[Rhodes22-list] Now Comes General Boats And

[Rick]

Mike,

Great idea!  Good for Stan, good for Rhodies.

Rick

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Mike Cheung <mikecheung at att.net> wrote:

>
> A number of interesting ideas have been proposed.  I must say one thing the
> whole "LoRo" discussion has done is make me even more happy that I bought a
> recycled R22 direct from Stan.  I got a great boat and, presumably, GB made
> some profit on the sale.  I have the peace of mind that knowing I can call
> Stan whenever I've got an issue gives.
>
> However, that thought does lend itself to a LoRo related idea.  Perhaps a
> more direct approach of letting Stan be the broker on most if not all
> Rhodes
> re-sales is the way to go.  This, of course, like any LoRo scheme, would
> have to be voluntary.  But if enough of us "held hands" and pledged to sell
> our boats only through GB, then they could: (a) provide the buyer with some
> assistance in assessing & comparing different age Rhodes and (b) make a
> fair
> profit on that service.  It would also put GB in the position of knowing
> who
> owned many of their boats so they could direct market improvements,
> innovations, specials (mast stub/pop top support combo for example), etc.
> Now, GB already does a good deal of the latter on their website so this add
> on might be of limited value to them.    Still, the direct marketing
> ability
> should further enhance GB's position relative to any third party vendors
> who
> develop or wish to develop Rhodes 22 specific products by providing ready
> access to many Rhodes owners.  With a little work GB could easily have a
> "used Rhodes" section with available boats listed with pictures, etc. on
> their website and could tier the boats in terms of (for example): brokered,
> surveyed (i.e. evaluated by GB), GB certified, recycled, demos, and brand
> spanking new.
>
> Personally, should the time come to sell Muireann, I would expect that GB
> would be able to get me the best price with the least amount of my time as
> things stand now.  If GB had a more formal brokerage program going with ads
> & pics on their web site, I would expect they could be even more effective,
> and hence to me as a seller, even more attractive.  In that case, well,
> maybe no "hold hands and pledge" is needed since enlightened capitalism
> should take over and do the trick all by itself.
>
> My $0.02.
>
>
>
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> Mike Cheung
> s/v Muireann 1993/2008 Rhodes 22
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