▶ Your Answer :
In the given statement, the author states
that Adams Realty is superior compared to Fitch Realty and he recommends that
if one wants to sell home quickly and at a good price, one must choose Adams
Realty over Fitch Realty. To support this argument, the author claims that the
number of workers in Adams Realty was higher and the price of Adam Realty’s revenue
in last year was greater compared to Fitch Realty’s. Moreover, the author supports
his claim with his pleasant personal experience with Adam Realty ten years ago.
Basically, this argument suffers from several unwarranted assumptions and thus,
unpersuasive as it stands.
First of all, the author does not provide evidence
that Adam Realty and Fitch Realty are the only available realty agencies in
town. Although this can be true, it is also possible that there are more
agencies that one can choose from in town. If there are more agencies,
comparing only Adam Realty and Fitch Realty can be too narrowed and problematic.
Without proving that Adam Realty and Fitch Realty are the only available
agencies in town, this argument is poorly substantiated due to lack of
alternatives in the statement.
Even conceding that Adams Realty and Fitch
Realty are the only available agencies in town, the author hastily assumes that
the difference in the numbers of workers and their job condition is directly
related to company’s superiority. Although higher number of workers can be beneficial
to any agency, it is also plausible that if Fitch Realty can handle the same
amount of job as Adam Realty with smaller number of workers who are on
part-time condition, this would counter the author’s claim because the work
efficiency of Fitch Realty would be higher compare to Adams Realty. Therefore,
without comparing the actual work efficiency of each agency rather than just
the number of workers, author cannot assume that Adam Realty is superior to
Fitch.
Moreover, the author assumes that the
condition of Adam and Fitch Realty has not changed over the past 10 years. Though
he may have sold his house quickly and at a good price ten years ago through
Adam Realty, Fitch Realty may have changed their marketing methods or
incorporated new strategies to improve their sales over the past ten years. Moreover,
the author relies only on the last year’s revenue when comparing Adam to Fitch Realty
when the author must consider that although last year can represent the trend
of revenues of the two companies, last year can be an anomaly. Last year, Adam
had a new promotion deal which it had more customers compared to years in the
past or Fitch had fewer number of houses sold at higher price compared to Adam,
thus resulting in lesser amount of revenue with higher average amount for each
house sold. Therefore, without considering those, this statement remains
tenuous in its assumptions.
To sum, this argument is poorly substantiated
as it stands. To strengthen it, the author must provide evidence regarding whether
other alternative agencies are available in town and how work efficiency is comparable
at two different agencies. To evaluate it better, we need to know that whether
any changes have occurred at Fitch Realty over the past ten years and whether
last year was aberrant year to both agencies. Without providing further
information, one cannot take this recommendation seriously. |