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Old 01-30-2019, 12:48 PM   #2
DavidM
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Well perhaps the boat was well worth the price that the first buyer paid even considering all of the stuff that he added after the sale closed. Many times buyers look at the asking price and do what you just did and add up all of the stuff that is needed to make it nice from their point of view and they immediately take that extra stuff off of the price they are willing to pay. But maybe the boat was priced to take all of that into consideration. That seems to be the case with the first buyer.

All you can do is offer what you are willing to pay. Usually your first offer should be about 5-10% below that because the seller always expects you to come up when he counters. And most boats close at 5-10% below asking in a normal market for just that reason.

I think that boat was just not destined to be yours. And you sure don't want to start a bidding war with another buyer.

David
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