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Old 22-07-2023, 21:07   #16
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Re: The fun answer will follow...

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My Yacht dealer friend used to call them “Bottom feeders”

I knew a few Yacht Brokers who would fit that name.
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Old 23-07-2023, 07:56   #17
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Re: The fun answer will follow...

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My Yacht dealer friend used to call them “Bottom feeders”
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I knew a few Yacht Brokers who would fit that name.
I've got a list . . . checking it . . . etc . .

I had a broker once tell me that I was "wasting his time" and was "just a tire kicker", when in fact, I was attempting to make an informed decision and weed through the misleading and blatantly false statements he had made about the boat in question . . . . I guess that made me a "tire kicker" in his mind
Note: The boat in question finally sold about 3 years later . . . . and for about 30% of what it had been advertised for when I looked at it!

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Old 23-07-2023, 08:20   #18
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Re: The fun answer will follow...

Ah, yes, that section of the boat show marked "If you have to ask, you can't afford it."
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Spent a year as a corporate escape being a yacht broker.............in an effort to re-establish my sense of irresponsibility....highly successfully..........made only little money........but a ton of fun .......our phrase was...." seagulls on the tip"........and it was dozens of times easier to sell a power boat............
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