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I called on a 2003 boat that is berthed about an hour away and while inquiring the salesman asks if he "can call me back", however he fails to ask me my number, hence no returned call. BASIC STUFF!
Its probably a jerk move, but when I finally do buy the next boat I might send him a note saying perhaps you should have asked my number next time....
If a salesman does not ask for your number, he has absolutely no interest in calling you back and does not have the slightest interest in your business. Period. End of story.
The most famous bad broker line is: That'll buff right out...
The best put down was my daughter bought a new Alfa Romeo, dual turbo charged, pocket rocket and had it imported from Italy... She picked it up on a Friday morning... (this was related to me by her best friend who was tagging along)
She is a blue eyed blond, wearing jeans, a tied up tee shirt, pony tail, and sunglasses, and she looks like a teenager instead of the CEO that she is... The salesman handling the delivery was not the one who made the sale... He is trying to hit on her so he's making conversation... As she starts the car and is about to pull out (he was batting zero and desperate by then) he leans in the window real close to her face and says, "Gee sweetie, I bet your boyfriend is going to like his new car?"...
She stops, puts her finger to one cheek, gives him a quizzical look for a long 5 seconds, slides her sun glasses down so she can see over them, then says in her best sweet-honey, southern drawl, "Actually he can't afford a car like this, sweetie." and zoomed away...
Location: Quebec, Canada and Pirates Cove, OBX, NC
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Originally Posted by albiewhore23
i always liked "oh you can polish that right out"
You must have met that same broker I did a few months ago in Briel . . . the scratch was so deep that it had torn the top layer of fiberglass . . . at five different points on the hull
If a salesman does not ask for your number, he has absolutely no interest in calling you back and does not have the slightest interest in your business. Period. End of story.
YOu would think a listing 2003 Viking 45 with potential gel coat cracking issues priced at almost $600k might want to hear what I have to say.
Oh yeah, there are tons of guys buying big sportfishers these days, riiiiiiiiiight.
When I was on the boat search I called on many boats, I cannot even begin to count how may times I was told, "that one is sold but if you give me your name and number, let me check our inventory and I will find you exactly what you are looking for". I actually did give out my info to the first couple, until I was getting calls back for 20 ft single powered open cc, when I was looking for a 30 ft twin powered, closed bow cc. I even asked one broker why are you calling me, this is not what I explained I was looking for and is not anything like the boat I originally called on. His answer was "well you never know this is a nice boat"
__________________ -Scarab Sport Twin Merc 250
-A Couple PWC's
-A Bunch of Motorcycles
So stop for a minute and ask yourself; who would take a job where he would be universally reviled for anything he has to say, distrusted from the onset, and blamed for everything afterwards? Who would take a job with three months between paychecks when he could have been making more money flipping hamburgers (if he had the proper skills) and would for ever be jealous as hell of his customers who could actually afford what he was selling? Its a multiple choice test!
A. The formerly wealthy minion of a minor fortune who never had to work until he spent all of Mommy's money. His clothes are expensive but old. There's a hole in one of his Argyles so he doesn't wear socks.
B. The same sunburned alcoholic with dilusions of grandeur and a serious allergy to earning a living by actually working. Might have been a High School Jock Star.
C. A burned out businessman who lost the house and bankroll in a nasty divorce and now refuses to make enough money to feed her lawyers.
D. A former Sears appliance saleman who hates having to close a deal four times a night.
E. A starry-eyed newby boater who thinks this is the way to afford a really big boat.
__________________ If it ain't broke, I haven't played with it.
A long time ago I had just started looking for my first boat. One of the nearby marinas was advertising their big end of season sale, and this was their last day. So I dropped by to look, and got stuck with the worst salesman ever. After telling him what I was looking for and my price range, he proceeded to show me everything that wasn't even close, asking each time "what do you think of this one". I started to make polite talk saying he didn't have anything I was interested in, to which he responded by begging me to buy a boat because he "hadn't sold anything all week". I chuckled in my head knowing exactly why he hadn't sold anything. Being a bit naive at the time and unable to come up with anything better on the spot to get away from this idiot, I lied and told him I didn't have the money. I was promptly cursed up and down for wasting his time (I hadn't, it was the end of the day, the place was dead, and I really was in the market to buy a boat).
Best part was about 10 days later I got letter in the mail from the same guy saying how glad he was to talk with me and to stop by or let him know if he can help me find a boat. I just laughed .... and bought a boat from the dealer a couple miles down the road about a month later.
who is the idiot, if you could not "getaway" from the dumb salesguy. Did you even read what you wrote? Did you have money or did you not. You lied and your mad at the salesguy for being upset.Whether the guy was busy or not ,you were a stroke. If he had what you wanted ,dont you think you would have been shown the boat.Gee wiz fella. Maybe a simple. Thanks for your time would have worked.
who is the idiot, if you could not "getaway" from the dumb salesguy. Did you even read what you wrote? Did you have money or did you not. You lied and your mad at the salesguy for being upset.Whether the guy was busy or not ,you were a stroke. If he had what you wanted ,dont you think you would have been shown the boat.Gee wiz fella. Maybe a simple. Thanks for your time would have worked.
Did you even read what I posted?
I had the money, I bought a boat somewhere else. I had tried to be polite, I told him I wan't interested, the guy was begging me to buy a boat and wouldn't let me leave, so I told a lie. I wasn't mad it his response, just found it funny that after cussing me out the guy writes me a kiss-azz letter.
I was looking at a Chris-Craft Convertible and commented about the residential hot water heater down in the engine room (gas boat). Broker told me that I was incorrect- it was perfectly fine to use it, in fact he had one on his own boat.
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Yes,I took basic skills english. 
