Sorry to make my first post so bold but I've been at the visual design business for almost 7 years starting out in print publishing and then web design and it frustrates me to see how arrogant MLS's are in this nation.

Has anyone ever considered suing their MLS provider for providing gestopal level support and services? Honestly? I mean many of the MLS's I deal with are not "SERVICE" providers at all but "DICTATORS" bold enough to humble Sadam.

RETS at one point was thought to be the new mandate (MANDATE) for MLS's around the nation yet only 1 in 5 that I have personally dealt with even implement it.

IDX which is not specific to Real Estate is a age old technology that works quite well and yet again, MLS providers seem reluctant to provide it by and large. In fact after looking through all the real estate sites I've done while doing a client archive on my new 300GB hard drive, I noticed that only one in 4 had any kind of MLS or IDX indicators in front of them. I tend to lable my items in my archive in zips such as this. idx_garytaborrealty.zip or rets_condronproperties.zip.

So I ask this question only because I'm half humored at this while at the same time I'm half frustrated that MLS's can have such arrogant personalities about them. I recently had to deal with one in the state of Utah that was so arrogant I finally asked them; Do you provide anything for the money you take? I mean they did nothing more than give its members a place to put listings and provide a few documents in word and pdf format. Absolutely worthless in service when compared to truly good providers like Intermountain MLS in Idaho or FNIS in Sacramento.

Just curious

Jared