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But this is what she looked like on the way to the show....
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Sorry Gludy, it looked just like a bloody 'Trader' to me, I would have walked on by if I hadn't seen the name. You sure it's not made in the same Taiwan factory?

I agree with Med Dreamer on this one, if the boats on show it should be available to view by all. Key people and their own VIP's should get the full works but Jo Public should be allowed on if there's space. If the boat is sold accompanied viewing is totally acceptable.

I went on a Princess where someone had peed in the head again! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Not likely to happen if accompanied, I would have thought.

The other point which came up on the 'Ocean Deep' thread was that your boat was worth more than the company. If they can't afford a demonstrator could this be a repeat scenario? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
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The other point which came up on the 'Ocean Deep' thread was that your boat was worth more than the company. If they can't afford a demonstrator could this be a repeat scenario? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

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Or maybe it was a question of time? I think Paul has pointed out the long lead times on these boats - and when did the scales finally fall from the eyes of Trader Wales?

Rick
 
Looks nothing like a trader to me.
Marlows are built intheir own factory that they own outright. A well financed company with no borrowing. The boat is suoerb.

Explorer Uk have ordered a 70 foot demo boat being delivered about April 2008 and they are refusing to sell it - keeping it as a demo. So they can afford to do that.

No chance of a repeat problem.
 
I cannot speak for tTader Wales but I ask anyone to look at what happens to, it seems, all Trader dealers - they stop after a short period. So tRader wales are no different to thge other list of ex-trader dealers. try adding two an two together - you get 4 /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I think the problem for may Ex-trader dealers is clearing their stock - I know one who spent a fortune on fixing their stock boat and have reduced the price greatly but still cannot sell it.

If I had to guess about all ex-Trader dealers. the scales drop from their eys as soon as they have paid for their stock boats but they then have an extraction period that does take time. Lets face it, it took me time but I will still be stuck in it if I had not gone public. Most people would not dream of going public they way i did because it devalues their boat - in this case trader apparantly claim to have sold Ocean Deep not for just £50k more than I paid in 2005, which I thought was the figure but £96k more!!!! So maybe the advertising increased its value. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I am still owed £40,000 in 4 post dated cheques the last of which is dated 30th December 2007 - then there are the issues arising out of breach of agreement to be dealt with.

By the way, I do not think you can cure the Trader 42 acting like a submarine by simply adding a bit of skirt to the bow. Just my opinion of course.

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Looks nothing like a trader to me.


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Sorry Paul i have to agree with RogerRat, I took this pic while out on a rib, thinking it was the Marlow, only later realising it was actually a Trader.
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You can have the pic if you like!/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Cheers

Al.
 
yup, those Trawler-types are all the same eh - Never mind the quality, feel the beam /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Well I suppose I get all mixed up with those planing boats .... all look the same to me /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I can however promise you that there is no other similiar feature!!!!

I have become cionditioned to react to Traders - a bit like applying an electric shock to a rat everytime the rat looked at something ... before long the look alone induces deep revulsion.

Mind you I am not sure if there has ever been an experiment where the rat applied the shock to a human but in my case that may ..... I had better not go there /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
FWIW my take on the accessibility of the Marlow Explorer at SIBS is this.

Marlow are a US company not building high volumes. The boat at SIBS may well have been the only one suitable for dispaly at the show. That boat belongs to a customer who has shelled out $3 mio.

Let's then say that that customer said to the company "you can show my boat on condition that every viewing is by appointment and accompanied."

Would you then have more respect for the company if it:

(a) followed those instructions to the letter at the risk of irritating a considerable number of people who like to wander over boats which they don't intend to buy and a few who might actually be genuine future customers; or

(b) allowed every ligger who could find his way to the pontoons to march around in hobnailed boots and then say to the owner that the damage caused was his problem.

Obviously (b) would never happen in real life and is just an exaggeration to illustrate the point. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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