On 24 Nov 2008 16:27:01 -0600, Dave wrote:

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:58:06 -0600, Vic Smith
said:

Whether he wants to haggle or not, it's a fact of life in most sales
of this type that most people would expect to get his price down.
Hell of a lot easier to put that haggle money in the offer price and
work it down if necessary to do the sale.
Just my opinion.

Your opinion differs from mine. To me it's a hell of a lot easier to price
it at what I think it will ultimately sell for, tell the broker it's a firm
and don't even communicate offers at a lower price, and make it clear to the
buyer that I've priced it fairly and will not haggle.

Maybe your method is best, and it's one I personally prefer.
I've never sold anything.
Put a car up for sale once, and after the first insulting offer I just
gave it to a needy neighbor.
As a many time buyer of used cars, I've basically gone by Kelly's.
If the offer price is in out of line with Kelly's, it's been no
problem getting it to down to that price with private owners.
OTOH, if it's at Kelly's already, and I want it, I just pay the asking
price. Might hem and haw a bit, but that's it.
I've picked up a couple offered below Kelly's, but suppose the owners
wanted to get rid of them.
I didn't bother offering more than they were asking!
As far as I know determining market value isn't so easy with boats.
So doing it your way is fine if you've picked a good price.
Might get the more serious buyers your way too, and save yourself
from the "browsers" and finaglers just out to finagle.

--Vic