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Rebotco Rising Star

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Brought a Narrowboat,lived on her for a while then sold her.

My question is Why should i have to pay the Marina a percentage of the price when they had

nothing to do with the sale? More Leisure

 

 

Because it was in the Terms and Conditions of the agreement you signed with the marina.

Tis usually the case with mobile homes as well if thats any consolation!

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dor Veteran II

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Ignoring BSP's friend for a moment...

 

 

 

 

Normally if it is a completely private sale you don't (at a decent marina anyway). However if the marina has its own brokerage and you sell through another brokerage then it is normal.

 

 

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Brought a Narrowboat,lived on her for a while then sold her.

My question is Why should i have to pay the Marina a percentage of the price when they had

nothing to do with the sale? More Leisure

 

I was thinking about selling my boat when I was in a marina. Knowing it was in my terms and conditions I checked with them what they would actually do. The answer was we'll put it on apolloduck and a few other websites. Thinking to myself that there was nothing there I couldn't do myself I asked my next question. "what percentage will you take?" The answer was 8%. "Not bloody likely" I thought, and left the marina when my contract expired 3 weeks later

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Richard10002 Veteran II

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Brought a Narrowboat,lived on her for a while then sold her.

My question is Why should i have to pay the Marina a percentage of the price when they had

nothing to do with the sale? More Leisure

 

As has been said, it will be in the terms and conditions of the marina.

 

However, in the depths of my mind, I have a recollection that this has been tested in the courts over the last few years, and has been deemed an unfair contract term.

 

I don't really know how to search for legal cases, but someone else here might know - we might even have some lawyers or barristers??

 

Whether it has been deemed such, or not, it definitely has the makings of an unfair contract term, as the business has the consumer by the danglies when they want a mooring.

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I going to be selling my boat this year. The mooring that I'm in is asking for a years worth of fees IF I sell the boat with the mooring. As said before, its common practise in the static caravan parks. With moorings being fairly hard to come by in certain loctions, I'll just inflate the asking price of the boat to cover this additional cost.

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I going to be selling my boat this year. The mooring that I'm in is asking for a years worth of fees IF I sell the boat with the mooring. As said before, its common practise in the static caravan parks. With moorings being fairly hard to come by in certain loctions, I'll just inflate the asking price of the boat to cover this additional cost.

Lily wants to buy a boat with moorings in Bristol, see http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=53802&st=0&p=1013397&hl=bristol&fromsearch=1entry1013397

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Boat&Bikes Experienced

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I going to be selling my boat this year. The mooring that I'm in is asking for a years worth of fees IF I sell the boat with the mooring. As said before, its common practise in the static caravan parks. With moorings being fairly hard to come by in certain loctions, I'll just inflate the asking price of the boat to cover this additional cost.

 

 

If you inflate the price do you not think you will struggle to sell?

 

Ian.

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