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Wow - one response in 18 hours.

That's incredible. :)

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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Wow - one response in 18 hours.

That's incredible. :)


Hire Eisboch to write your ads.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...neous/base.jpg

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Wow - one response in 18 hours.

That's incredible. :)

Try advertising for guitarists. Sent one a song sample. His response:
"That's crazy. No band could ever play that song."

Huh?

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Wow - one response in 18 hours.

That's incredible. :)

I'd suggest you add a couple of pictures. Not everyone knows what it is.

And remember ... you're selling a blowboat ... maybe a nice one, but still
.....

Eisboch

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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:44:44 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
Wow - one response in 18 hours.

That's incredible. :)

I'd suggest you add a couple of pictures. Not everyone knows what it is.

And remember ... you're selling a blowboat ... maybe a nice one, but still

Blowboat?

BLOWBOAT?!?!?!?

ROTFL!!!

Yeah - you are probably right.

I'm going to try the FICHT next. :)

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Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Wow - one response in 18 hours.

That's incredible. :)

I'd suggest you add a couple of pictures. Not everyone knows what it is.

And remember ... you're selling a blowboat ... maybe a nice one, but still
....

Eisboch


The correct term is BlowBote

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What Eisboch said... pictures. They help immensely. Was the one response you
got any good?

--Mike

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Wow - one response in 18 hours.

That's incredible. :)

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"Mike" wrote in
t:

What Eisboch said... pictures. They help immensely. Was the one
response you got any good?

--Mike

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Wow - one response in 18 hours.

That's incredible. :)

I'll third the picture suggestion. I bought my boat from an ad on CL. When
I was looking, I skipped right over the ads with no photos. I also
dismissed the ones with pics taken at poor angles or that didn't resize to
a larger shot. I had no intention of wasting my time on a car trip without
at least having some fair idea of what the boat looked like and some sense
of its condition. There are a lot of boats listed for sale. The buyer has
the advantage of being able to be picky.

--
Stan

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Stan (the Man) wrote:
"Mike" wrote in
t:

What Eisboch said... pictures. They help immensely. Was the one
response you got any good?

--Mike

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Wow - one response in 18 hours.

That's incredible. :)

I'll third the picture suggestion. I bought my boat from an ad on CL. When
I was looking, I skipped right over the ads with no photos. I also
dismissed the ones with pics taken at poor angles or that didn't resize to
a larger shot. I had no intention of wasting my time on a car trip without
at least having some fair idea of what the boat looked like and some sense
of its condition. There are a lot of boats listed for sale. The buyer has
the advantage of being able to be picky.

--
Stan


Are you regionalizing your ads?

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:44:44 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
. ..
Wow - one response in 18 hours.

That's incredible. :)

I'd suggest you add a couple of pictures. Not everyone knows what it is.

And remember ... you're selling a blowboat ... maybe a nice one, but still

Blowboat?

BLOWBOAT?!?!?!?

ROTFL!!!

Yeah - you are probably right.

I'm going to try the FICHT next. :)


You'd be better off listing it up here where sailors know & appreciate a
quality boat.
http://www.boatforsale.net/

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On Mar 29, 7:33�am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Wow - one response in 18 hours.

That's incredible. *:)

Actually, that's not too bad.

Especially if your boat is realistically priced.

General rule: If the phone is ringing off the hook it's because you're
underpriced. Folks willing to take a bit of time to find that point in
the marketplace where a willing buyer will just barely agree to pay a
willing seller what it takes to do business will find the time is well
spent.

Eisboch acknowledges that he priced his boat at about half the current
market value just to get rid of it quickly. Craigslist worked well for
him given the parameters of his expectations- even though it appears
that the boat might have gone to a dealer posing as a private party.

The suggestions about adding a photo are spot on. About the only thing
worse than leaving out any sort of photo is advertising without a
price.

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"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com...

Eisboch acknowledges that he priced his boat at about half the current
market value just to get rid of it quickly. Craigslist worked well for
him given the parameters of his expectations- even though it appears
that the boat might have gone to a dealer posing as a private party.

-----------------------

True, but the outcome leaves me with mixed feelings. I would have much
preferred that a private party had purchased it and benefited price-wise.
But, on the other hand, the private parties that *did* express interest were
either too far away to arrange to see the boat in a reasonable period of
time or, with a couple of exceptions, were concerned with the fact that the
engine had not been run in a couple of years and wanted to see it after I
had it serviced and they could "sea trial" it. The fact that the boat was
on the hard and not currently registered didn't matter. (A couple of them
actually asked if the price was negotiable.) I understand their concerns,
and it was reflected in the price I asked along with a full disclosure of
the boat's history. I honestly didn't think it would sell until I did the
maintenance.

The buyer, dealer or not, understood the situation and committed to buying
it over the telephone, sight unseen. True to his word, he showed up at the
time he promised, looked the boat over and handed me the money.

I guess the "you snooze, you loose" moral applies.

BTW, this morning Mrs.E. took the bank check to his bank and verified it's
legit. g

Eisboch

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"Eisboch" wrote in message
. ..

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com...

Eisboch acknowledges that he priced his boat at about half the current
market value just to get rid of it quickly. Craigslist worked well for
him given the parameters of his expectations- even though it appears
that the boat might have gone to a dealer posing as a private party.

-----------------------

True, but the outcome leaves me with mixed feelings. I would have much
preferred that a private party had purchased it and benefited price-wise.
But, on the other hand, the private parties that *did* express interest
were either too far away to arrange to see the boat in a reasonable period
of time or, with a couple of exceptions, were concerned with the fact that
the engine had not been run in a couple of years and wanted to see it
after I had it serviced and they could "sea trial" it. The fact that the
boat was on the hard and not currently registered didn't matter. (A
couple of them actually asked if the price was negotiable.) I understand
their concerns, and it was reflected in the price I asked along with a
full disclosure of the boat's history. I honestly didn't think it would
sell until I did the maintenance.

The buyer, dealer or not, understood the situation and committed to buying
it over the telephone, sight unseen. True to his word, he showed up at
the time he promised, looked the boat over and handed me the money.

I guess the "you snooze, you loose" moral applies.

BTW, this morning Mrs.E. took the bank check to his bank and verified it's
legit. g

Eisboch



"Loose?" lol .... try "lose"

Eisboch

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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:24:36 GMT, "Mike" wrote:

What Eisboch said... pictures. They help immensely. Was the one response you
got any good?

Looker.