mayalld Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 All this negativity! I've put in a very good offer for this boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree monkey Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 10 minutes ago, mayalld said: All this negativity! I've put in a very good offer for this boat. You've offered to scrap it for £50 and a bag of pork scratching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, tree monkey said: You've offered to scrap it for £50 and a bag of pork scratching? I wouldn't waste a bag of pork scratchings...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayalld Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 9 minutes ago, tree monkey said: You've offered to scrap it for £50 and a bag of pork scratching? Damn, looks like I'm going to be outbid! I thought I'd get it no problem for £1,74 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 19 hours ago, David Mack said: Nope. No price shown in the ad or where I have saved it in my Watced Items list, when viewed in my phone browser. But price clear to see when viewed in the EBay app. Most odd! Yes, I found exactly the same thing. Never seen that happen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 On 05/02/2019 at 11:46, Graham Davis said: Looking at an ebay link in another thread, I note that the strange Birmingham boat is back on Ebay, with a think a new seller (or not)https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Narrow-Boat-Canal-liveaboard-Dutch-Barge-Houseboat-ECO-ELECTRIC-Narrowboat-PX/123620830291?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D0868fe37d3984465b74eac9056328692%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D202588068964%26itm%3D123620830291&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 Still looks horrible, inside and out! And how the hell can you call it "eco electric" with that ruddy great outboard on the back?Messaged buyer: "Can you please tell me where I can see this boat and where I can arrange a pre-purchase survey?" Did you get a reply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lowe Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 That is the ugliest boat I've seen. the bow is awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 I think it has several redeeming features on this day and age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Davis Posted February 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 4 hours ago, mrsmelly said: Did you get a reply? Not yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doratheexplorer Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 I enquired about it the last time it was up. I didn't get a reply. Do they actually want to sell it? Is this some complicated money laundering thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess-- Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) one thing strikes me.. from the advert it is registered with CRT as electric to qualify for the 25% license reduction but with CRT's rules doesn't it state that to qualify electric must be the sole means of propulsion? with that in mind how does it stand now it has a diesel outboard attached Edited February 7, 2019 by Jess-- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Davis Posted February 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 I suspect it is incorrectly registered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGoat Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 21 hours ago, roland elsdon said: I think it has several redeeming features on this day and age. Concur - (Except for the taste factor and even if you're a bit tongue in cheek...) How to build a boat wit as few curves as possible Those left (apart from the stern) are gentle and as short in the chord as possible - 2mm steel 'cabin' roof panels?? - but why wasn't the train roof feature 'used internally' ? Innovative weed cutter at the bow. Maximum internal width (I assume as I can't see and tumble home (?) 'Lovely' full length domestic bath - needs to be hooked up to a water supply to fill it... Indeed with no engine how are the internal power features satisfied?? Fascinating.. AARRGGHH!! 2 hours ago, Jess-- said: one thing strikes me.. from the advert it is registered with CRT as electric to qualify for the 25% license reduction but with CRT's rules doesn't it state that to qualify electric must be the sole means of propulsion? with that in mind how does it stand now it has a diesel outboard attached It could be argued that the diesel engine was only there to move the boat - it was / is said to be moving under trade plates? After all it is offered as a "live aboard" and ipso facto won't move at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 5 hours ago, doratheexplorer said: I enquired about it the last time it was up. I didn't get a reply. Do they actually want to sell it? Is this some complicated money laundering thing? Every time she tries to sell the magnificent vessel, some nasty people on a forum start dissing the wonderfully unique lines, designer flock wallpaper and cutting edge paintwork. So Rawson gives up for a month hoping some sucker will bite next time before those forum vermin start again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGoat Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 It's not a boat for cruising - it's for living aboard in a marina / serviced moorings But, but not at that price AND on the partial information provided. Die-hards (and I'm one of those) think and state that it's 'orrible however- Folks coming on here just don't realise that the major market for boats coming on to the 'systems' now is for cheap / inexpensively priced / vessels on which to live. The price point of £75k might suit a practical cruising boat - but on the information presented it's lacking in all / major factors to make that make it a usable prospect. Somebody may pay £35k for it and stick it in a marina? (For all the Saints above - I thank thee...) Get real chaps and chapesses... ALL nearby places to moor easily on my nearest canal (Oxford) are clogged with boats moored. Some official, other not. Cruising is now a-pleasant and we may well have to stick on the Thames (lovely river but we've done it again, and again and again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Harold Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 It's advertised again on fleabay. Price is now £100K! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 Perhaps it has been for sale for so long that it now counts as historic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 Just now, Athy said: Perhaps it has been for sale for so long that it now counts as ... hysteric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 I still like it, im considering it against a brinklow boat thats for sale at about the same price. Trouble is ive got to sell the current boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 7 hours ago, Mad Harold said: It's advertised again on fleabay. Price is now £100K! I though you were supposed to lower the price when the the thing you're selling isn't... well selling ? Anyone would think they didn't actually want to sell that thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Tumshie said: I though you were supposed to lower the price when the the thing you're selling isn't... well selling ? Anyone would think they didn't actually want to sell that thing It is often more successful to increase the price of something - if you underprice it then the potential buyers think it is too cheap 'for a reason' (what's wrong with it ??) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 Just now, Alan de Enfield said: It is often more successful to increase the price of something - if you underprice it then the potential buyers think it is too cheap 'for a reason' (what's wrong with it ??) I'd be more worried about the fact they've been trying to sell since 2015 - that would reason enough for me. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lowe Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 No one going to club together and buy it then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV32 Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 Still looks dreadful ..... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Narrow-Boat-Canal-liveaboard-Dutch-Barge-Houseboat-ECO-ELECTRIC-Narrowboat-PX/123671401680?hash=item1ccb63d4d0:g:P0cAAOSwu3dbt0NF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 You have to have faith with someone who can unilaterally extend BREXIT by two months without resorting to party politics or terrorism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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