On top of that, it's in Poor Taste to even Ask on a Public forum
BWTHDIK

not much... the wedding ring that is!

As for the service, I don't mind sharing at all, we are transparent. It's a flat fee of $5k

Why? Price transparency is a thing. No everyone can afford every service but prices are best not hidden IMO even if they are prohibitively high. There's obviously plenty that can afford Chip's service I imagine they are of the "call for price" variety

So this is like every appraiser that I have interacted with, you need my service but I am not at liberty to tell you what it will cost - even a ballpark figure. Call me, and I can tell you a price after i know the value of the airplane.

I don’t call for airplanes that say call for price (which is also echoed by most on this site), I don’t talk to car dealers that won’t tell me how much a car costs, and I don’t order “market price” food without knowing the price.

All of those feel slimy to me, not saying this is, but I would never call for this service because I need an expectation of what it costs. If I think that the service is worth X and you tell me 2x or 3x, we have wasted time for all involved.

If you are selling something, a ballpark is a very reasonable ask. At least a “”SE FG would be x-y, a SE complex expect y-x, a piston twin is about YY”. You aren’t traveling, it’s all bookwork, seems to me it’s not that hard to give a range.

Brad

Edit: To respond to the -1 from John Patek, I am sorry I offended you with my opinion and the way that I do business, I didn't realize that differing opinions weren't allowed on BT.

Uh, he just answered two posts above yours???

Uh, he just answered two posts above yours???

That is for his acquisition service which is likely not a simple fixed price. I am pretty sure he will tell you that cost before he finds you a jet, if you tell him what you want him to do first.

Can confirm.

That is for his acquisition service which is likely not a simple fixed price. I am pretty sure he will tell you that cost before he finds you a jet, if you tell him what you want him to do first.

As a team, we decided "Deal or No Deal" was a little corny (though descriptive) and we're considering a similar but more aviation related term.

"Jet ACQ Go / No-Go"

Interested to see what you guys think?

Much better!

Much better!

I too like Go / No Go.

$5k seems reasonable depending on the value of the airframe and your recent experience with that type in the market. I’d have paid that on my Meridian acquisition.

Thanks Bruce, we're going with Go/No-Go!

I wanted to start a new thread that says Go/No-Go, instead of Deal/No Deal, but I was afraid Mike C. would lose it!

Ah yes. The "synergy' of Brokers and Agents getting together to save the customer money.

Kinda like a Republicans and Democrats getting together to make a bipartisan omnibus spending bill.