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Common Mistakes When Selling Your Home?
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Mar 10, 2025
Selling a home can be emotional and complicated. Many sellers aim for a quick sale at a fair price but often face avoidable mistakes that can cause delays or lower offers. In this video, we’ll explore the top 15 mistakes home sellers make and share practical tips to steer clear of them. Don’t miss out—watch now and get the guidance you need! You can learn more about the Top 15 Mistakes Home Sellers Make and How to Avoid Them on our blog: 👉 https://real-estate-crunch.com/top-15-mistakes-home-sellers-make-and-how-to-avoid-them/ #RealEstateCrunch #HomeSellingTips #RealEstateAdvice #SellYourHome #HomeSellingMistakes #PropertyTips #HomeSellingGuide #RealEstateTips
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hi this is Anita from Real Estate crunch
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today we're going to talk about the 15
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top mistakes that home sellers make and
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how to avoid them so you you know you
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have your home you want to be able to
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sell it and what are some things that
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you should look for well one mistake
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that a lot of them make is by working
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alone they think well I really need
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professional assistance I can do this
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all on my own I don't need anyone to
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help me I'm I'm going to figure this out
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and you know that's one of the top
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mistakes because then they're really
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losing out on a lot of the expertise
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that a real estate agent can give you or
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can bring along to this the other one is
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waiting too long to
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sell you know holding off on selling and
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hopes to get a better price can
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sometimes backfire you especially if
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your home depreciates in value the
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market becomes saturated so you know
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some people might just say oh they think
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their home's worth so much more than it
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actually is so they keep holding off on
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it hoping it would better pricing too
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high that's another one where people
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they really price it too high so they
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scare our potential buyers you know
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people will look around and they'll
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they'll see what's going on in other
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places of the market what's a price
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that's similar to the one that I'm
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looking at now a good buyer will always
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do their research and always know what
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the price of about should
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be and that's again where a real estate
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good real estate agent could be able to
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come in and help you and to be able to
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tell you what you need to do for the
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pricing another one is selling as is
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listing your home without addressing
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obvious issues or making repairs can
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deter buyers and may lead to low lowball
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offers if people go into house and feel
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like they got to make a whole bunch of
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repairs a whole bunch of adjustments to
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it they may not be happy and decide to
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go with something which will have less
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hassle to it so you know even minor
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repairs like a fresh coat of paint
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fixing leaky faucet can make a
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significant difference you know for
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major issues consider the cost to ratio
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and then you know you can decide which
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repairs you would need to do to get your
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best turn on relate on the investment
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obviously if you're going do a bunch of
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expensive returns it's going to make no
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difference it may not be worth doing it
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so that's where you got to really check
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it out and decide what is worth doing
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the other thing people do is they keep
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clutter they leave your house clutter
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during showings to make it appear
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smaller and less appealing so if you
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really want your house to seem appealing
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please you know take out the Clutter
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make it look good so that people want to
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come in and say this could be a place
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that I would want to live in the other
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thing is not depersonalizing the space
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they um they keeping personal items such
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as family photos or unique Decor can
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make it harder for buyers to EnV Vision
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the space as their own so if you're
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really looking for people to come in
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they want to see it as their space help
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them to be able to see that this is
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their space By the way that you
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essentially that's why they call it
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staging the home the way that you make
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the home look and feel so that people
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will want to come in and will want to
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purchase the property skipping major
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repairs is another one which we've
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talked about before like I you know
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leaky roof or you know faulty Plumbing
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most people don't want to come in and
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don't want to fix that stuff unless
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they're going to buy it cuz they're
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going to flip the house or they have the
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ability to do it then maybe they do but
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most people don't want to come in and be
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harassed with this cutting cost on
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photography that you know they may try
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to skimp on photography so you don't
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want to spend the money on it to make it
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look as good as possible you want to be
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able to drive people to come in to your
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home to be able to view it to see it if
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they don't really come in to view and
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see it you can't really sell it so you
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need to make sure that all the marketing
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is appealing for people to want to come
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in hiding problem is another one that
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you know concealing known issues such as
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mold or structural damage can lead to
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legal trouble and it can also erode the
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buyer's trust if suddenly you the buyer
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knew that you knew that this was a
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problem and you didn't disclose it to
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them then at the same time they they
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probably won't trust trust you you will
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not be considered trustworthy being
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unavailable for showings you know
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limiting availability for showings can
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frustrate a buyers and reduce your
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chance of selling quick quick uh quickly
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you make make your home accessible for
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showings at convenient times even it
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means accommodating evenings or weekends
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the more flexible you are the more
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opportuni you have to attract serious
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buyers you know if you're going to say
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to somebody like oh I can only show my
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house from you know 9:00 to 10: in the
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morning well you're going to limit
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yourself because a lot of people will be
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working then so you're going to have to
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be able to be accommodating to you know
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to basically maybe get out of the
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property and to um allow people to go
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through your property without you there
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being unwilling to negotiate you know
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sometimes you know most people come in
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and they expect that you know here's the
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price and we're going to nego negotiate
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the price so being unwilling to
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negotiate it can really be a problem
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when it comes to being able to sell your
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house letting your emotions get the best
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of you you know some people they're
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they're very much emotionally attached
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to their house they you they overprice
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it because of the emotions they you they
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just allow it to Cloud their judgment
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they have unexpected expectations and
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this can lead to very poor decision
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making failing to Stage the home if you
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really want your home to sell you need
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to make it look the best that it can and
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that will probably require that you
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stage the home so make it more
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attractive more appealing for people
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when they come in you can consider to
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hire a professional stage or can come in
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and to help you to be able to Stage the
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home overlooking curb appeal you know
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when people drive up to the home and
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they want to feel like oh this is a nice
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place I could see myself living here you
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want them to have that feeling the
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minute they drive up that driveway and
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so a lot of people they they don't think
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about the outside they don't think about
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what that means and make having a really
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good curb appeal so people feel like
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they want to belong there the last one
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is mismanaging marketing failing to
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Market your home effectively can uh
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limit exposure and reduce your your
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chances of finding the right buyer if
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you don't really you know get the
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exposure you need then you're not going
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to find the buyers you need it could
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really slow down the sale of your home
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if You' like to be able to read more
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about this you can read our blog post
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entitled top 15 mistakes home sellers
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make and how to avoid them and where we
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give you some more information and more
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tips for you to remember in this we'll
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put a link to the blog in the
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description below so that you should you
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will be able to find it
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we thank you so much for listening to us
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we hope you'll check out our blog real
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estat crunch.com and we just thank you
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for being part of our community we truly
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do appreciate you thank you
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