I think I'll become a Yacht Broker

Re: I think I\'ll become a Yacht Broker

Cheeky bugger. Just had a lot off at me for selling a lovely little boat and now you're at it!
I must say I'd make a lousy broker.
I've sold my boat, got the money, but ridiculously, promised to deliver it.
Checked the trailer bearings and the outers are pitted and a bit slack. If it was my boat I'd risk the 30 mile trip, but Sod's Law states that as it's not my boat the bearings will sieze and the boat pitch off the trailer.
So I've replaced the bearings.
I was talking to another mooring holder last night and mentioned I may run the Danish Oil over the woodwork before delivery "Why?" he asked, "you've got the bloody money"

The boat I bought was -Not As Described- but as I'd been looking for that exact thing for months I bought it anyway. I'd asked him to check the bearings before making the 300 mile journey to view it. Had he buggery? I always take a trolley jack, tools and grease gun on trailer towing jaunts. God job.

He did have some lovely little clinker sailing dayboats in and I reckon that was his interest. So why take on baots that he won't put the effort in on.
I viewed a boat at Prerston Marina and the sales manager there was very upfront. She said it wasn't the sort of boat she usually took in and that the pictures flattered it. She also mentioned a couple of faults and when I looked she was spot on.
Congratulations, that woman.
 
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I am trying to sell my boat and I agree with the broker all of the people who have been to veiw so far seem only to want tell me how great there last boat was and how mine is not as good or relive there last voyages.
 
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Both Yacht Brokers and Owner Sellers have to accept that when selling an item for £1,000's let alone 10's of that it is usual for the vendor to put <u>some</u> effort into the sale.

I accept the fact that a Broker may not be making a great amount of money on a sale, but that's simply not my problem.

If it's not economic, don't take the vessel on - or get into another line of business.

Having said that, it's all down to the good old UK acceptance of piss poor service in exchange for rock bottom prices........and I guess that unless a broker is big and succesful they cannot easily insist on a boat being made / kept presentable and being able / prepared to turn things away (after all people do buy some strange sh#t!).

As a small broker I would guess it would be hard to make full time money. can't say I would pay someone £20k to join a website though /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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An estate agent may well advise a householder that s/he is living in a pigsty and nobody will want to buy it until it's been cleaned up, but it's the owner's responsibility, isn't it?


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I sent out a nicely presented list of things that people could do to help sell their houses for more money, (or at all). 4 removed their houses from my books thinking I was being a cheeky bar steward! Fortunately, they were 4 of the pigstys, so it didnt matter too much. I can definitely say that very few people took any notice of my suggestions, and the exercise was pretty poor in terms of marketing and positive feedback.

You can lead a horse to water.....
 
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Cheeky bugger. Just had a lot off at me for selling a lovely little boat and now you're at it!

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Well if you're getting shot...
 
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Took it out his morning (sorry missus, wrong joke) and it's sat in the drive at the moment.
Very strange not getting on and doing things like washing it's bottom, which is very clean considering it's been in the water for 18 months. I am just awaiting notice of a delivery time when the buyer is going to be there, and then it'll be gone.
 
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Can't get into this "she" thing for boats. Do your call your car a gender-specific name as well?
"Opened her up the other day, She really picked up her skirts, don'tcha know." /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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