testimonials

Testimonials from advertisers of shares for sale, but in a nutshell shares sell too quickly on here!

What one advertiser wrote: - We have been absolutely delighted with the success of the advert. We advertised in a very well known narrowboating magazine at the same time: our payment for a few lines of text for one month was considerably more than your charge for a year. The response from that classified advert was poor whereas enquires from your site simply keep coming (which is why we have asked for you to mark it as sold). In fact two shares came up at the same time and both were sold through your site (and none through the magazine). So keep up the good work! We will be buying another share in a year or two and will be back to your site then - obviously, the only way to buy and sell shares! You are very welcome to use any or all of this e-mail as an unsolicited testimonial if you wish. We are very satisfied customers of an excellent enterprise - thank you.

What one advertiser wrote: - Just to let you know that the advert for the sale of shares in M....... has borne fruit and I have now completed the sale of all three weeks to a chap from Pxxxxxxxx, who made contact as a result of finding the details on your website. Whilst waiting for him to complete the paperwork I also was contacted by another interested party making three enquiries in total.

A customer with a managed scheme wrote on a message board: - Possibly a small detail ............ I must tell everyone that I sold my share in Hxxxxxx through the Boatshare site. Just the way the cookie crumbled. I hope that we shall not be selling our "new" share for several years.

Another comment: - Well done on the website - a really good service. I will be adding you to the JustCanals.com links section as soon as the updated design is online.. so probably in a couple of weeks. Would you be interested in banner swapping? We recently sold our share through you (well my parents did) - the amount of calls we got was amazing - so once again well done and thank you

And another: - Just to advise you that I received several enquiries from my advertisement on your web site and sold my share in 'V*****' a couple of weeks ago and the transaction is now complete. Thank you very much for your help.

And another: - Thanks to your website my share in 'The TXXXXXXX' has now been sold. Please indicate such and remove it from the site asap.

First in 2007: - We have formed a group (pictured above) for the "un named boat" with contact address of kXXXXXold@hotmail.com We are now called GXXXX EXXXXX and we have had our founders meeting and we are just beginning our first season on the canals. Thank you so much for allowing us to use your site it has been excellent in getting us all together

And again in 2007: - Thanks to your excellent website my share (plus the other one from A+++ G+++++ ) has been sold to a chap living in Australia. How's that for worldwide market penetration. Perhaps you could leave it on the web or add "sold STC" for another week or so to enable cheques to clear etc. Once again many thanks.

March 2007: - L**** was sending you an email yesterday evening re this so mail's may have crossed. Happily we sold our share very recently, I have the cheque to post today - entirely due to your site. So, thanks again for all your help. GL

March 2007:- Thanks for the ad on your website but I have just sold Pinder Boat. All the best PR

March 2007:- I am pleased to say that I sold my share in R******* 24 Hours after it appeared on your website. Many thanks for such an efficient service and such an effective site. Please now remove the advert. Please use this speedy response to promote your site if you wish. Many Thanks P M

April 2007:- Just to let you know that we have sold our share in AXXXXXXXX thanks to the Boatshare website !

April 2007:- It has come to our attention that a share advertised on here, where the advert was due to expire in April, actually sold last September, but the vendor overlooked telling us. The sale WAS as a result of an advert on this site

May 2007:- (E-Mail coming in) Just to let you know we have sold the 2 March weeks we own on CXXXXXXXX. This leaves just our November week still to sell. Grateful if you could amend the webpage accordingly. (Answer- Will do - did my site do the trick??) Yes it did - within a couple of weeks we had sold the two weeks and have had a few enquiries re the November week.

June 2007:- Just to let you know in case no-one else has... The share advertised for sale on nb MXXXXX has now been sold. Another swift sale thanks to Boatshare ...

July 2007:- Just a quick note to let you know we have just sold the last of our weeks on the canal boat CXXXXXXX. Our ad can therefore be removed from your website. Thanks for all your help with this. We would be more than happy to recommend your website to others. (Three shares sold)

August 2007:- The available shares in MXXXXX have all now been sold. Your site has proved invaluable as a means of letting potential purchasers now about MXXXXXX. Fantastic! Thank you.

September 2007: - I am just writing to let you know that the share we advertised on your site for HXXXXXX has now been sold and to ask if you could either mark it as sold or remove it from the site. Although the sale was handled by our managing agents the advert on the Boatshare site generated a number of enquiries and the successful purchaser found out about the share through the Boatshare site, so thanks very much for your service!

October 2007: - Just to say thank but we have sold all shares and at present will not be doing another boatshare until end 2008/9 but will definitely come back to you and will not hesitate to recommend you and your service many thanks for your help over the last few months best wishes (They came back in 2008!)

November 2007:- I am very pleased to say that we sold Week 8 on DXXXXXX within a couple of days of our advert appearing on the Boatshare website. I was particularly surprised by this as the share in question was for a winter week when even the keenest boaters would rather be tucked up under the duvet! Just goes to show why you should use a service which targets the exact audience that meets your needs. I will be recommending the Boatshare site to any of our owners who decide to sell their shares in the future.

December (25th!!) 2007:- We are delighted to let you know that , through your website, we have been able to sell two of the four weeks we own in K****. Would it be possible to update the advert by making the following changes, please......

March 2008 As soon as convenient, would you please delete our advert for selling our two-week share on n/b K*****. Once again, your website has been the means of easily putting buyers in touch with us, and we have now sold these shares.
Thanks for all your assistance.

April 2008 Thanks to your excellent website the three weeks currently advertised on it have been sold this week and the money received - always the most important point.

June 2008 (An exchange of e-mails after I reminded the customer the advert was about to expire) Shares all sold, thanks Thanks - out of interest do you know if it was my site that did it...?? Yes, we had several leads from your site and those who bought shares all came from your site.

July 2008 This is just to let you know that the share I had on offer for F******* has been sold. Many thanks to you for all your hard work in running an excellent website - the advert led to 6 enquiries.

September 2008 Another success story - Just to let you know that the share in D****** has been sold

October 2008 The share in BXXXXX is sold stc. The contact came through your website not from [Managing Agents], so that's one up for you!

November 2008 .....Should have let you know we sold it about six weeks ago through our advert on your website.

November 2008 Hello Philip, just to let you know that we have now sold our share in D@@@@@ and so need to remove the ad from the site. Had several enquiries including one from Australia so your site goes worldwide. We sold to someone who replied the day after the ad was published. Many thanks for all your help. Kind regards, J+++++ and J++++.

February 2009 Hello Philip, D++++++ for Weeks 29 & 30 have now been sold. Please remove from the website.
Thank you for your help and assistance. Didn’t advertise anywhere else so this sale is a direct result of your website.
Thanks R++++++

March 2009 Can you pull my advert please. I think it went live on the Thursday the 5th (2 emails the same day) viewing was Sunday. Sale agreed Wednesday only because I was out the country for Monday and Tuesday, and the money was in my account last Thursday! A record huh? Thanks for all your help in getting the advert just right. Regards D+++

May 2009 Hi, I'm pleased to say that once again your site has done the trick - I've just sold my two weeks on XXX XXXXX as a result of advertising on your site. Can you therefore take my entry off the site. With thanks and best wishes BK.

May 2009 Your website works a treat, because we've now sold our shares. We had quite a flurry of interest, but the first person who contacted us saw her on Saturday and made a firm offer. So, would you please remove our ad. from the site now? Definitely a most efficient service. Many thanks Regards C.

June 2009 As at the end of next week, we should have sold our boat share. We are just waiting for the cheque to go through. Could you please take the advertisement off your board at the end of this month. Many thanks for your advice in placing the ad. I have recommended your site to the rest of our syndicate on the boat. I note that BXXX have not sold any of their MS shares for sale. So you are definitely beating your competitors!
All the best J C

June 2009 Dear Philip, my sale was a direct result of an enquiry via your website. Although my advert did not generate the interest I might have hoped for I think this was more to do with current market conditions. I think the website is excellent. I have recommended it to others.

June 2009 I have now sold my share in XXXXXX to an excellent couple who I am sure will fit in with the present owners very well. Please will you remove the advert from your website? Thanks for all your help and for running such an excellent and efficient website. If you ever need anyone to strongly advocate the website, please call on me.

June 2009. Hi Phil – can you remove the SXXXXX share from the list please. We have had confirmation from (managing agents) that it has now sold – We had about 6 enquiries from the site and thought we had sold it on two previous occasions but they changed their minds (don’t know why) before this third person went ‘all the way’. Thanks for your help – We definitely sold the share from the link on your site and not via (Managing Agents). J and L W

July 2009. Hello Philip. Thanks to your website our share in our Dutch Barge XXXXX is now in the hands of a new owner. Thank you. I shall certainly recommend the site to others. Please would you now be kind enough to remove the page http:xxx Thank you again and best regards. Simon

July 2009 Hello Philip, Great News, at last we have sold our share in LXXXXXX, so many thanks to you and your website. We have had quite a few inquiries via your site, so it was lovely to finally get a sale through it also. Would you kindly arrange to remove the ad for us. Thanks again, Kindest Regards John

August 2009 Delighted to let you know that have successfully sold our share thanks entirely to your Boatshare site There is another share in MXXXXXX coming on the market very shortly and from a conversation with the owner this a.m I believe they will be contacting Boatshare very shortly (they did, see October)

August 2009 I asked the new guy how he found it and he said boatshare, thanks a lot

August 2009 Yes, it did.....all of the enquiries we received, were as a result of the details being advertised on boatshare........

October 2009 ....yes, via your site, although there was really little interest and the best price we could get was XXXXX. However the enquiries we did have came from boatshare. I think 70 footers must have a limited market.

October 2009 (In answer to the question did your share sell in MXXXXX from your advert on boatshare) I'm pretty sure it did, as my purchaser had no other connection to anyone else in the syndicate. There were 4 other enquirers, too.

October 2009 A magnificent response from your website, and my share is sold. Could you remove my details. I believe that one other is interested in selling their share, I'll recommend your site.

November 2009: Thank you very much we have just sealed the deal for the transfer of a share in M SXXXXX would you now mark this advert as sold. For us your site was excellent and we would recommend it to anyone wishing to transfer shares in boats

January 2010: for info - to date, the ad has generated a number of enquiries and 2 couples are viewing this weekend. This shows how popular your site has become!

February 2010: I'm pleased to tell you that I've sold three weeks of my five-week slot through your advert.......

February 2010: We received a number of enquiries fairly soon after the posting and 2 potential buyers viewed DXXXXXXX. One had travelled from Scotland (they did have a daughter near London) and they agreed to buy the share there and then (they even asked if we were happy that the price was enough ... gazumping!) we accepted a cheque for 50% on the day and the balance arrived within 7 days. Very happy to recommend Boatshare

March 2010 Your site was invaluable, we sold it through that. We will certainly be recommending you.

April 2010 Your site has been very successful and I have had a lot of replies. A sale has been agreed and we are just about ready for transferring the money. Many thanks for your help and I will recommend your site.

April 2010 Many thanks for your help with the sale I had a steady stream of genuine interest culminating in the sale of both shares to a couple in Australia. I have recommended your site to a number of people.

April 2010 With thanks to you the shares in XXXXXX are now sold, many thanks for your fine service and website

May 2010 Thanks for your help. I am sure that the buyer must have used your site, she had absolutely no connection with any of the other owners.

May 2010 The buyer saw the advert in the first week and was keen enough to visit the boat a few days later and agree a price (slightly less than advertised). Since then 2 more people have enquired. I think the site is very good in layout and operation. Thanks again

June 2010 Hi, please could you remove the listing for the TXXX, it has sold like the proverbial hot cake!

June 2010 ....Yes, it was a result of the advert on your site. So another successful result!

June 2010 Will you please remove the advert for my last week on RXXXXX. This one was sold to the mother of the guy who bought one of the other weeks, so 4 of my 5 weeks has been sold directly or indirectly through your page (the 5th week was sold to one of the fellow owners). Actually I have no idea about how I should have sold the if it was not for you. Thank you very much for your help and good luck with your page in the future. Best regards Susanne, Sweden.

June 2010 Guess what - KXXXXXXXX share sold 6.6.2010 - Couldn't let you know earlier as we were in England without access to internet, also on the boat. Nice couple, they have had a boat before - also had about four other requests, two of which came after the sale and we were overseas. Cheque still has to go to the bank later today so don't put the sold sticker on it until it is cleared - but hopefully all should go ok - will let you know. Thanks for your helpful service.

July 2010 Just a quick note to let you know that we have got a provisional sale of our HXXXXXXX share as an immediate result of your excellent e-mail. We are awaiting the cheque to arrive (and clear) and will advise you when this happens.

The chap rang us last night and was very keen to buy the share before he jetted off to Corfu at 3.00 am this morning!! Needless to say it has generated much interest. Many, many thanks for your efforts on our behalf. We will strongly recommend your site to others. We had well over a dozen enquiries.

July 2010 Yes, my daughter did the trick as did your web site (at least I think it did as I had several enquiries both from your web site and towpath talk).

July 2010 .......sold via boatshare web site.


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