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Originally Posted by Jeff_H
I have had a very different experience than Davidpm with regards to brokers. I have been involved in literally scores of boat deals, both with and without brokers. Most brokers will work both sides of the deal, meaning that they try to bring the parties to a a fair middle, typically getting the seller to take a little less than they had wanted and the buyer to pay a little more than they had hoped, but put a deal together.
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I'm not sure we are saying different things. Maybe saying the same thing in different ways.
I agree that the broker serves as a moderating influence and without them many deals would not get made.
But as you can see from the link I found at least some brokers have a concern about "poisoning the water".
Jeff has had way more experience with this than I have; my only warning to the OP is that as far as I can tell no boat broker will have a buyers interests as their only motivator. Just saying.
Also just as your brokers were successfull in making deals happen for you I'm sure it is evident that brokers are capable of discouraging a deal from happing if they think they should.
I've got nothing against brokers, in fact it looks like an interesting job, might give it a try myself in a few years.