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You need a signed sales agreement by both parties before you spend a dime. Until that happens, the boat is not really "sold." Once the contract is in place, it should spell out who is responsible for what. Get the survey done first and address all the issues with her - ie; it should point out the lack of shore power cord, so you can use that to "motivate" her to go get it. Then sea (river) trial and close the deal. But yes, coordinating everything can get cumbersome -- thus the "advantage" of a brokered boat.
 
I don’t know man, I might be walking on this one. It’s hard after you’ve put in the time but make sure it’s the right boat and don’t rush into one just to finish the season. If you miss the rest of the year but end up with the right boat by the spring it won’t be the end of the world, especially once you’re back in the water and look back on this season.
 
I missed the 2016 season after I sold my old boat around Memorial Day that year and didn’t close on this one until December of that year.
Downside: Missed having the boat that summer.
Upside: got the boat I wanted, no winterization that year, no shrink wrap, no winter storage, no recommissioning, no Spring prep or launch work or expenses in April of 2017 because all of that was included in the purchase price.
As much as not having a boat for a season sucked it was kind of nice taking a year off from the work and expense of maintenance.
 
Definitely agree. Talked to the seller and surveyor today. The shop did not get the boat ready yet so she will be calling them Monday morning to get an ETA. As of now we are shooting for a Wednesday afternoon survey/sea trial. I am going to see if we can get the agreement signed Monday night. I think I will also put in it if we can't get the survey done by next Saturday then the contract will be expired. We can't do it Tuesday and she can't do it Thursday or Friday and it won't likely be ready for Monday unless it is late in the day. And she can't do it until later Wednesday because she has an interview. Definitely frustrating.
 
I read a lot (perhaps too much) into the actions of others. If she's this (un)motivated and (un)cooperative in trying to sell a boat she says she wants to sell, I wonder how motivated she was to maintain the boat when she had it and wanted to maintain it? Character is hard to judge, but this woman seems distracted and disinterested. Or perhaps just over committed. I would have no confidence that she was any different when it came to winterizing, changing fluids, caulking, detailing, etc. I want a boat owned by an anal retentive previous owner. An OCD owner. Not a distracted one. But that's just me.
 
boatman37 said:
Definitely agree. Talked to the seller and surveyor today. The shop did not get the boat ready yet so she will be calling them Monday morning to get an ETA. As of now we are shooting for a Wednesday afternoon survey/sea trial. I am going to see if we can get the agreement signed Monday night. I think I will also put in it if we can't get the survey done by next Saturday then the contract will be expired. We can't do it Tuesday and she can't do it Thursday or Friday and it won't likely be ready for Monday unless it is late in the day. And she can't do it until later Wednesday because she has an interview. Definitely frustrating.
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So frustrating to deal with sellers who can't/won't be bothered to put any effort into a sale. There seems to be a prevalent attitude that the seller is doing you a favor. We're currently looking for a Horse Trailer, and are running into the exact same thing.
 
They used the boat for 2 years then split up. During that 2 years it was maintained by the shop it is at now. They didn't have a trailer so they paid the shop to pull it, store it, maintain, winterize, etc. After the 2015 season the boat was winterized by that shop and it has been sitting there since then. They did buy a brand new Venture aluminum trailer from that shop and they set the boat on the trailer and that's where it has sat since then.
We like the boat and the condition but like I said, in a few weeks there will be a bunch more hitting the market and at this point we will only get a few weeks of use out of it this year anyway.
 
I know you’ve been frustrated with the boat search, but there are ALWAYS other fish in the sea. Don’t rush into a sale because you’re anxious. And I won’t ever buy from a disinterested seller.
 
Went to my mothers marina today and the 1998 270 we looked at a few weeks ago sold. It was there in the slip. Marina owner said they got full asking price (~$25,000). We had a 'verbal' agreement at $18,000...lol. The 'verbal' agreement was a number I threw out saying that is all I would be willing to pay if I were to make an offer. The owner accepted that number so I told him I wanted to look at it again but backed out after the 2nd look due to alot of gel coat cracking from an impact and the Bravo III lower unit was eroded pretty bad.
 
Consider yourself lucky for having dodged that bullet. As they say, there's one born every minute, and that seller found one!
 
Well things are looking a little bleak with this Crownline now. I told the seller to have the shop get it ready for survey/sea trial on the 18th and that still hasn't happened. TBH I don't think she even called the shop until this past Saturday. She texted me a little bit ago and said she is waiting on a call back from the shop to see when they can do it. The boat is currently winterized so the shop is supposed to be getting it ready for the sea trial. We were originally supposed to do the survey/sea trial yesterday but the boat wasn't ready (like I said I don't think she even called them until yesterday). Currently we are penciled in for this Wednesday but who knows if it will be ready then and the seller is busy Thursday and Friday. I told her today that if they can't have it ready then call a different shop otherwise we will have to rethink our plans. She hasn't answered back yet. My wife just said the same. If they can't have it ready this week then we are walking away. I wrote up a sales agreement but we haven't signed it yet because every time I try to set it up one of us (usually her) is busy.

This has been unreal. I have called about probably 15 boats and only about 3 of them ever even returned my call (1 took 2 weeks and a 2nd email to get a response and that was a regular dealer).
 
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