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Old 10-20-2020, 09:13 AM   #10
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City: Westerly, RI
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Vessel Model: 1999 Mainship 350 Trawler
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Originally Posted by mvweebles View Post
Skeptic in me warns a broker may use the "I got a guy who's interested" line as conversation starter to get your listing......
I was approached by a broker recently with the same angle. First, he put a business card on almost all of the boats in the marina. I then see him later working on a listing for a neighbor, when he started with the "I have two potential buyers interested in these" pointing to my boat.

When I pressed him for simple details, he suddenly became very vague.

"What price range are they in?"

"Are they looking for Trawlers, or Mainship 350, 390, 400 models specifically"

"What time frame are they looking to buy?"

"What have they been looking at so far?"

These seem like straightforward questions that a broker who's vetted his customer would be able to answer.
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