Comments on: CMLS Rules Obstructing Competition http://blog.period-three.com/2008/05/05/cmls-rules-obstructing-competition/ Simple. Measurable. Powerful. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:29:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: Gene http://blog.period-three.com/2008/05/05/cmls-rules-obstructing-competition/#comment-4915 Sat, 10 May 2008 23:31:49 +0000 http://blog.period-three.com/2008/05/05/cmls-rules-obstructing-competition/#comment-4915 Personally, I think it's a prime example of a small group of people who are taking advantage of a larger group through sheer mis-understanding of technology. Meaning, CMLS is holding all these Realtors hostage because they don't understand what could be, which also limits any scope for there to be any real competition developed... Personally, I think it’s a prime example of a small group of people who are taking advantage of a larger group through sheer mis-understanding of technology. Meaning, CMLS is holding all these Realtors hostage because they don’t understand what could be, which also limits any scope for there to be any real competition developed…

]]> by: Jason Johnson http://blog.period-three.com/2008/05/05/cmls-rules-obstructing-competition/#comment-4853 Tue, 06 May 2008 03:50:43 +0000 http://blog.period-three.com/2008/05/05/cmls-rules-obstructing-competition/#comment-4853 Woop! Woop! My entire family being involved in real estate (except me), I know the pain realtors have had with the CMLS service and software. In the last few years, they upgraded to a web-based (from client/server) system, and it was horrid. When they rolled it out, I remember watching friends and family dependent on the system literally hanging their heads in disappointment (and worried they wouldn't be able to serve their customers properly), but with no alternatives, CMLS left them locked in and miserable. Competition is healthy. It keeps you giving your customers the attention and service they deserve. Without competition (and the threat of losing a customer to somebody else), everything stagnates... CMLS being a prime example. Woop! Woop!

My entire family being involved in real estate (except me), I know the pain realtors have had with the CMLS service and software. In the last few years, they upgraded to a web-based (from client/server) system, and it was horrid. When they rolled it out, I remember watching friends and family dependent on the system literally hanging their heads in disappointment (and worried they wouldn’t be able to serve their customers properly), but with no alternatives, CMLS left them locked in and miserable.

Competition is healthy. It keeps you giving your customers the attention and service they deserve. Without competition (and the threat of losing a customer to somebody else), everything stagnates… CMLS being a prime example.

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