Selling a boat - ebay?

[TTwiggy]

Hello all

It has come time, I think, to say goodbye to 'Mirage Of Thames' our old Mirage 28 yacht.

Long story short, we may be buying a house in the Algarve and part of the deal will involve a nice shiny Bav/Ben/Jen 36-footer in the sun.

In the meantime though, how to dispose of the old girl?

The market for used boats at this end of the spectrum is very slow, and while a Mirage 28 would generally be advertised for £10-15k on the usual sites, I'm not into the idea of spending out years' worth of hard standing costs in the hope of a buyer eventually coming along.

So, having sold a little day-sailor in the past on ebay, I'm quite keen to go down that route again. But my issue is - to 'reserve' or not 'reserve'. I'm thinking I'd feel sick to see her go for less than £3k, so that would seem like a nice low reserve, but do you think it puts people off, and is there the danger of getting just £3001 for her too?

Any other advice or suggestions most welcome!

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village idiot said:

Apollo duck is your friend here.

http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/

http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/search.phtml?search=mi...

Is it though? I don't wish to sound ungrateful for the advice, but some of those boats on there have been for sale for years.

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Fittster said:

TTwiggy said:

village idiot said:

Apollo duck is your friend here.

http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/

http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/search.phtml?search=mi...

Is it though? I don't wish to sound ungrateful for the advice, but some of those boats on there have been for sale for years.

But is that because of the sites or the prices being asked for yachts which have hung around?

I imagine the price, as always in sales, will be the driving factor. Thing is though, if I'm going to undercut every other Mirage 28 on there, I may as well take my chances on the bay of fleas!

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Cheers for all the advice chaps.

I think I'll try eBay first. I must admit that being a bit of a Luddite with respect to internet shopping, I didn't realise you could put a starting price or classified ad on there.

I will look at Apollo duck in more detail however!