On Mar 17, 10:30 am, "dene" wrote:
On Mar 16, 12:44 pm, "druid" wrote:



Hi,
I don't like the broker currently selling my boat.SNIP

A year ago, I had a broker like that. He had the boat 90 days and did
nothing with it. I waited for the contract to expire, then posted it
on Craig's List. Sold it in a week. SNIP

Yeah, thought of that. For one thing, I'm the World's Worst Salesman.
I know my asking price is a bit high (although it's lower than the
survey said it was worth), but I know the sellers will be
"bargaining". It's worth the commission to have THEM deal with the
looky-loos, the low-ballers, and have on their conscience "the one
that got away" (and I really don't like hearing how bad my boat is,
which is of course what the sellers will do to try for a lower
price!).

My concern is not that he hasn't sold the boat yet, but more HOW he's
selling it: if you look at Meridian Yacht's website, they have 8
sailboats including mine, and it seems that ALL the others are better
presented.

Anyway, I've emailed him with a list of problems with the "full specs"
and I'll see how he deals with that.

druid
http://www.bcboatnet.org

On Mar 19, 1:56 pm, "druid" wrote:
On Mar 17, 10:30 am, "dene" wrote:

On Mar 16, 12:44 pm, "druid" wrote:

Hi,
I don't like the broker currently selling my boat.SNIP

A year ago, I had a broker like that. He had the boat 90 days and did
nothing with it. I waited for the contract to expire, then posted it
on Craig's List. Sold it in a week. SNIP

Yeah, thought of that. For one thing, I'm the World's Worst Salesman.
I know my asking price is a bit high (although it's lower than the
survey said it was worth), but I know the sellers will be
"bargaining". It's worth the commission to have THEM deal with the
looky-loos, the low-ballers, and have on their conscience "the one
that got away" (and I really don't like hearing how bad my boat is,
which is of course what the sellers will do to try for a lower
price!).

My concern is not that he hasn't sold the boat yet, but more HOW he's
selling it: if you look at Meridian Yacht's website, they have 8
sailboats including mine, and it seems that ALL the others are better
presented.

Anyway, I've emailed him with a list of problems with the "full specs"
and I'll see how he deals with that.

druidhttp://www.bcboatnet.org

How did the e-mail turn out?

-Greg

On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:56:20 -0700, dene wrote:

On Mar 19, 1:56 pm, "druid" wrote:
Anyway, I've emailed him with a list of problems with the "full specs"
and I'll see how he deals with that.

druidhttp://www.bcboatnet.org

How did the e-mail turn out?

-Greg

I decided to "delist" with the first broker and go with the one at the
marina. I've send my "15 days notice in writing", and in the meantime, the
new broker has shown my boat 12/ dozen times and already got me an offer!
(fell through, but still, more action in 1 weekend than the other broker
in 2 months)

So now I'm just waiting, trusting that the new broker will get Far Cove
sold within a month or so.

Meanwhile, looking at Cal 2-27's and Crown 28's and wishing I could find
an Islander 28 locally...

druid
http://www.bcboatnet.org