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I thought this (just about) deserved its own thread. Anyway we hardly we have any new threads these days with dateslip everything interesting is at the top so people feel a new post has to be arg important when it could be just aything and er...
Chris Robb's post prompted this. Bu tit could apply to any boating issue, and (since boats aren't always in the back garden) boating matters often seem to need raher a healthy dose of trust -almost all from the buyer -you. How do you know the engineer did a full service on your car or boat? How do you know this or that work will be done? How do you know?
"Well, hah, I suppose it's all a matter of trust, sir" is what you often get. You certainly get this in the UK if you buy a house off-plan - the vaguest of specs is provided. Actually the same with a hundred grand new boat too and many just say there'll be a cooker or various things on board - whereas if youwent to Comet you would be pretty sure about this model against that one. With boats though, you just have to trust them.
But in fact of course - you don't need to trust them. You can say "Yeah well never mind aboutthe trust thing mateypoops and especially since my deposit cheque or car or boat is worth more than your entire sales shed and especially also since we met on the flippin pontoon yesterday and today actually no i don't trust you an inch." Hah ! No - of course you *can't* say that, cos you're far too nice and the sales bod knows it .
Bur really, Chris Robb wants to see the documents and really, he wants to see those docs before handing over any money. At some point (esp if they haven't gotthe docs...) the sales bods will use the Trust Weapon and dare youto sa the "i don't trust you" speech. They say "What's wrong - Don't you trust us? We've done this dozens of times etc etc " Now what?
What you actually say is "It's not a question of trust - IT'S A QUESTION OF CLARITY". This removes any personal rubbish about the transaction at a stroke. You may have to say this several times. And of course - it's the lack of clarity (i.e here is the boat and look here are the docs in Chris Robb's case) which means they are trying to substitute a trust-dare instead. The same applies to lots of situations and wherever there is a lack of clarity, one side will try and try use trust (from the other side) instead, when it won't do quite as well. Or perhaps not at all.
hope this helps
Chris Robb's post prompted this. Bu tit could apply to any boating issue, and (since boats aren't always in the back garden) boating matters often seem to need raher a healthy dose of trust -almost all from the buyer -you. How do you know the engineer did a full service on your car or boat? How do you know this or that work will be done? How do you know?
"Well, hah, I suppose it's all a matter of trust, sir" is what you often get. You certainly get this in the UK if you buy a house off-plan - the vaguest of specs is provided. Actually the same with a hundred grand new boat too and many just say there'll be a cooker or various things on board - whereas if youwent to Comet you would be pretty sure about this model against that one. With boats though, you just have to trust them.
But in fact of course - you don't need to trust them. You can say "Yeah well never mind aboutthe trust thing mateypoops and especially since my deposit cheque or car or boat is worth more than your entire sales shed and especially also since we met on the flippin pontoon yesterday and today actually no i don't trust you an inch." Hah ! No - of course you *can't* say that, cos you're far too nice and the sales bod knows it .
Bur really, Chris Robb wants to see the documents and really, he wants to see those docs before handing over any money. At some point (esp if they haven't gotthe docs...) the sales bods will use the Trust Weapon and dare youto sa the "i don't trust you" speech. They say "What's wrong - Don't you trust us? We've done this dozens of times etc etc " Now what?
What you actually say is "It's not a question of trust - IT'S A QUESTION OF CLARITY". This removes any personal rubbish about the transaction at a stroke. You may have to say this several times. And of course - it's the lack of clarity (i.e here is the boat and look here are the docs in Chris Robb's case) which means they are trying to substitute a trust-dare instead. The same applies to lots of situations and wherever there is a lack of clarity, one side will try and try use trust (from the other side) instead, when it won't do quite as well. Or perhaps not at all.
hope this helps
