We are just researching now and planning to buy next winter. But your post
brings up a question I have, if you don't mind.
Does the group think it is better/cheaper to buy from an owner privately; or
a broker? It seems the broker prices are more inflated and the boats carry
less equipment. Some seem stripped actually.
The privately owned boats better equipped?
I realize this is subjective of course. I imagine many will buy "up" to
larger boats and move equipment.
This will be first boat so this will be a large factor.
Any input welcome!
Thanks,
Kathy M.
"DSK" wrote in message
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Skip Gundlach wrote:

..... despite all the hoo-ha of the
advertising, the info presented is wrong more often than it's right.
Case
in point is the Morgan I drove several hours to see, fighting car
troubles
all the way, which had stated that the walk-through was 6-4. I made the
irrational assumption that if the walk-through was that tall, likely the
rest of it was similar or better.

Imagine my irritation, since that was the *only* boat in that market,
and I
could have been 5 hours closer to home by not coming there, as it was
the
last boat on that trip, when the walk-through proved to be 6-1 at the
tall
end and 6-0 at the short end.

Should have handed the broker who gave you the bad info a bill for your
time. I
threatened to do this with several of the less-good brokers we tried to
deal
with when hunting for our last boat.


And just in case you haven't been paying attention, that's the second
boat
on which we've offered. The first was rejected, this was accepted...

Keep the faith. My wife and I made made offers on 6 and had 2 accepted,
only to
fall through, before we landed 'the one.'



Yes, we're going to buy a boat...

I used to say, "We *are* going to buy a boat, but we refuse to be sold a
boat."
A lot of brokers could not tell the difference.

We also saw a lot of ironic circumstances, such as the boat we really
liked &
would have suited our needs; only to have the owner refuse to consider the
boats
actual condition & equipment instead of what he imagined it to be... six
months
later he sold the boat for less than our offer which he'd refused, after
paying
to have some of the stuff fixed that we'd balked at. Three of the boats we
made
offers on are still for sale. But we waded through a LOT of BS and
misrepresentation and unprofessional conduct by brokers, oh yes. It's a
wonder
that anybody actually buys boats at all.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King