Selling a boat on the east coast

[Fr J Hackett]

Yes, I don't need to imagine the broker, as I said earlier they were, and are, little better than useless, untrustworthy and unprofessional. Any broker who gives keys for a £125K boat in full commission, in a marina remote from them, to a man off the street, without even taking name/address/identity details, does not deserve to stay in business. Cross subsidy from other parts of the "Empire", I suppose, keeps them going. Incidentally your case is the first I have know, where they asked for their "cut" in 11 years I have been berthed in the marina.

Well let's hope it's the last.

 

[wingdiver]

I have heard of a fee being charged when a boat at a marina is sold via a broker who is not the one onsite.
Didn't happen to us though. We sold ourselves using a cheap 'website' I made on tripod. Just uploaded words and loads of pics. Used free listing sites to sell and directed people to that site. Did the same for someone else.
I sincerely believe all brokers are robbers charging such high sums for doing virtually nothing. These days there is no need to use them.