So, back to my real estate quest.
The online form has a button to state whether I prefer email or phone as a contact means, and I chose email, and I believe I mentioned also in the text that I prefer email as a means of contact.
The property is a piece of land:
http://www.realtor.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?vd=&SearchURL=%3fMode%3d0%26vs%3dLand%26ret%3d303%26curPage%3dpropertySearch.aspx%26pro%3d-1%26lsu%3d7%26wftg%3d1%26mp%3d0-25000-0%26mrt%3d0-0-4%26trt%3d2%26of%3d1%26ps%3d10%26o%3dA&Mode=0&PropertyID=7436492
The address above is from mls.ca which is the Canadian multiple listing service that does not use email either!
The realtor is presumably the person stated as being Kevin Clarke - maybe he is out of the country on vacation, or has decided not to serve the listing he has taken from the property owner, who knows.

I did, however get a reply of sorts once I emailed the ReMax South Shore 12246 and explained once more that I had no reply.
Here it is:
"Here is the listing cut for the property that you are interested in. If you have any questions, you can contact the listing agent at 902-826-2083"

I clicked the link that was in the email and marked 'New Properties" and was taken to a page that had the same or even less information than the MLS listing!
Presumably that is what a 'cut' is! Or maybe I am expected to understand real estate in-crowd slang.
The sender of the email identified herself by name, and underneath gave her position as being 'employee'. Now, remember I have stated a preference for email as a means of contact - well, guess what! The email she sent was from a 'noreply' email address! So we have TOTAL communication failure regarding email as a preference.

The sad thing here is that an individual somewhere has listed their little piece of land with these fools, and is actually expecting a sale to result!

Interestingly, this property listing cannot be found at the Remax South Shore website. Perhaps the client is insignificant to the prima donnas at this Remax office.

My thinking is resounding - avoid Remax, and in particular, the South Shore branch in Nova Scotia. It is just too much hard work attempting to give them my business.
And meanwhile, no doubt, they will proudly continue to give their email address as a  means of contact, maybe just to show how tuned in they are to modern living.

I now would no longer be interested in the property anyway - if things are this hard to do, then maybe they are fated not to be.

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