This. Times eleventy-billion!I see what you are asking I think. If a seller gets insulted or offended by an offer that is their problem. They can ignore it or they can counter it, but they have no reason to be offended by a low-ball offer.
A seller needs to remember who has the money that they so desperately need and bleed while waiting for a buyer.likewise a buyer who gets offended by having his offer ignored.
I guess many need to realize the word offended doesn't necessarily brought to tears or violence.
In the way I have been using it, it just means the offer is so low the person making the offer is being a jacka** .
I am the first to admit that most boats are gonna sell for 2/3 or 1/2 of what some dreamer sellers are gonna get.
But a decent boat in the models in demand isn't gonna go for less than 50% unless something is really screwy.
I don't consider 20% off of asking to be an unreasonable starting point. But then I bought when it was a weak economy / strong buyers market. Have a friend who just went under contract for a sailboat that had been on the market for 2 years. It was over priced. He offered 60% of asking and settled for 70%. He presented his offer with comps for recently sold identical base boats. So you never know.
Ted