mrsrobinson
Well-Known Member
Greg,
The best advice I can give you is lose the idea of your next boat until you sell this one AND make sure you set your price, quit negotiating yourself down and stand firm. They either want the boat or not at the price you ask. If the counter with a REASONABLE offer fine, but don't keep negotiating yourself down accepting adjustments for taxes, hauling fees, "oh it needs to be winterized now", blah, blah, blah.
Best of luck but hold your guns man. Once She's sold then go boat hunting. It's too easy to justify losing your shorts if you're more focused on the next boat.
We sold 2 boats before this one...similar experiences....in fact I was suppose to meet a guy to collect the check on the last one and hand over the title, he never showed, later called me stating he had a harley davidson he had to sell first, would I take a trade.
The ONLY reason I negotiated with myself here was based on the feedback here and from a broker we have been talking to. The market stinks, if you get an offer, it's close enough, take it and run.
Actually, I have done quite a bit of negotiating in my life, dealing with millions of dollars at a time and have done well. This though, selling a boat in this market, is a different beast.
I am no longer looking at boats....stopped a few weeks ago. No need to, makes no sense until Mrs R is gone.