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Melissas

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Athy Veteran II

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Thats a good reply Mike. I like positive.

 

I'm a bit worried about a narrowboat walking down the tow path though.

Yes, that occurred to me but I'm having one of my non-infantile days - happens almost every month.

Melissa, I would add that the price looks competitive unless there is something REALLY wrong - which a survey will tell you.

Melissas Engager

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Thats a good reply Mike. I like positive.

 

I'm a bit worried about a narrowboat walking down the tow path though.

 

Ha ha, it's the way you tell em!

Athy Veteran II

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Ha ha, it's the way you tell em!

A misrelated participle now and then is quite excusable, especially on a Sunday.

Athy Veteran II

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Thanks Athy, she did look good value for the money in truth, I think i might go in with an offer a little lower and see what he says

Listen to other people on here first. It's only my impression, and I have never owned a Widdowson boat. If the boat is already "priced to sell" and the price looks good value, don't go too low. You risk antagonising them.*

 

If it's the owner who's selling, of course there's no middle-man to be paid, which should reduce the asking price a little.

 

* That said, today I talked a chap at an antiques stall at a country fair down from the £45 he wanted for a particular item to £32.22p. So I'm not against bargaining in the slightest. But in that case I thought it was overpriced in the first price.

cuthound Veteran II

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Sounds too goodcto be true, very cheap for a 2006 boat from a decent builder, with a decent engine and a powerful Victron inverter.

 

How many hours has the engine done?

 

Get a survey and if it's sound bite his hand off!

ditchcrawler Veteran II

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Think that was a different boat!

I thought it was the one she linked to in the first post on Apollo being sold by Lee Valley Boats who bought it from the couple who emigrated, but if I have that wrong just disregard it all.

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Thanks everyone for your good advice.

 

I just wanted to let you all know that I called and put an offer in and it was accepted :-)

We both had a really good feeling about the boat and felt she was the right one for us.

 

I've just got to find a place to get her surveyed and hopefully she'll be ours in a week or two!! Very excited!

 

Thanks again for all your help :-)

rusty69 Veteran II

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Thanks everyone for your good advice.

 

I just wanted to let you all know that I called and put an offer in and it was accepted :-)

We both had a really good feeling about the boat and felt she was the right one for us.

 

I've just got to find a place to get her surveyed and hopefully she'll be ours in a week or two!! Very excited!

 

Thanks again for all your help :-)

Congratulations.

 

Find somewhere to have her taken out of the water. Surveyors will travel.

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Froggy Community Regular

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This was an interesting read Melissas, but i'm just a bit unclear as to which boat you went for in the end. Was it the one on the Apollo Duck ad linked in the first post or the other one you spotted later?

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This was an interesting read Melissas, but i'm just a bit unclear as to which boat you went for in the end. Was it the one on the Apollo Duck ad linked in the first post or the other one you spotted later?

 

Me too.....Somewhere I lost the plot (not unusual)....So the AD boat or the one towpath walking?

 

Either way, I hope you have a great time aboard

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Melissas Engager

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Hi Froggy and Penfold, sorry for late reply, but haven't logged on for awhile. I ended up buying the boat I spotted walking along the towpath and got her keys last Saturday, so all very exciting! Thanks for asking :)

Froggy Community Regular

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Apologies for my slightly disingenuous question, Melissas, which was actually my first post to these forums, but we'd already arranged to view this boat before seeing this thread, so were amazed to click on the link in your top post and see the same boat! I was just trying to deduce, without making it obvious, whether you'd viewed the boat and either trumped us with an offer or walked away because you'd detected some issues you weren't happy with. I can now report that we went ahead and viewed, and later bought, the boat you initially posted about. There is a separate thread about it here: http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=88150&page=1

 

Good luck with the boat you eventually bought, which seems like an amazing bargain price wise, and i hope you have countless happy hours in it.

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rusty69 Veteran II

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Hi Froggy and Penfold, sorry for late reply, but haven't logged on for awhile. I ended up buying the boat I spotted walking along the towpath and got her keys last Saturday, so all very exciting! Thanks for asking smile.png

Congratulations!

Froggy Community Regular

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You bought a palace! please adopt me smile.png

 

We'll invite you to tea and scones after the corgis settle in. :)

 

But seriously, as with all the boats we viewed, it's not actually quite as good as the photos suggest. It should be pretty acceptable though once a bit of work has been done. And hopefully you're not actually homeless!

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Athy Veteran II

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Don't discount the possibility. Remember Starcoaster bursting, nay rampaging, on to these pages a while (three years?) ago with hilarious and perceptive posts. Within a short time she was having articles published in the waterways press. Will our Max be next?

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