C.O.S.T.
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Due to health reasons I have put my boat up for sale. Before I listed it I had a private ad on Craig's List just to test the response level. So one nice Sunday a few weeks ago I get a call from a prospective buyer, or so I thought. We talked for awhile and went over the usual, equipment, maintenance, new gear added and things like where the boat had cruised to. All the usual stuff. So we get to the point of setting a look see for the boat and he gets very serious. He says he has one question that is really important. So I am thinking, oh yeah he wants me to finance it for him or take a trade. All those things that come up and screw any chance of a good sale. So in a very serious, low pitched voice he asks me, does the boat need any work? Now this a 41 year old CHB Trawler. So I ask what kind of work does he mean? So he says to me, very serious indeed this time, I want a boat that I don't have to do anything on for 3 or 4 years. Still confused I asked him what he meant by "any work". So he tells me he wants something that he has to do absolutely nothing to. No painting, wiring, electronics, plumbing or engine work. By this time I am almost on the floor laughing when he finishes with the best line I have ever heard. He wanted me to be available to come and help him, with anything at any time, for the 1st 2 years after he buys the boat. At this point the tears are rolling down my cheeks and I had to tell him I would call him back with my answer. I am not sure if he is sitting by the phone.
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