oldjeep
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With Craigslist and all the other online options, including tossing it out front on your lawn with a for sale sign, you get the joy of dealing with every dreamer, tire kicker, low baller out there. Plus a lot of no shows.
To me, giving the broker a small percentage of the sale so I don't have to deal with that nonsense is a no brainer. Or I'd just trade it in. My time and sanity is worth something too.
But to each their own. If you like going through that and being told how wrong you are on your price, so be it.
Last boat I sold on CL there were 3 people who emailed about it the first week. First guy came out and bought it. Your mileage may vary, but if you put together a decent ad with a firm price and a statement that all purchases are in person then you can eliminate most of the idiots.
And any broker around here is just a middle man who is going to be bringing people to where your boat is (garage) - so what is the benefit?