I just sold my GS 41 sloop.
Some of the inquiries/offers I got from the ads were pretty wacky. One guy
offered 25% of my asking price and wanted a boat ready to cross the
Atlantic, 2 others offered 30% under my asking with no questions, etc. It
was hard to keep my sociable attitude when one of them pinged twice again
after my declining his offer.
Another offered a trade of a nice 30' trailered sailboat which I would have
taken seriously if I were wanting to go that direction. Looked like a great
boat but I would have had to get a bigger truck for towing too.
I got what I expected within 2 weeks of first advertising the boat, not
really what I wanted but with the market the way it is now I'm happy. And
the new owners are happy with their purchase.
Now working on my 1967 Morgan 24. Great boat. I like the style and
sturdiness of old boats and pretty much anything I do to this one will make
it look better!

On 12/31/10 9:47 AM, MMC wrote:
I just sold my GS 41 sloop.
Some of the inquiries/offers I got from the ads were pretty wacky. One
guy offered 25% of my asking price and wanted a boat ready to cross the
Atlantic, 2 others offered 30% under my asking with no questions, etc.
It was hard to keep my sociable attitude when one of them pinged twice
again after my declining his offer.
Another offered a trade of a nice 30' trailered sailboat which I would
have taken seriously if I were wanting to go that direction. Looked like
a great boat but I would have had to get a bigger truck for towing too.
I got what I expected within 2 weeks of first advertising the boat, not
really what I wanted but with the market the way it is now I'm happy.
And the new owners are happy with their purchase.
Now working on my 1967 Morgan 24. Great boat. I like the style and
sturdiness of old boats and pretty much anything I do to this one will
make it look better!


There's not a lot wackier than the "offers" you'd get out of rec.boats,
which is why I don't post prices here.

I have an expensive camera outfit for sale. Guy supposed to come by
around 10 am for a looksee and if he likes, he'll buy it. On the spot.
For an agreed upon price.

I've sold three boats privately since moving back to the DC area...my
old SeaPro, a Parker 25 and a Parker 21. All sold quickly and within a
couple of percentage points of my asking price. The last one I sold
through...Craigslist! Guy offered $500 less than I was asking, and he
sent a surveyor down here with a cashier's check and a truck with a hitch.

Most of the posters in this newsgroup are not boaters and have little or
no interest in boating.

In article , payer3389
@mypacks.net says...

On 12/31/10 9:47 AM, MMC wrote:
I just sold my GS 41 sloop.
Some of the inquiries/offers I got from the ads were pretty wacky. One
guy offered 25% of my asking price and wanted a boat ready to cross the
Atlantic, 2 others offered 30% under my asking with no questions, etc.
It was hard to keep my sociable attitude when one of them pinged twice
again after my declining his offer.
Another offered a trade of a nice 30' trailered sailboat which I would
have taken seriously if I were wanting to go that direction. Looked like
a great boat but I would have had to get a bigger truck for towing too.
I got what I expected within 2 weeks of first advertising the boat, not
really what I wanted but with the market the way it is now I'm happy.
And the new owners are happy with their purchase.
Now working on my 1967 Morgan 24. Great boat. I like the style and
sturdiness of old boats and pretty much anything I do to this one will
make it look better!


There's not a lot wackier than the "offers" you'd get out of rec.boats,
which is why I don't post prices here.

I have an expensive camera outfit for sale. Guy supposed to come by
around 10 am for a looksee and if he likes, he'll buy it. On the spot.
For an agreed upon price.

I've sold three boats privately since moving back to the DC area...my
old SeaPro, a Parker 25 and a Parker 21. All sold quickly and within a
couple of percentage points of my asking price. The last one I sold
through...Craigslist! Guy offered $500 less than I was asking, and he
sent a surveyor down here with a cashier's check and a truck with a hitch.

Most of the posters in this newsgroup are not boaters and have little or
no interest in boating.

Spoofer, just who exactly here is a boater and owns a boat and who does
not?

"Harryk" wrote in message
...

On 12/31/10 9:47 AM, MMC wrote:
I just sold my GS 41 sloop.
Some of the inquiries/offers I got from the ads were pretty wacky. One
guy offered 25% of my asking price and wanted a boat ready to cross the
Atlantic, 2 others offered 30% under my asking with no questions, etc.
It was hard to keep my sociable attitude when one of them pinged twice
again after my declining his offer.
Another offered a trade of a nice 30' trailered sailboat which I would
have taken seriously if I were wanting to go that direction. Looked like
a great boat but I would have had to get a bigger truck for towing too.
I got what I expected within 2 weeks of first advertising the boat, not
really what I wanted but with the market the way it is now I'm happy.
And the new owners are happy with their purchase.
Now working on my 1967 Morgan 24. Great boat. I like the style and
sturdiness of old boats and pretty much anything I do to this one will
make it look better!


There's not a lot wackier than the "offers" you'd get out of rec.boats,
which is why I don't post prices here.

I have an expensive camera outfit for sale. Guy supposed to come by
around 10 am for a looksee and if he likes, he'll buy it. On the spot.
For an agreed upon price.

I've sold three boats privately since moving back to the DC area...my
old SeaPro, a Parker 25 and a Parker 21. All sold quickly and within a
couple of percentage points of my asking price. The last one I sold
through...Craigslist! Guy offered $500 less than I was asking, and he
sent a surveyor down here with a cashier's check and a truck with a hitch.

Most of the posters in this newsgroup are not boaters and have little or
no interest in boating.

=========

I like Craigslist but didn't want to end up entertaining a bunch of "lookie
loos" (been there-done that with local classifieds) so went with the sites
dedicated to selling sailboats; Strictly Sailing, Sailboat Listings and
Sailing Texas and this worked out very well with most responses coming from
Sailboat Listings.
River was glass flat yesterday and should have taken the pontoon out but
ended up sanding old paint off the Morgan. Lot's more to do.

On 12/31/10 1:58 PM, MMC wrote:


"Harryk" wrote in message
...

On 12/31/10 9:47 AM, MMC wrote:
I just sold my GS 41 sloop.
Some of the inquiries/offers I got from the ads were pretty wacky. One
guy offered 25% of my asking price and wanted a boat ready to cross the
Atlantic, 2 others offered 30% under my asking with no questions, etc.
It was hard to keep my sociable attitude when one of them pinged twice
again after my declining his offer.
Another offered a trade of a nice 30' trailered sailboat which I would
have taken seriously if I were wanting to go that direction. Looked like
a great boat but I would have had to get a bigger truck for towing too.
I got what I expected within 2 weeks of first advertising the boat, not
really what I wanted but with the market the way it is now I'm happy.
And the new owners are happy with their purchase.
Now working on my 1967 Morgan 24. Great boat. I like the style and
sturdiness of old boats and pretty much anything I do to this one will
make it look better!


There's not a lot wackier than the "offers" you'd get out of rec.boats,
which is why I don't post prices here.

I have an expensive camera outfit for sale. Guy supposed to come by
around 10 am for a looksee and if he likes, he'll buy it. On the spot.
For an agreed upon price.

I've sold three boats privately since moving back to the DC area...my
old SeaPro, a Parker 25 and a Parker 21. All sold quickly and within a
couple of percentage points of my asking price. The last one I sold
through...Craigslist! Guy offered $500 less than I was asking, and he
sent a surveyor down here with a cashier's check and a truck with a hitch.

Most of the posters in this newsgroup are not boaters and have little or
no interest in boating.

=========

I like Craigslist but didn't want to end up entertaining a bunch of
"lookie loos" (been there-done that with local classifieds) so went with
the sites dedicated to selling sailboats; Strictly Sailing, Sailboat
Listings and Sailing Texas and this worked out very well with most
responses coming from Sailboat Listings.
River was glass flat yesterday and should have taken the pontoon out but
ended up sanding old paint off the Morgan. Lot's more to do.



Most of my callers came from Craigslist. One serious shopper came from
here and I got a bid from flajim, er, sorry, Ziggy.

"W1TEF" wrote in message ...

On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:47:45 -0500, "MMC" wrote:

Some of the inquiries/offers I got from the ads were pretty wacky. One guy
offered 25% of my asking price and wanted a boat ready to cross the
Atlantic, 2 others offered 30% under my asking with no questions, etc. It
was hard to keep my sociable attitude when one of them pinged twice again
after my declining his offer.

Tell me about it. When I had the Ranger up for sale, you'd get morons
who wanted to buy it for less than 50% of the asking price. Sign of
the times I guess. One told me he thought I owned money on it so I
wanted to get rid of it. Heh...

We have the same thing with the house - lots of lookers, no takers.
And those who offer think "mortgage problem" so they low ball. Bottom
feeders the bunch of them. :)

=====
Got that right.
I think the lookers are mostly out for free entertainment.

On Jan 1, 10:04*am, W1TEF wrote:
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:44:06 -0500, "MMC" wrote:

"W1TEF" *wrote in messagenews:il9sh6h0tijkvvab168qfao1qsv2k3dktp@4ax .com...

On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:47:45 -0500, "MMC" wrote:

Some of the inquiries/offers I got from the ads were pretty wacky. One guy
offered 25% of my asking price and wanted a boat ready to cross the
Atlantic, 2 others offered 30% under my asking with no questions, etc. It
was hard to keep my sociable attitude when one of them pinged twice again
after my declining his offer.

Tell me about it. *When I had the Ranger up for sale, you'd get morons
who wanted to buy it for less than 50% of the asking price. *Sign of
the times I guess. *One told me he thought I owned money on it so I
wanted to get rid of it. *Heh...

We have the same thing with the house - lots of lookers, no takers.
And those who offer think "mortgage problem" so they low ball. *Bottom
feeders the bunch of them. *:)

=====
Got that right.
I think the lookers are mostly out for free entertainment.

In the eight months we had it up for sale, the house was viewed 64
times by other agents and prospective buyers. *64. *No honest offers.

Weird. You'd have to pay three times the asking price to replace it
post renovations.

Then there's the clowns that will call and ask a thousand questions
then offer you 10% and act insulted if you dont' take it.

On 1/1/11 1:04 PM, Gene wrote:
On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:50:35 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Jan 1, 10:04 am, wrote:
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:44:06 -0500, wrote:

"W1TEF" wrote in messagenews:il9sh6h0tijkvvab168qfao1qsv2k3dktp@4ax .com...

On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:47:45 -0500, wrote:

Some of the inquiries/offers I got from the ads were pretty wacky. One guy
offered 25% of my asking price and wanted a boat ready to cross the
Atlantic, 2 others offered 30% under my asking with no questions, etc. It
was hard to keep my sociable attitude when one of them pinged twice again
after my declining his offer.

Tell me about it. When I had the Ranger up for sale, you'd get morons
who wanted to buy it for less than 50% of the asking price. Sign of
the times I guess. One told me he thought I owned money on it so I
wanted to get rid of it. Heh...

We have the same thing with the house - lots of lookers, no takers.
And those who offer think "mortgage problem" so they low ball. Bottom
feeders the bunch of them. :)

=====
Got that right.
I think the lookers are mostly out for free entertainment.

In the eight months we had it up for sale, the house was viewed 64
times by other agents and prospective buyers. 64. No honest offers.

Weird. You'd have to pay three times the asking price to replace it
post renovations.

Then there's the clowns that will call and ask a thousand questions
then offer you 10% and act insulted if you dont' take it.

This is, though... it is like that Nigerian you-got-a-fortune thing.
They wouldn't be making silly offers, if some people didn't take
them....






What! Those Nigerian offers aren't on the up and up? And I just sent
them Tim's particulars and ATM numbers... Uh oh. :)

On Jan 1, 12:04*pm, Gene wrote:
On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:50:35 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:



On Jan 1, 10:04 am, W1TEF wrote:
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:44:06 -0500, "MMC" wrote:

"W1TEF" wrote in messagenews:il9sh6h0tijkvvab168qfao1qsv2k3dktp@4ax .com...

On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:47:45 -0500, "MMC" wrote:

Some of the inquiries/offers I got from the ads were pretty wacky. One guy
offered 25% of my asking price and wanted a boat ready to cross the
Atlantic, 2 others offered 30% under my asking with no questions, etc. It
was hard to keep my sociable attitude when one of them pinged twice again
after my declining his offer.

Tell me about it. When I had the Ranger up for sale, you'd get morons
who wanted to buy it for less than 50% of the asking price. Sign of
the times I guess. One told me he thought I owned money on it so I
wanted to get rid of it. Heh...

We have the same thing with the house - lots of lookers, no takers.
And those who offer think "mortgage problem" so they low ball. Bottom
feeders the bunch of them. :)

=====
Got that right.
I think the lookers are mostly out for free entertainment.

In the eight months we had it up for sale, the house was viewed 64
times by other agents and prospective buyers. 64. No honest offers.

Weird. You'd have to pay three times the asking price to replace it
post renovations.

Then there's the clowns that will call and ask a thousand questions
then offer you 10% and act insulted if you dont' take *it.

This is, though... *it is like that Nigerian you-got-a-fortune thing.
They wouldn't be making silly offers, if some people didn't take
them....

--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
*-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
*http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Fort Agent 6.00 Build 1186

Could be right, Gene. The old saying could apply, "Even a blind pig
finds an acorn occasionally."

On Jan 1, 12:19*pm, Harryk wrote:
On 1/1/11 1:04 PM, Gene wrote:



On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:50:35 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Jan 1, 10:04 am, *wrote:
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:44:06 -0500, *wrote:

"W1TEF" *wrote in messagenews:il9sh6h0tijkvvab168qfao1qsv2k3dktp@4ax .com...

On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:47:45 -0500, *wrote:

Some of the inquiries/offers I got from the ads were pretty wacky. One guy
offered 25% of my asking price and wanted a boat ready to cross the
Atlantic, 2 others offered 30% under my asking with no questions, etc. It
was hard to keep my sociable attitude when one of them pinged twice again
after my declining his offer.

Tell me about it. *When I had the Ranger up for sale, you'd get morons
who wanted to buy it for less than 50% of the asking price. *Sign of
the times I guess. *One told me he thought I owned money on it so I
wanted to get rid of it. *Heh...

We have the same thing with the house - lots of lookers, no takers.
And those who offer think "mortgage problem" so they low ball. *Bottom
feeders the bunch of them. *:)

=====
Got that right.
I think the lookers are mostly out for free entertainment.

In the eight months we had it up for sale, the house was viewed 64
times by other agents and prospective buyers. *64. *No honest offers.

Weird. You'd have to pay three times the asking price to replace it
post renovations.

Then there's the clowns that will call and ask a thousand questions
then offer you 10% and act insulted if you dont' take *it.

This is, though... *it is like that Nigerian you-got-a-fortune thing.
They wouldn't be making silly offers, if some people didn't take
them....

What! Those Nigerian offers aren't on the up and up? And I just sent
them Tim's particulars and ATM numbers... *Uh oh. *:)

Rats! i was hoping that would increase my chances to win!