Boat classified's and reality !

[bradford]

I'm on the other end of the spectrum. I've got a 17' center console for sale with a rotten transom and a 70's era 115 merc that hasn't been run in 7 years. It's sitting on a galvinized trailer that is in decent shape. I'm asking 300 dollars for the whole rig, and I get phone calls like this:

RING RING

Me: "Hello"
Them: "Yeah Main, Imma callin bout that boat ya got sittin in yer frawnt yard."
Me: "Yeah man what can I tell you about it?"
Them: (First question out of the gate) "Is 3 hunert the lowest you'll go?"
Me: "Over the phone, uh Yeah".
Them: "Everything werks onit rite?"
Me: "Uh, No man It's a project. If everything worked on it I'd be asking about ten times as much."
Them: "Uh... well... uh, will ya take payments?"
Me: "No man, sorry"

It sucks trying to sell anything these days. I hardly list anything on craigslist anymore because some yahoo from hinesville will waste your entire afternoon while you wait for him to drive to the coast to buy a $50 item and then not show.