mbroom
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A tad tricky as I am currently overseas and the time difference makes this difficult. I want to organise everything before my return. But why offer an internet service if a phone or Basildon Bond letters are better?
Internet brokers useless
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moomba
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E mail gets put into spam folders , if you get an 30 plus emails a day it is easy to miss one (although this is tardy), and sometimes the phone will give the broker a feeling of are you really interested by getting some answers from you.
Even in this modern day tech , it is the look and conversation that seals deals.
obmij
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Agree with the radical 'picking up the phone' tactic, even if the timezone is awkward.
The internet is just an effective way of displaying vessels for sale. Brokers aren't really 'internet businesses'.
The internet is just an effective way of displaying vessels for sale. Brokers aren't really 'internet businesses'.
pagoda
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"it is the look and conversation that seals deals"
That says more than almost anything else that has been quoted.
It takes a physical visit to a well presented (and represented) boat for it to be sold.. If you have arranged a viewing with a broker, then visited and been in touch again - then something might happen. If the boat is crap - or poorly described, you just discard it.
We physically looked at almost 20 boats before deciding. Other folks need fewer or more views to decide???
Your broker needs to filter out meaningful interest. YOU have to contrive to generate that valid interest?
Be honest with description and price.
mbroom
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Thank you all for your opinions. I have found a “non mega” broker who will quite likely get my business. This will be my other boat( one med, one uk), but the differences in attitude between buying a 38 footer as compared to a 21 footer are quite marked. I realise that there is not much profit in a small boat, but it seems that few millennials etc will not buy yachts. If this is true, then the brokerage market will meet a severe decline as us old farts die off. I know that 40 footers are described as entry level, but give it 10 years and this market may be gone as rental takes place.
