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[Fido]

I am in Real esate at Raby Bay. Would you mind telling me which house sold for less than a million and also where you are getting the other two for less than a million. Because if you can advise which ones they are I am sure I can get the vendors more. All the houses that I have seen selling in the last month are all starting from $1,150,000.

[TimiBoy]

I am in Real esate at Raby Bay. Would you mind telling me which house sold for less than a million and also where you are getting the other two for less than a million. Because if you can advise which ones they are I am sure I can get the vendors more. All the houses that I have seen selling in the last month are all starting from $1,150,000.

How much will that vacant block sell for? I saw it in a window the other day - damn, wouldn't mind buying it in a couple of years.

Cheers,

Tim

[finga]

I am in Real esate at Raby Bay. Would you mind telling me which house sold for less than a million and also where you are getting the other two for less than a million. Because if you can advise which ones they are I am sure I can get the vendors more. All the houses that I have seen selling in the last month are all starting from $1,150,000.

Word of mouth from 3 separate Raby Bay residences.
If one went for less then the mill then I'm sure some more are to follow.
I think it was an auction.

[boatboy50]

add another one to your list

This is a useless post without some information. Care to elaborate? Or is it more rumour and innuendo not backed up with fact? Maybe you should talk to TCM and see where that got him?

Regards

Darren

[TimiBoy]

How much is yours using Ozbee? A mates quite concerned as Toyota is not that forth comming with an awnser!

You should let your Mate know about the LCOOL forum. Some totally obsessed folks have all the info on the 200 series, and any other Cruiser, for that matter...

http://www.lcool.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3633
Topic is about an "oil register" which Toyota have set up to monitor the issue.

Cheers,

Tim

[Mindi]

add another one to your list

Another what..?

[Jabba_]

Another what..?

Another 200 series Cruiser, turbo diesel....

[whichway]

Wow

Four simultaneous topics

1. Boatyards going bust

2. Economic theory (quite independent of topic 1 now)

3. Oil consumption in 200 series landcruisers (which really has nothing at all to do with boatyards going bust)

4. Real estate values in Raby Bay

I think we could run at least another two topics to this thread before the whole thing crashes in confusion

Suggestions -

Plateys vs Fibreglass

Four strokes vs Two Strokes

Come on people - you're just not trying

Whichway

[finga]

What about good old stinky bait versus the plastic fantastic gunk???

[Fido]

You are correct.

But it starts off as :
I heard
Then it comes as:
Innuendo
I think , because they have no proof because and when challenged to support they shrink away.
To the business:
These people have feelings and sure things are tough out there. Business fail for reasons a lot of time out of their control.
It's ironic but the criticism often levied on this site against them is that they are expected to sell goods for basiscally little profit.

[Grand_Marlin]

It's ironic but the criticism often levied on this site against them is that they are expected to sell goods for basiscally little profit.

And the real irony comes at Auction time.

People queue in the hundreds to buy things at more than retail price

A business going under is sort of like a death in someones family ... it doesn't hurt to show a little respect.

Cheers

Pete

[FNQCairns]

And the real irony comes at Auction time.

People queue in the hundreds to buy things at more than retail price

A business going under is sort of like a death in someones family ... it doesn't hurt to show a little respect.

Cheers

Pete

MMmmmm, the family dog possibly....

cheers fnq

[whichway]

Back to the original topic

There are businesses and businesses.

In some, you get an order, buy and install the gear, send in the bill and hopefull get paid. This is relatively straightforward, yet can be hard enough to keep ahead of the cash flow.

In others (including boat and car dealerships) as I understand it, the dealer often (though not always) has to order the boat / car or whatever, have it in the yard so that they have something to show the punters, and then hopefully sell it. There is not the certainty of cashflow that applies to the more straightforward business above.

So, following the logic the has been presented by some in this thread, boat / car dealerships are not a good business, so get out of that business and into something with a better business plan, better cashflow etc.

Can anyone see a problem if all of the boat dealerships work this out and close down? Or maybe only the smart ones will work this out, and we will be left with the shonky operators.

Bottom line I think is that we should not complain about low quality, poor service etc, this is a consequence of an imperfect market at work. The problem is that there is no information on the quality of a particular operation so they are compared on price alone. Solution - Maybe the web will eventually work out how to provide accurate feedback on the experience in dealing with particular firms, so that punters can make an assessment of whether to deal with the low cost / low service operators.

There isn't much evidence of accurate information of this type on the net at the moment, with the notable exception of ebay which allows buyers to rate sellers.

My five cents worth.

Whichway

[boatboy50]

Hey Guys,

Found an ad in todays paper for an upcoming auction.

Springwood Marine Gold Coast is also to close apparently, and the auction will be held before Christmas. I don't know where this places Springwood Marine in general?

Times are very tough.

Regards

Darren

[bluefin59]

Well IF and i mean IF this is the case maybe tin can marlin might have been right in a way ,funny how the wheel turns and the rumors end up true ,maybe a case of where their is smoke there is fire . Hope not for the sake of the boating industry..matt