"Janet O'Leary" wrote in message
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troll sh*t removed

Hubbard ,, are you familiar with short selling? Stock market short
selling?
The reason that short selling is important to the market is because the
"true" price of a stock is revealed when someone is betting that the stock
price will go down.

Now,, apply this to a boat transaction. The seller is telling the
prospective
buyer that the boat is in perfect condition. All the while, the seller
knows that
there is a flaw, a serious flaw, with the boat. The seller is hoping that
the buyer
will not find the flaw. By asking the seller to shoulder half of the
survey
expense, the seller is forced to reveal the flaw before the survey .. and
this helps reach the "true" price of the boat.

That is: the boat less the repair, etc for the flaw.. etc.

This seems reasonable to me ..

It sounds reasonable, but it's not workable and isn't reality based. You
need to pay for the survey yourself to ensure you get the information you
need. The surveyor doesn't even want to see no less talk to the other
party... just the one paying the bill. As I said, you can negotiate a lot of
stuff. One possible thing would be to have the owner haul/splash. It's about
the same amount.

FYI, you might also want to avoid trolls.



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