How to sell a $20,000,000 private jet 👀🛩️

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·Nov 3, 2024

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What are you calling about?

I'm calling about the business who's inquiring. Although I'm not a broker, I am brokering an aircraft for a friend of mine.

Okay, so 5343, what's the price? That airplane's price is at 99 currently over in Europe, or is it out here in the state?

That airplane's actually just finished its 144 month inspection and it is in the U.S.

Is it at the Gulf Stream plant?

It's at one of the Gulf Stream service centers.

Is this a first-time purchase?

No, this will be his second aircraft.

What kind of airplane does he have?

He's got a 650, so this is going to be for his exec.

The fact that this airplane just had this 144 month inspection, that's very, very key. We just spent, I think, a million six on the airplane as expected.

Absolutely, your brochure is very thorough. Where was the thing B?

Most of the time in the UK, but it goes down to Africa and to the Middle East a lot.

How much negotiating room is there in that?

We think we priced it pretty aggressively and with this fresh inspection, we're not going to move the airplane till we have the buyer. The buyer can really use that major inspection as their pre-purchase inspection.

He's willing to get the price competitive at the beginning, and it's rare you find that because most people don't want to be the lead turkey to...

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