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Re: [world-cruising] Re: Retirement and boat materials

From: Chuck Morford (no email)
Date: Mon Mar 07 2005 - 08:22:30 EST

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    Ah, but making contacts is always a good thing...
    You may not buy today, but if the sales person
    was friendly and helpful you'll be inclined to
    come back when you ARE ready to buy, or you'll
    send your friends...

    --- Bill Simms <> wrote:
    > Thanks for that piece of info. I was thinking
    > that
    > many of the used boat sales people might be on
    > commission and not want to do much show for
    > those that
    > are not ready to buy. I know that if I were
    > getting
    > paid by commission, I probably wouldn't like to
    > spend
    > a lot of time with people that weren't going to
    > buy
    > from me. I've been a little reluctant to take
    > up their
    > time.
    >
    > Thanks.
    >
    >
    > --- mleehayes <> wrote:
    >
    > >
    > > Bill,
    > >
    > > From my own experience I can tell you that
    > most of
    > > the yacht brokers
    > > seem to be more than willing to show you any
    > boats.
    > > My guess is
    > > they get a lot of "tire kickers". One broker
    > that
    > > I've gone back to
    > > has a policy of opening all of their boats on
    > > Sundays so that people
    > > can just climb aboard and get exposed to lots
    > of
    > > boats. Perhaps
    > > someone in your area has similar open house
    > days?
    > >
    > > -m
    >
    >
    >
    > =====
    > Bill
    >
    >
    >
    >
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