Perhaps you need to get specific tzimmer. In that end of the market brokers are usually useful and responsive … unless $250k is the
low end of this particular broker’s portfolio, or perhaps they don’t believe you.
In general I think brokers are pretty useless in the lower end of the used market (where I live

). It’s simple math. A typical
broker fee will be 10% of the
sale price. So it’s easy to see why brokers put less into the
sale of an inexpensive boat. It’s not good, but as a small business person I understand having to manage my time according to the potential
income of any given
project.
Unless a
broker can devote adequate time to selling a boat, I wish they would avoid listing them. But unfortunately brokers have monopolized the most powerful boat selling tool, namely Yachtworld. So it’s a catch-22 for sellers.
To get on Yachtworld you have to list through a broker. But for low-end
boats, brokers have little financial incentive to
work very hard. So, you get frustrated potential buyers who MUST deal with a broker who can’t, or won’t, devote sufficient time to respond to all potential buyers’ queries.
When I bought
boats I disliked going through a broker. The responses were hit and miss, but what was most disappointing was the level — or complete lack — of knowledge most of the brokers had about the boats I was inquiring about. I was much happier dealing directly with owner-sellers.