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Old 09-22-2013, 07:52 AM   #34
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Originally Posted by Mr Hippo View Post
If you have that kind of cash to throw away, good for you. In a previous life I once had a boss that was fond of saying if you saw $100 on the ground would you pick it up?
One doesn't have to have plenty of cash to see the value of a boat broker. To me, they are well worth what they charge for relieving me of the things that I would have to do to sell a boat. I even gave my broker cash when I bought my current boat, even though he was getting a share of the selling broker's commission. I gave him 10% of the difference between the asking price and the final sale price. I didn't think that it made sense that his commission would be cut as he negotiated a better price for me, so I proposed to him the 10% deal when I asked him to represent me.

A 10% commission is not cheap but reasonable, even if they don't split it with another broker.
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