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March 13, 2010 - Is a Royal Lepage realtor posing as a Consumer Awareness Hotline on its Toronto-wide Street SPAM Junk Signs and luring unsuspecting people into a real estate deal?
In "homemade-looking" printed junk signs plastered throughout the west toronto and elsewhere, a Lepage agent litters neighbourhoods and may be deceiving the public. Would you buy a house from someone advertising on a street with a "Litter-on-a-stick" sign?
The signs advertise and 800 number (1-888-711-4893) but it really Lepage at 905-279-8300. It is Royal Lepage at 2150 Hurontario Street, Mississauga, ON L5B 1M8.
Call to complain and tell your friends to stay clear of this realtor.
Alert residents along Widdicombe Hill Blvd. and other West Toronto neighbourhoods have started to remove these signs. You can help.
Tell friends and neighbours about these eyesore signs and contact city Councillor Howard Moscoe, councillor_moscoe@toronto.ca, to complain.
Also, contact:
Michelle Forde
Ontario Real Estate Association
99 Duncan Mill Road
Don Mills, ON
M3B 1Z2
416-445-9910 x 233
800-265-6732 x 233
michelle@orea.com
or
Realestate Council of Ontario
Office of the Registrar
3250 Bloor Street
WestEast Tower Suite 600
Toronto, ON MX8 2X9
FAX (they don't take calls from people): 416-207-4820 Email: complaints @reco.on.ca