...and is sold the next day!
Hey, it's winder. What did you expect?
Hey, it's winder. What did you expect?
When the boat you want finally comes on the market...
- Thread starter Brian D
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Over a period of 3 years it happened to me not once, but twice 
on the same (make and model) boat. the second one I had the truck loaded with spare tires and tools and ready to head out. when I called to let him know he said it just went down the road 10 minutes ago. I was a bit pissed on that one as he knew I was coming. but then again I do understand what it's like on the other side of the fence also.
Third time was the charm and I got the perfect deal for me last August. you just have to be patient and when the right one for you comes along it will have been worth the wait.
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on the same (make and model) boat. the second one I had the truck loaded with spare tires and tools and ready to head out. when I called to let him know he said it just went down the road 10 minutes ago. I was a bit pissed on that one as he knew I was coming. but then again I do understand what it's like on the other side of the fence also.Third time was the charm and I got the perfect deal for me last August. you just have to be patient and when the right one for you comes along it will have been worth the wait.
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My wife and her girlfriends went to a boat show and I ended up with my H 356. It was Gal approved. I'm still scratching my head.
The admiral loved our boat from the start. That's the secret.
it has happened often with cars though. As recent as twice this year!
it has happened often with cars though. As recent as twice this year!
When I sold my last boat I had 2 offers on the same day. Two friends came to look at the boat, both made offers, one was slightly better than the other. One went home as a happy camper. Don't know what happened to the friendship.
let's reframe this picture Brian. all boats are for sale, right now. yep, see the boat of your dreams, start talking a deal. i suggest to you that every boat in every marina is for sale, today.
so don't wait for your dream, go get it.
it's a concept
so don't wait for your dream, go get it.
it's a concept
I tell this story often...
I decided to buy my first sailboat...and found a beautiful 1988 oday 322. Had knots in my stomach after crawling all over her and believing “this was the one”. But the Admiral wasn’t quite ready to give the OK as we had one kid in college and another deciding which school to go to...and we were waiting to see how much it was going to cost...
A few months later, I finally get the “Ok, go buy your boat”. I call the broker the next day and tell him I want to come out on Saturday and I will be ready to make an offer...he says...sorry, sold it last week...for the exact price I was going to offer...I was depressed to say the least.
I bought the next boat I looked at...a very nice Hunter 280. Great starter boat, learned a lot, enjoyed her for 4 or 5 years...but kept thinking about the next boat.
Out of the blue, the guy that bought the O’Day 322 “out from under me” emailed me and said “moved to Cleveland, boat is still in Michigan, make me an offer”.
I told (ok, really asked) the Admiral that I wanted to buy the O’Day 322...and I did not want to let it slip through my fingers a second time.
We bought the O’Day 322, and I was fortunate to sell the Hunter before winter haulout...and all was good in the world.
I still have the Oday and enjoy her very much....life is still good.
The “Fleet”...Hunter 280 in the foreground, O’Day 322 in the background.
Greg,
I decided to buy my first sailboat...and found a beautiful 1988 oday 322. Had knots in my stomach after crawling all over her and believing “this was the one”. But the Admiral wasn’t quite ready to give the OK as we had one kid in college and another deciding which school to go to...and we were waiting to see how much it was going to cost...
A few months later, I finally get the “Ok, go buy your boat”. I call the broker the next day and tell him I want to come out on Saturday and I will be ready to make an offer...he says...sorry, sold it last week...for the exact price I was going to offer...I was depressed to say the least.
I bought the next boat I looked at...a very nice Hunter 280. Great starter boat, learned a lot, enjoyed her for 4 or 5 years...but kept thinking about the next boat.
Out of the blue, the guy that bought the O’Day 322 “out from under me” emailed me and said “moved to Cleveland, boat is still in Michigan, make me an offer”.
I told (ok, really asked) the Admiral that I wanted to buy the O’Day 322...and I did not want to let it slip through my fingers a second time.
We bought the O’Day 322, and I was fortunate to sell the Hunter before winter haulout...and all was good in the world.
I still have the Oday and enjoy her very much....life is still good.
The “Fleet”...Hunter 280 in the foreground, O’Day 322 in the background.
Greg,
Happened to me with a truck. They stopped importing Toyota Land Cruisers into Canada about 30 years ago. In the early 2000s I found out about a fleet of long wheel base Land Cruisers that had just come available locally. I called right away and the guy on the phone said he had 6 but the last one was just driving away. I felt like the kid in that video.