rotrax
Well-Known Member
Not had too many dealings with Yacht Brokers, but the bad experiences outweighed the good about 3:1.
Bad experiences started at Deacons 16 years ago, when, with the full money available, no boat to sell, we were to view a Dehler 34. The Broker picked the keys off of his desk and said " Ah-you have arrived. The boat is on the hardstanding by our walk-on raised platform. When you have veiwed it, leave the kays on the desk. I wont be here, I have a real prospect down at Mercury!"
I would NEVER have bought a boat through that guy had it been EXACTLY what I wanted! We treated prospective punters in our motorbike shop better even if all they wanted was a £500 quid mo-ped!
Next we were turned away at 15:45 when opening hours were up to 16:00. "Sorry mate we're goin 'ome!" Boat sales/Brokerage at Hamble Point Marina.
Another turned up after we had driven 150 miles without any boat keys! "Surely you can see all you need from outside?" What a wally! All that way to not see the boat!
Then Ancaster International spent almost a year not selling our boat despite having six offers, 3 which we accepted, including one deposit, and a sea trial that went perfectly. Not impressed!
The good results were John Rodriguez - 'Jonic' of these pages - who was terrific. Good comunication, great insight to the market place, great advice on pricing which proved spot on. Jonic has that rare thing I value, old fashioned integrity.
Friday, we parted with our boat, the sale handled by Michael Rye of Boatpoint, based at Deacons Marina, Hamble. Handled perfectly, professionally and smoothly.
There was an early glitch due to the sudden leaving of a staff member, but Michael Rye dropped Boatpoints commission rate by 1% as it was not Boatpoints normal style.
An unexpected bonus and another Broker with that scarce commodity in this modern world, Integrity.
So, choose your Broker carefully!
Bad experiences started at Deacons 16 years ago, when, with the full money available, no boat to sell, we were to view a Dehler 34. The Broker picked the keys off of his desk and said " Ah-you have arrived. The boat is on the hardstanding by our walk-on raised platform. When you have veiwed it, leave the kays on the desk. I wont be here, I have a real prospect down at Mercury!"
I would NEVER have bought a boat through that guy had it been EXACTLY what I wanted! We treated prospective punters in our motorbike shop better even if all they wanted was a £500 quid mo-ped!
Next we were turned away at 15:45 when opening hours were up to 16:00. "Sorry mate we're goin 'ome!" Boat sales/Brokerage at Hamble Point Marina.
Another turned up after we had driven 150 miles without any boat keys! "Surely you can see all you need from outside?" What a wally! All that way to not see the boat!
Then Ancaster International spent almost a year not selling our boat despite having six offers, 3 which we accepted, including one deposit, and a sea trial that went perfectly. Not impressed!
The good results were John Rodriguez - 'Jonic' of these pages - who was terrific. Good comunication, great insight to the market place, great advice on pricing which proved spot on. Jonic has that rare thing I value, old fashioned integrity.
Friday, we parted with our boat, the sale handled by Michael Rye of Boatpoint, based at Deacons Marina, Hamble. Handled perfectly, professionally and smoothly.
There was an early glitch due to the sudden leaving of a staff member, but Michael Rye dropped Boatpoints commission rate by 1% as it was not Boatpoints normal style.
An unexpected bonus and another Broker with that scarce commodity in this modern world, Integrity.
So, choose your Broker carefully!
