It is always a pleasure working with a real, knowledgeable, dedicated, pro and Chris certainly exemplifies all of those traits! Thanks for your help.
As you might know, purchasing a Boat is something that should be fun and exciting, I deal every day with my business issues where I need to be careful and sometimes even assertive to get things done, so buying a boat should be something that does not require any such efforts.
I believe Jordan understands this very well, he was fun to work with and he immediately understood when either me (the buyer) or the seller where getting stressed with some issues. Jordan managed the situation in order to smoothen edges and finalize the deal.
Buying the Boat helped by Jordan was fun, I will carry a nice memory and boat to enjoy.
It is not easy to find a buyer for a 20 year old boat. We did…
It is not easy to decide the ‘right’ price for a 20 year old, but well maintained boat. We gradually dropped our price over an 18 month period. We carefully documented the 7 minor problems with the boat (i.e., needs a new canvas top, needs new ‘outdoor’ carpet around the cockpit, etc…..)
Tom Myers found a buyer who offered 20% below our posted price. This was not acceptable. Tom suggested we counter at about a 10% discount. We challenged this idea and he backed it up with ‘equivalent’ sales data off all of the internet sites... We countered at 10% off, and Tom firmly negotiate with the buyer until he accepted our counter.
Tom organized and attended the sea trial. I was very nervous about the sea trial and was glad Tom was there to help me through it. The sea trial went well, with just a few minor ‘unknowns’ and the buyer accepted the boat. Tom was able to hold the price without further discounting. Tom organized all the title transfer paper work and the details of getting the money into my account. They got clear title to the boat, I got my money. This sounds simple, but it is really more complicated than you might think Everything went well. I think both the buyer and the seller are happy with the deal and the way the details were handled.
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I wanted to write to express my complete satisfaction with regards to your selling my 1984 Hunter 34.5. I know that the boat was difficult to sell, given the age as well as the 5.5' draft. However, you went above and beyond to make the sale. You also could not have been more courteous, and always were punctual in returning my many calls.
I would highly recommend you to anybody!
Thank you so much for a job well done!