Sherlock Holmes would have been proud. Buyer attempts to deal with our seller.

We showed our listing located in Pembroke Pines, Florida on Wednesday to a couple who really liked the home.
They asked all kinds of questions and seemed ready to place an offer.
We discussed the home for an hour,we parted with the impression they`d get back to me in the morning.

Rule #1 in Real Estate is to never pressure a buyer into buying. Let them decide for themselves.

I waited until the next day and left a message.
We didn`t hear back from the buyers.

On Friday, I received a call from our seller who informed me they located a buyer for their home and was wondering if they had to compensate us a commission.
As the seller spoke I realized the buyers were in fact the people we showed the home to.
I asked the seller how they found the buyers.

The conversation is as follows.

Me: How were you able to locate the buyers?

Seller: well, huh, they just ahhh Knocked on our door.

Me: Really? Did you think anything about that?

Seller: Well ahhh no, they did ahhh mention they saw our home.

Me: Were their names ^%*#%&%$?

Seller: Ahh, humm, well yeah!

Me: Ask them who showed then your lovely home.

Seller: What difference does it make? They want to buy direct!

Me: No difference, except you and I have a written and bining contract.In the contract it states we`re to be paid a commission whether we show the home or we don`t.In this case we showed the home to these buyers who have decided they can negotiate directly with you!

Seller: Ahhha, yeah, but,but, they knocked on our door.

Me: Ask them if they know the Realtor who showed the home.

I decide to end the conversation and contact the buyer.

The buyers gave me a round about explanation as to what transpired.They swore up and down they only knocked on the door to see the home one more time before contacting our office to place the offer.
Some days you have to act like Sherlock Holmes in order to prove a point.