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bushwood

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Does anyone know how to find out how long a boat has been listed on yachtworld? There are a series of numbers near a boat's year, price size ,etc. Is there a coding in there to find out? We're boat shopping and want to know how long boats have been listed.

Thanks
 
That is a great question! I hope there is a good answer. The brokers who subscribe to WY probably have access to that info. Also, I have seen boats reposted (bumped?) so my guess is the brokers have the info.
 
Bliss, I suspect you are correct that brokers would know. But on a Sunday afternoon when I am boat shopping on yachtworld, or up late at night dreaming about the next boat, I would like to have the info available.

Thanks
 
The original listing date is viewable to brokers with a yachtworld account when they log in to YW and view the individual listings but it is not publicly available info without having a broker look it up.
 
Wsong, as suspected. Would asking the broker(s) how long be appropriate?
 
Ask away. Who cares if it is appropriate or not? The wors they are going to do is not give it to you.
 
You can either ask the listing broker who may or may not tell you how long the boat has been listed or you can ask another broker and they can look it up for you and tell you. It is an appropriate question to ask.
 
I have been monitoring a few of my fav's on Yachtworld and it still seems to be a 'buyer's' market. Many of the listed boats have been there for some time (either have problems or boat sales are still sluggish).

I have a tendency of buying high and selling low. I'm looking to break that habit.
 
It's a tough habit to break! On the other hand if you own a boat for many years and enjoy it then you got you monies worth! They are not houses they don't go up in value.
 
When we bought our boat, I decided to work with a buyers broker. Cost nothing, only precluded us from looking at one boat where the listing agent would not do a split commission. Gave me full access to comp's, time on the market, new listings on date released, and other info. Broker to broker talk steered us away from some boats that looked good in the listing, but were not. Other brokers knew we were serious.
My $.02, your mileage may vary.
Mike
 
Brushwood,

Here is a trick to get a little more info. It won't tell you when it was listed, but, will tell when it was last updated. So it helps in know how active the listing is or when the last price change may have been. It can be updated with out a price change.

When looking at a listing on YW don't click full specs directly from your search. Instead click on the link for the lising broker. This will bring up the brokers "home" page on YW. From there click the link on the left to see their listings, usually called "boats for Sale". Pick the boat you were interested from the list, then click on the full specs. The full specs page will be the same except there is a last revised date at the bottom.

Another interesting item is that depending on the broker, the list of boats may include sold boats that don't come up in a standard search. But, this doesn't happen for all, it must be a setting for the broker to configure.

Good luck.
 
Greetings. Found our boat on yacht world a 1987 381CC Catalina. The photos bore scant resemblance to the physical view. Prices ae inflated by more than 50%. Broker's only interest was unloading the boat at a price with the minimum must fix requirements either found by the buyer or the surveyor. Only use Yacht world to find a boat the use maximum due diligence before hiring a surveyor to finalize any deal.
Another point, remember the golden rule of boat depreciation, own it for five years your asset has depreciated by 50%, set your sale or buy price accordingly. Bill
 
All,

Good advice thus far. We sold our 36' Uniflite DCMY this past weekend so now the search begins. I like to stalk my area brokerages online so I am familiar with their listings and how to locate such boats. ChezBippy, I do like your method and plan on applying it. I'm also a fan of Craigslist. However, back to YW, I just like to have an idea of shelf life for listings and how flexible their prices may/may not be given the amount of moorage and upkeep has been paid and then how anxious the seller is once the detachment switch has flipped.
 
Just an FYI, clicking a YW link, going to a broker's YW home page, then clicking on the full specs from there and checking the "Last revised date" at the end of that listing is not accurate. I think you all know I'm a broker- I had never noticed that date at the end of the full specs via my homepage. I just checked several of our boats that have not had any adjustments done to them in a long time and yet they all showed a revision date from may of 2013 which were all incorrect for the last time we adjusted the ads.
If you want to know how long a boat has been on YW either ask this listing broker and hope for an honest answer or ask another broker to look up the listing and tell you as via the broker log in we see more info than the public sees- such as we can see original list date and original list price, etc.
 
I have to agree with the posts above it is a buyers market but you have to have some serious cash. There are many nice older trawlers but most lending institutions will not finance a 25-30 year old boat. Tony correct me if I am wrong.
Bill
 
Tony, I think soem action a broker takes may cause all listing to be show as revised, so, I guess not so useful. However, when a boatshows it has not been updated in a year, I think it is safe to say it's an old listing. But, if is show it was updated yesterday, it may not have been.

Bill, I don't think it shoudl be hard ot get a loan on an older boat. About 3 years ago I was approved on a loan for a mid 80's boat, deal fell through on survey, but, no issue getting loan.

I think the fact that people now need good credit and resonable down payments is hurting the market.
 
IMO, other than the market being in the tank, and unless I am unaware of it, there is no buyer seller network nor a decent trade-in network. When I step up, down or out, the onus seems to be on me to get rid of the current boat. Every dealer I went to I asked about their trade in policy whether I had a boat at the time or not. Other than Marine Max, I was told no trade ins from every dealer I went to but each one of them was more than happy to list my boat exclusively and sell it for me. Mears Point was the worst. I guess my Rolex wasn't gold enough.
 
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