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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: Do your old landlords still contact you?
I had a landlord in Qingdao that kept calling and emailing me months and months after I left, usually about how I should move back to Qingdao and do some sort of translation work for him. My last landlord in Beijing has called me numerous times since I moved out asking if I knew anyone who'd be interested in renting his apartment.
I can't complain, both landlords were actually really nice, and didn't screw me out of my security deposit... but I think it's a little bit strange that they keep on contacting me after our contract is up. (Never had this happen back home).
Is this common in China, or are my situations somewhat isolated?
I would guess it's because you are a foreigner and the old landlords want to build up "guan xi" in this way because the landlords would like to believe you could bring benefits to them, such as doing translation work or introducing new foreigners to rent their apartments.
It happens to Chinese people too.If the landlords think the customer is useful or with potentials, then they would like to build up "guan xi" with him.
It can be quiet annoying sometimes. So some people would like to keep their real social status/occupations unsaid when they receive services.
It's not a matter. I still have relations with my own landlord.
some time it's helpfull for us.
No it's not isolated behaviour at all, i've had numerous landlords pester me endlessly, long after i'd moved out, for sexual favours, photographs of my naked rear, some offering invitations to strange orgiastic meet-ups, the list is endless; one even sent me tickets to see Celine Dion. But it honestly doesn't bother me at all, though I did kindly decline the tickets to see Celine Dion.