Putting in an offer on a boat?

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Stuey

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In the process of getting a boat and although I used to trade cars, I\'m slightly unsure of any buyers etiquette for purchasing a boat.

I realise that for any boat on sale, there are going to be less potential buyers than the number of buyers for any particular car on sale, so does that mean I can be a bit cheeky when I put an offer in?

There are plenty of trade guides for cars, but when it comes to boats, is there any sort of buyers guide? Do boat yards offer silly money when they buy in boats outright from private buyers?

Any help appreciated,.

Regards

Stu
 
Stuey,
like with cars it all depends on the type your looking at, also the time of year, at this time of year the boat season is dead therefore its the best time to buy.for a price guide all i can suggest is look on the various boats for sale sites or post the type of boat with its age condition etc and one of the lads on here might be able to advise you and even look at the boat depending if your local...what area you from ?? as there are quite a few of us at royal quays on the site
 
I guess it depends on how much the buyer wants to buy and the seller needs to sell.

Hopefully you can reach a mutually satisfactory agreement. You can get some idea of the asking price for a particular type of boat from the various websites and publications (though I appreciate this may not be the actual selling price). With recent boats of course you have the price of a new boat to compare.

I\'m curently selling a boat, and there\'s certainly a level at which I\'d be prepared to negotiate, a level where I\'d walk away, and a level where I\'d chuck you in the water for wasting my time showing you around. Someone who offered, say, £2k when the asking price (consistent with the market) was £10k deserves to be treated as the nautical equivalent of the tyre-kicker.

I\'m NOT selling Seapride, BTW.
 
Hi Bob,

Cheers for that.

I\'m from Monkseaton, and will be putting the boat in Royal Quays - was down 2 weeks ago checking out the berthing costs and I saw a few of the Nesa members boats.

The sort of thing I am looking at is either:

Orkney pilot house 20
Arvor
Quicksilver 620 pilot house

Bit confused about the cost of berthing also. Royal Quays price list didn\'t seem to match up with what i was quoted when I went down there. I was told a 21 ft boat would be about £550.00 a year from March 06.

cheers

Stu
 
This years price was i think £186.00/metre with 20% off if your 6m or under. Dont know yet what next seasons price will be but it will go up.

Hope this helps

Adam
 
Hi Stuey,
In general 21ft will be approx £1100 for the full 12 months but will have to wait till new brochure comes out to be sure.
DEFINTELY come down and speak to Bob, Neil, Adam, Me (Norman) and a few others before you buy, we cant guarantee any answers but will certainly point you in the right direction. pm or email any of us , no probs, look forward to seeing you down there. In fact I think it`s an excuse for a NESA pint in the Zetland this weekend LOL :)
 
Thanks for all the advice guys. Would be up for a pint on Saturday.....if you can put up with all my quiestions. Waht time was everyone thinking?

Cheers

Stu
 

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