to see me.. Too busy to take a e30,000 booking