What’s the general consensus on brokers? What’s the average % they take? Is it worth it?
Thinking of putting the 2005 Sailfish up for sale.
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a good dealer will get more for the boat than a private sale, plus you don’t have weirdos coming to your house
I personally have never had any success with dealers. They all turned out to be the stereotype of shifty used car dealers in the end. Always had better luck with personal transactions.
Barrier Island Marine brokered mine, and I couldn’t have been happier.
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I had a buyer for you last year, but you ran him off.
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Why do you need a broker?
Just post pics of the boat in action on here. Everybody’s looking for a 22-25 footer that’s economical to run and will hold up in most sea conditions they’ll get stuck in.
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My experience has been brokers are very useful with bigger and/or more obscure boat models. I don’t think you’d have a problem selling an ‘05 Sailfish around here on your own though.
Like Phin said, the biggest boat market on earth right now is the 18-26’ center console market. Builders are responding accordingly and building even more models within this range. Plus with gas prices like they are (and probably will be for awhile) I don’t see the market doing anything but growing.
All that to say, you shouldn’t have a problem doing it on your own.
One more thing, there is a MASSIVE demand for American made center consoles in Australia right now. They’ve been in a bit of a recession lately and their boat builders just aren’t producing anything close to what we have. The American boats that are over there are selling at about a 10-15% mark-up. We’ve shipped 4 boats to Australia in the past 2 months. Two more are going to Sweden next week too.
So if you’re interested in tapping an international market for any reason, a broker could probably help with that.
I posted my 26 Sailfish on thehulltruth.com and sold it to a guy in Australia. It was a simple transaction. he had a broker here but no one ever came to look at the boat. Sent a lot of pics and took the boat to a dealership to have engine reports done. The money was sired to me and a guy came and picked it up from my driveway.
I talked to the guy later and he loved the boat and said that several of his friends had imported Sailfish boats since.
Charlie
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I have sold 2 boats on The Hull Truth. If you don’t mind spending a little money, go to www.anglersedgemarine.com. For $299 they will list it on dozens of websites and assist with the sale. It’s an easy way to sell a boat.
Your boat is in demand…as long as the price is right, it should sell quickly.
“Never argue with an idiot…he will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.”
I’ve sold 3 boats via online forums in the past 3 years. One on THT, one on Classic Mako, and one on here. I tried Anglers Edge on the last one because of all the positive comments, and Bob was great to work with, but I only had one inquiry though them. It actually sold here by myself instead and turned out to be $300 wasted. But then again all of my sold boats have been old and cheap (one classic Mako and 2 Shamrocks)…not necessarily the type of boat that people look for at dealers and brokers, so my experience may not be of much use for your decision.
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Originally posted by chris V10%
a good dealer will get more for the boat than a private sale, plus you don’t have weirdos coming to your housewww.teamcharlestonmarine.com
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If you keep weirdos from coming to his house, that will rule of most of his friends!
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