A good boat advert...

[photodog]

... is crucial if you want to make a sale.. Talk up the good points... get people dreaming... here is a good example..

Not the best example on the market but surely with potential, one of the previous owners has passed away and this vessel needs to go to a new home.

Engine will require a complete overhaul, (I would splash out on a new one),

good sail covers, sails look nice but have not been replaced for sometime,

rigging looks okay but will need checking,

inside looks original.

Note: Offers on the asking price may be considered

 

[V1701]

Seem to remember seeing that on Boatshed?

 

[photodog]

I didnt want to say, in case it was someone here's boat!

I especially love the "Inside looks Original."

 

[V1701]

I didnt want to say, in case it was someone here's boat!

I especially love the "Inside looks Original."

take your point, just read the whole brokers description again, if it was mine I'd be on the phone to him for sure. Boat looks pretty good in the photos and is now under offer, despite the brokers comments!

 

[Wandering Star]

I know we've had threads like this before. I can't see the point of prissying up an advertisement and claiming a boat is fabulous if it's not fabulous! I fully admit to being the worlds worst salesman but I prefer to be honest about the condition of anything I sell. When it comes to a boat, I always tend to describe or list the defects which I'm aware of as well as pointing out the positives too. It's not because I'm necessarily stupid (though there is that to consider too) it's just because I don't like misleading people into viewing a boat they think is perfect when it's not perfect.

I'd find it embarrassing to spend an hour showing someone over a boat knowing full well they're thinking "this is a disappointment, it was described as wonderful condition and best of it's class but it's actually in no better condition and probably less nice than the other one we looked at yesterday". I think buyers appreciate honesty and when they discover the seller was being unusually truthful in their description and when they find there are no further defects other than those which have already been pointed out, it helps with the sale.

Prissying up an advertisement may attract more interest but that's not the same as attracting more buyers.

Cheers, Brian.

 

[V1701]

I know we've had threads like this before. I can't see the point of prissying up an advertisement and claiming a boat is fabulous if it's not fabulous! I fully admit to being the worlds worst salesman but I prefer to be honest about the condition of anything I sell. When it comes to a boat, I always tend to describe or list the defects which I'm aware of as well as pointing out the positives too. It's not because I'm necessarily stupid (though there is that to consider too) it's just because I don't like misleading people into viewing a boat they think is perfect when it's not perfect.

I'd find it embarrassing to spend an hour showing someone over a boat knowing full well they're thinking "this is a disappointment, it was described as wonderful condition and best of it's class but it's actually in no better condition and probably less nice than the other one we looked at yesterday". I think buyers appreciate honesty and when they discover the seller was being unusually truthful in their description and when they find there are no further defects other than those which have already been pointed out, it helps with the sale.

Prissying up an advertisement may attract more interest but that's not the same as attracting more buyers.

Cheers, Brian.

Fully agree with you Brian but because the norm is for the description to big up the boat when you see a description like this rather than thinking that's an honest description for a change, most people would probably assume it must be really bad if that's what the description says...

 

[rivonia]

I know we've had threads like this before. I can't see the point of prissying up an advertisement and claiming a boat is fabulous if it's not fabulous! I fully admit to being the worlds worst salesman but I prefer to be honest about the condition of anything I sell. When it comes to a boat, I always tend to describe or list the defects which I'm aware of as well as pointing out the positives too. It's not because I'm necessarily stupid (though there is that to consider too) it's just because I don't like misleading people into viewing a boat they think is perfect when it's not perfect.

I'd find it embarrassing to spend an hour showing someone over a boat knowing full well they're thinking "this is a disappointment, it was described as wonderful condition and best of it's class but it's actually in no better condition and probably less nice than the other one we looked at yesterday". I think buyers appreciate honesty and when they discover the seller was being unusually truthful in their description and when they find there are no further defects other than those which have already been pointed out, it helps with the sale.

Prissying up an advertisement may attract more interest but that's not the same as attracting more buyers.

Cheers, Brian.

As you said ''the worlds worst salesman'' I definatly would not put my boat in your hands.
Remember a picture speaks a thousand words.

Peter

 

[Danny Jo]

As you said ''the worlds worst salesman'' I definatly would not put my boat in your hands.
Remember a picture speaks a thousand words.

Peter

A statement that is perhaps unnecessary, if not unkind, given that he is not touting for custom as a salesman. But what intrigues me is the prize-winning non sequitur.