Nothing wrong with doing both, my issue is with guy who represents both the buyer and seller. Or more often let the buyer assume he is representing them, when he is actually looking out for the seller.

Nothing wrong with doing both, my issue is with guy who represent both the buyer and seller. Or more often let the buyer assume he is representing them, when he is actually looking out for the seller.

You are ok with buying an airplane from a broker who is representing the seller (who by the way did a great job taking you on the trip) and then taking it to the shop who has been maintaining it for the seller to do the prebuy.... same shop the broker works for... most people are not ok with that.

But, you are right, when you bought your airplane it was five years old and had a little over 400 hours on it... not much could be wrong.

Is Sean still with Epps?

You think the Pilatus factory service center is going to lie to the guy paying them to do an inspection/annual? Epps services PC12s from all over the SE.

Chip,

You get a fair amount of pushback in threads you start. I find some of them interesting but they all have the appearance or tone of an infomercial. And I think that’s what creates the issue. If you were to just post about planes, without constant references to what you are buying, what you do and how you do it for a living, I think you’d find more acceptance and probably more business here. Most of us have only a general idea about what we all do for a living, and when it comes up it is very rarely. And never self serving.

May I respectfully suggest that you consider the high regard, and universal respect, enjoyed by a number of community members involved in the aviation industry, who post regularly, knowledgeably, and without their own personal self interest as their primary motivator as examples?

Speaking as one who is still (always) learning I find great value in his posts and don't feel they are overly commercial. The data are topical, timely and useful. While I understand your concern the commercial benefit he may derive, if any, is not a concern of mine given the above. Perhaps, like me, you find that pushback usually emanates from many of the same sources on a variety of subjects. Maybe not in this case, don't know. I would hate to put a chill on sharing by anyone/everyone unless it is unnecessarily negative or aggressive. I do hope you'll agree that it would not be to our benefit if the Blackhawks, Kadexs, Genesys, Kingairdom, et al, we're made to feel unwelcome.

Nothing wrong with doing both, my issue is with guy who represents both the buyer and seller. Or more often let the buyer assume he is representing them, when he is actually looking out for the seller.

No, not at all. Just saying that most buyers want to take the aircraft somewhere other than where it has been maintained to do the prepurchase survey.

Chip,

You get a fair amount of pushback in threads you start. I find some of them interesting but they all have the appearance or tone of an infomercial. And I think that’s what creates the issue. If you were to just post about planes, without constant references to what you are buying, what you do and how you do it for a living, I think you’d find more acceptance and probably more business here. Most of us have only a general idea about what we all do for a living, and when it comes up it is very rarely. And never self serving.

May I respectfully suggest that you consider the high regard, and universal respect, enjoyed by a number of community members involved in the aviation industry, who post regularly, knowledgeably, and without their own personal self interest as their primary motivator as examples?