But only slightly...

custom90steve wrote:

You can tell when you won't get any joy or your annoying the seller.

Shame that foresight didn't stretch to forum sponsors eh Kona?!

custom90steve wrote:

Tight sods

In this life what goes around......"Only messing I am!"

custom90steve wrote:

Mal, I'm only messing really

Zagato wrote:

scotty38 wrote:

Zagato wrote:

I have got my 28K back that I spent on the Defender which makes the deal so sweet

I need to ask you about this. You say you got around £23K for the 110 and you say there is some equity in the boat - hence you got your £28K back but if the boat is so easily worth £28K how come you got it for £23K?

Just haggling as usual - i enjoy it and do well our of it, buying and selling is fun although the Defender was the only car I got stuck with 4 year old 27k SAAB for 4.3K , Jag replica worth 27K got for 17K, current boat worth 9K got for 7.5K etc etc Used to buy and sell old SAABs which is where I originally built up my lump from, turned one of those around in 2 weeks with a 2K profit, not bad as it was half it's value, bought for 2K sold for 4K . I think we've all probably got stories of good buys and sales Just got to keep your

The boat was a trade in for a new 90K Crabber. Crabber were advertising mine for £32750 (I put a link to the advert somewhere! May still be on the Crabber brokerage site!) but it's worth 28K and Crabber said that's what it owes them. They didn't discount the new Crabber so they had some lee-way. I got them down to 25K after a while then 24.5K then a final crazy last ditch offer of 23.5K that paid off I would have gone up to 25K but they didn't know that, It's just haggling.

E.G. OK my final offer is £5 or make my mind up for me on £5 or my last offer is £5 and I'll leave it in the lap of the gods.... They don't know you are bluffing, you can always come back if they say it's to low and pay more

Crabber are also getting value from me as I am getting their Crabber club going and have given them marketing ideas so they realise the value of having me on-board and getting some rallys/meets etc organised - they're not silly It's the best and cheapest advertising out - it was a good deal for both sides.

Ok thanks, makes sense now

jamesc wrote:

Hi Zag,

If I remember correctly you advised me against selling my 90 when I posted on here about doing the same thing. I guess when the right reason comes along you choose accordingly. Anyway I wish you and the family great joy of your vessel.

Out of interest how and where did you dispose of your 110? I'm still musing on the possibility myself.

James

My reason unfortunately was to sell my current boat to pay off a debt, I didn't have much choice I could have jsut sold my boat but i wanted to carry on sailing so I had to sell....but it turned out to be a fortunate financial move with the new boat so now not too upset!

Catch Zag Street soap tomorrow night at 7.00 pm Sorry but I had to answer

The problem with a near new one is firstly there are many on the market and secondly people would prefer to pay a few K more for a new one. I didn't get a bite but was offered 23K by the trade (The Man from Land Rover) but I sold privately at the last minute for the same price as it saved me a trip to Man from LR and a train back and day off work. It's money was 24K privately and trade 25-26K due the extensive work done apparently and low mileage...

I called all the usual Defender traders but they already had "single figure mileage" on late models already. I had forgotten about The Man for Land rover - good firm but I would never usually sell for a trade price, it's just that I got such a good deal on the boat. Don't sell if you don't have to, if only to get the value out of it first