Obviously, there are brokers here among CF members. They probably bugging some of you (who ever expressed interest in
purchasing boat) from time to time.
They would offer not the
boat you want or looking for, but
boat they're trying to get rid of.
About a year ago I was contacted by such bugger, offered
Lagoon 570 at ridiculous
price (like 680K Euro or something like that).
I was very nice with him at that time, told him that a) I'm not interested in that boat (it's very old model and doesn't have features I want) and b)
Price was totally unrealistic, in my opinion, realistic price at that time was more like 400K - dollars, not Euro! (if boat was in perfect shape with no flaws)
I thought everything was understood.
One year later I'm getting e-mail from same bugger. Guess what?
Offering same boat! "Owner is ready to sell EVEN at $450K Euro".
How could I miss such deal????
This time I wasn't so nice.
There are two situations with selling ANYTHING. a)You "must sell", if you must sell on or before certain date (sell in one week, sell in one month). b) If (a) is not applicable, then it's not "must sell" situation! If you "must sell within 5 years" - this is simply scam!
This time I told to the bugger - a) that even though boat is "only" 10 years old, the model (Lagoon 570) is 18 (!!!) years old. It's not attractive anymore, this fact DOES have huge impact on price!
b) I told him that my prediction (year ago) that he won't be able to sell the boat for ANYTHING close to initial price, was absolutely correct. And gave him another prediction - the boat one year older now, so he won't be able to sell it anywhere close to "very low"
current $450K Euro (that's almost $560K now!) asking price either.
I also told him - if owner "must sell it" for real (not just BS word) - selling price will be no more than 150K Euro. There's another L570 sitting on the market for very long time, at $225K Euro!
I guess, my e-mail made him a bit emotional, and he told me something that (I guess)
broker wouldn't ever tell to potential buyer
His words exactly -
"Something tells me that I wouldn't hear the same story from you if this L570 was yours."
Bingo! That's the whole point! The owner (or broker!) wants you to pay stupid price for boat not because the boat worth it, but because seller paid stupid amount of
money for that boat in the beginning, and he doesn't want to take a loss, he's looking for another idiot who will pay
for his stupidity!
And the
broker...he lives on commission. He has NO REASON to lower the price (and lower own commission). If boat doesn't sell...who cares, it's not his boat, not his
money. There are other boats and idiots out there.
So, bottom line - at least on this forum, brokers - LEAVE US ALONE!