There's interest. I brought it home early specifically b/c the guy had 'cash in hand' and wanted the boat 100%. Then of course, he doesn't...he thought he was getting a brand new mint 'barn find' for $2500...which I told him it wasn't before making the trip up.
So...then he flaked. There are more interested, but I need to change out the gear lube before I start it up. The blower and bilge also conked out after a wave at the meet last summer, so I need to fix that as well.
My thoughts, hold your price.
Seems more than fair to me, and the peak market for our machines is still 30 days off. It can be frustrating dealing with buyers but you have to understand there are a lot of tire kickers out there. I’d say 10% of your contacts are live buyers ready to move. Once on the property you simply have to close the deal, and that is an art in itself. Jovial, yet serious, at an early point ask the buyer if they have an offer? (No matter what discrepancies they find). At that moment you will find if they are a tire kicker or not. Be ready for a low offer . . . immediately reject it. And just like that they have committed to the buy, and it is just a matter of what the final price will be.
As odd as it is I find this game entertaining. The read of the buyer/seller of each other. If the other sides refuses to budge, slow the process, significantly, uncomfortably really. This gives each side a moment to think and realize what is at stake.
A couple days ago I sold a 2001 Honda 30Hp four stroke with the forward controls on Craigslist. The guy that bought it from me I think out smarted me. We were a few hundred off on the price and he simply, slowly, methodically outlasted me. I know I left a few hundred on the table because I wasn’t patient enough.
Best of luck.
David