In early November last year, Mr. Jia saw in the newspaper a two-bedroom apartment near his home worth 400,000 yuan.
The advertising agency said that the 400,000 yuan fee included All taxes, agency fees and other miscellaneous fees that need to be paid. Mr. Jia signed a contract with the agency and went through the relevant procedures. On the day when the house transfer procedures were completed, Mr. Jia learned that the contract signed between the original owner of the house he bought and the intermediary company stated that the sale price was actually only 360,000 yuan. Even if various expenses are included, the total is only more than 373,000 yuan, but the agency charged him a fee of 400,000 yuan.
When Mr. Jia took the contract and asked the other party to refund the overcharge, the intermediary pointed out that the contract stated that the second-hand house would be purchased for 400,000 yuan, and the price of 400,000 yuan included all the fees. The fee is not overcharged and cannot be refunded. After carefully checking the contract, Mr. Jia found that the details of the fees were not listed in the contract.