Apollo Duck - time wasters?

If the boat is worth the asking price and seller is real about selling - then its a case of effort on both seller and buyers sides to get sale done.

Brokers are OK - if the boat is of sufficient value ... otherwise its advert sites / For Sale sign etc.

Sadly I knew quite a few brokers who would not get of their a*** to show a boat if it was in the lower price range. That's if they even bothered to accept it on their books.
 
When we bought our first boat we had a vague idea of what we wanted but how were we to assess the differences and suitabilities of the dozen or so spritely 25'ers except by going and looking. There's no big second hand dealer with them lined up in the sunshine. Adverts are OK but don't tell the whole story. In the end we went back and bought one of the first boats we looked at but we "wasted" a lot of time on the way
 
wonkywinch said:
Is it still available? :D

Seriously, if you've ever worked in a customer facing business, you will realise most of the rest of the world are idiots.
Click to expand...

To be fair "Is it still available" is set as a standard response in FB Marketplace, you have to edit it out to get rid of it. It's there because of the numbers of people who leave dead adverts on their pages and manage them by simply ignoring any responses. I have enquired about two items in the last week and heard nothing.

I do think the market is dead as a doornail at the moment though; a bit too much political and financial uncertainty. If I was selling I would hold off a few months things might get better, doubt they could be worse for small, cheaper boats.

.
 
wonkywinch said:
Is it still available? :D

Seriously, if you've ever worked in a customer facing business, you will realise most of the rest of the world are idiots.
Click to expand...
Many, many, years managing a couple of bars in our hotel, and a lot of years on sales support as part of being team leader of a security surveyor team, at least there I could attempt to educate the client AND the sales person ... ;)
 
In the process of selling a small boat and I have come to realise that for quite a few people it's ' A day out'.. A bit like supposed house buyers who just go for a nosey look...:)
 
I wouldn't waste my time responding to any advert that included the words 'no time wasters' since the seller is obviously an objectionable fool.

Any more than I would go into a shop that had a sign on the door: 'Don't come in unless you're going to buy something!'

The seller has one boat to sell but potential buyers probably have many to choose from.

Buyers are sensitive, nervous prey, and have to be coaxed carefully into your snare; otherwise they will take fright and run away!

If you can't be bothered to make an effort when selling then offer your boat at a rock bottom price.
 
I have been staggered by the lack of knowledge of SOME brokers - and total lack of effort.

I’m looking at various boats - and nothing in life is perfect so everything is a compromise.

One 25’ cruiser with a 4.3 carb v6 engine circa 190hp - my question “I can see it’s been used on a river mainly - for coastal use what would be the approximate cruising and top speed as that engine seems on the small side”

Answer - “25kts cruising speed top speed of 45knts”

On the brokers same website was an almost identical boat with a 350mpi boat with 300hp - that had a cruising speed of 25kts and a top speed of…. Yup 45 kts.

So many brokers just don’t seem interested in selling stuff.

Seriously if I was going to use a broker I’d ring them on a boat they had on their website and ask a few awkward questions and see how well you are responded to…. That will tell you if they are any good.
 
Poignard said:
I wouldn't waste my time responding to any advert that included the words 'no time wasters' since the seller is obviously an objectionable fool.

Any more than I would go into a shop that had a sign on the door: 'Don't come in unless you're going to buy something!'

The seller has one boat to sell but potential buyers probably have many to choose from.

Buyers are sensitive, nervous prey, and have to be coaxed carefully into your snare; otherwise they will take fright and run away!

If you can't be bothered to make an effort when selling then offer your boat at a rock bottom price.
Click to expand...

I may at some time replace my Range Rover with a later model ... haven't decided but your post reminded me of a guy who advertises Range Rovers on a Latvian Online sales site - bit like Exchange and Mart !!

This is his last bit of all his adverts :

"I will not respond to text messages and messages. Please do not disturb dreamers without money. Selling due to the purchase of a new RR. I sell Land Rover parts, engines, engine parts and do JLR car repairs myself - I know what I'm selling. I'm not interested in trades. ss.lv"

Now first of all I thought it was a trick of translation - but I have asked close Latvian Pals and they confirm the translation is correct ....

"Selling due to the purchase of a new RR"

But then goes on to say he's a dealer and he has a number of other RR's advertised on same online site ....

But his attitude really puts me off .... even to not wanting to source parts from ...
 
It would be a wake up call for a lot of people if boats were sold in an online auction. A realistic reserve price is more appealing than an inflated asking price.
 
WoodyP said:
It would be a wake up call for a lot of people if boats were sold in an online auction. A realistic reserve price is more appealing than an inflated asking price.
Click to expand...

Sites such as eBay already do sell boats ....

One auction site that I believe closed down (actual physical site) - Poole Auctions was an eye opener for some !
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page

Top