On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:33:55 -0700, Chuck Gould wrote:

On Mar 16, 1:44?pm, "druid" wrote:
I signed up with him on Feb 10 (kinda Long Story on why I signed with
him in the first place...) for I guess 90 days. Can I switch to
another broker after 90 days? Can I switch earlier? Or am I stuck with
him?

druidhttp://www.bcboatnet.org

Hello, Lloyd

The broker can't hold your boat captive.


Good to hear!

I would suggest that you have a frank talk with him or her and relate
that you are less than satisfied with the marketing efforts.
(Hopefully you have expressed this in prior conversations, but
regardless you have the right to be dissatisfied).


I've tried to be positive about my concerns: for instance, I thanked him
for getting the detailed specs online in my email pointing out the errors.
I would like to keep him "on my side" as much as possible.

The cleanest way to cancel the listing is to ask the broker to furnish
you with a list of propsects to whom he has shown the boat. SNIP

Thanks for the Great Advice!

I think I'll wait until the April mags come out (he was supposed to get
the ads in the March mags, but missed the deadline) - see how that shows.
Then again, the longer I wait the bigger the "list of prospects" would be...

I would imagine your listing agreement is something boilerplated by
the BCYBA. It may contain language that gives your broker an
"exclusive right to sell" your boat for up to 180 days.

This was the clause I remember from last time that was bothering me.
Hopefully he'll be kind and cancel it if I decide to change brokers.

So - did you ever get the problems worked out on BC Boatnet? Haven't seen
you post there...

Thanks again
druid