Summer must be coming to an end, I'm getting calls.

[Bubba1235]

It's funny because this happens every year. I buy "project" boats and flip them so I always have my eyes open and scan the various listings and make offers on ones I think are worth the work to restore.

As you can imagine my offers get turned down a lot. It goes with the territory. People are just certain their "project" is still worth nearly book value and the trailer is almost always worth the asking price. D) Of course they don't sell and the owners run the ads over and over.

Then, when they get to the end of the summer I get emails and phone calls from them saying maybe my offer wasn't so horrible after all, do I still want it. In most cases the answer is no because I have bought other projects.

You would be amazed at how many get angry when I tell them that or lower my offer further because I don't realy need another project to winterize store all winter.

 

[oops!]

Re: Summer must be coming to an end, I'm getting calls.

my friend....it never fails.

ran into it alot when i was buying furniture and appliances....

i would go into a garage with 50 appliances all over 20 years old.
the people would ask me "how much".....i would tell them "how much will you pay me to take them away" (and try my best not insult them)
they would insist they are good and worth all kinds of money....even for parts!

I would politely walk away......sure enough, 2 months later the phone would ring....

by the way bud....you cant tell me summer is coming to an end....in in denial

btw....any nice 27 foot rays with good engines/drives that need hull repair?

lol

cheers
ward

 

[oops!]

Re: Summer must be coming to an end, I'm getting calls.

by the way.....i hope to be going to kansas city to cook comp products for a training session sometime in the future.....you around there?

 

[Purecarnagge]

Re: Summer must be coming to an end, I'm getting calls.

It's funny because this happens every year. I buy "project" boats and flip them so I always have my eyes open and scan the various listings and make offers on ones I think are worth the work to restore.

As you can imagine my offers get turned down a lot. It goes with the territory. People are just certain their "project" is still worth nearly book value and the trailer is almost always worth the asking price. D) Of course they don't sell and the owners run the ads over and over.

Then, when they get to the end of the summer I get emails and phone calls from them saying maybe my offer wasn't so horrible after all, do I still want it. In most cases the answer is no because I have bought other projects.

You would be amazed at how many get angry when I tell them that or lower my offer further because I don't realy need another project to winterize store all winter.

So they call you back 2 months later and then yell at you when you say your not interested because they "missed the boat".

 

[oops!]

Re: Summer must be coming to an end, I'm getting calls.

So they call you back 2 months later and then yell at you when you say your not interested because they "missed the boat".

cant speak for bubba.....

but when i dealt in furniture and appliances....i would walk in to a room with 30 year old couches, a cabinet stereo and a cabinet tv and get yelled at when i said no thankyou.

 

[seabob4]

Re: Summer must be coming to an end, I'm getting calls.

People always think their Chit is worth more than it is...

OOPS!, you work for Cook Composites? We deal with Composites One, used to use Cook back at Wellcraft in the 90s...