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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
[Re: Orange_Burst]
#200868
07/24/2019 02:41 PM
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Is Boatyball a sponsor here at traveltalk?
Kirk in Maryland
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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
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#200873
07/24/2019 03:14 PM
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bailau
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Is Boatyball a sponsor here at traveltalk? I had actually wondered the same thing....
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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
[Re: bailau]
#200877
07/24/2019 03:44 PM
07/24/2019 03:44 PM
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If they are a sponsor, they are listed there. Period. We have no interest in that company. That one thread was closed down because a member was advocating illegal actions against the company, which we will not allow our board to be used to advocate.
Carol Hill
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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
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#200884
07/24/2019 04:43 PM
07/24/2019 04:43 PM
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Kirk
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If they are a sponsor, they are listed there. Period. We have no interest in that company. That one thread was closed down because a member was advocating illegal actions against the company, which we will not allow our board to be used to advocate. Hi Carol, speaking for myself, I didn't mean anything underhanded or such...was just thinking that if they were to become a paying sponsor it might help their image a tad around these parts. They sure get a lot of publicity here...perhaps it's time they pony up.
Kirk in Maryland
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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
[Re: Kirk]
#200886
07/24/2019 04:53 PM
07/24/2019 04:53 PM
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Posts: 3,359 Cane Garden Bay, Tortola
JasonHelmbrecht
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They sure get a lot of publicity here...perhaps it's time they pony up. They mostly get beat up here. Can't imagine why they'd want to support a forum that continually puts them down so aggressively. To be honest, the BB conversations here make me want to stop sponsoring and participating in such a negative forum.
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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
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#200892
07/24/2019 06:03 PM
07/24/2019 06:03 PM
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They sure get a lot of publicity here...perhaps it's time they pony up. They mostly get beat up here. Can't imagine why they'd want to support a forum that continually puts them down so aggressively. To be honest, the BB conversations here make me want to stop sponsoring and participating in such a negative forum. Actually they get both positive and negative but the negative is higher and with good reason for the charterer is the one that has to deal with this during their vacation. BB is a business and they’re going to do what’s ever necessary to keep growing, so get the thoughts out of your minds about being “Fair”.
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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
[Re: warren460]
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07/24/2019 08:56 PM
07/24/2019 08:56 PM
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Sail445, How about being honest. Would that be a reasonable expectation?
What do you think? What did I say that isn’t honest, would you like to elaborate?
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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
[Re: Orange_Burst]
#200932
07/25/2019 08:12 AM
07/25/2019 08:12 AM
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The latest email that I received this morning. Looks like they are partnering up with Virgin Charter Yachts. You will get 2 free nights on BoatyBall's if you book a Virgin Charter Yacht through the Boatyball website.
Christmas in July!
Virgin Charter Yachts is helping kick off the new BoatyBall website by offering a special 10% discount on any Virgin Charter Yachts charter reserved through BoatyBall! In addition, if you use the new Boatyball website to book your charter with Virgin Charter Yachts you will receive 2 free nights on moorings in the BoatyBall program during your charter. Virgin Charter Yachts specializes in bareboat powercat charters and they offer some of the newest and nicest powercats in the BVI with upgrades not normally seen on 'typical charter' boats including: Volvo IPS engines, Wolf and Subzero appliances, ice makers, water makers, teak decks, etc. BoatyBall has chartered with Virgin Charter Yachts and we know you will love their yachts and exceptional customer service experience!
It might be "Christmas in July", but the Holiday charter season is just around the corner and inventory is already becoming limited! Holiday and Spring Break dates are filling up quickly. The 10% discount on Virgin Charter Yachts and 2 free nights stay are good through August 12, 2019. If you have not booked your boat for 2019/2020 then select the button below and start planning your next BVI adventure!
Colleen
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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
[Re: JasonHelmbrecht]
#200935
07/25/2019 08:27 AM
07/25/2019 08:27 AM
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Kirk
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They sure get a lot of publicity here...perhaps it's time they pony up. They mostly get beat up here. Can't imagine why they'd want to support a forum that continually puts them down so aggressively. To be honest, the BB conversations here make me want to stop sponsoring and participating in such a negative forum. Not sure I agree with that...at any rate, if it's so horrible why do "they" spend so much time here? I can't think of the last time I came here and it didn't show "them" logged in (and I check in a lot.)
Kirk in Maryland
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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
[Re: Orange_Burst]
#200937
07/25/2019 08:34 AM
07/25/2019 08:34 AM
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Up to this point I've observed the conversations about Boatyball but been pretty neutral. However their use of their "service" as a back door way into becoming a charter broker has crossed a line with me. No longer are they just a couple of guys trying to help charterers but rather have used this conversation as a way of publicizing their fledgling charter brokering business. I have a year before our next charter but at this point plan to avoid their mooring balls and hope this great idea of theirs has faded away by then.
Louis from Houston
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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
[Re: Orange_Burst]
#200939
07/25/2019 08:45 AM
07/25/2019 08:45 AM
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They have the power to give free moorings to those that book through them. The commission is rich enough to do this.
Remember when boatyball said they are doing this because they care about the boaters.
What a load of horse####
Last edited by warren460; 07/25/2019 08:48 AM.
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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
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07/25/2019 10:02 AM
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sail445
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They have the power to give free moorings to those that book through them. The commission is rich enough to do this.
Remember when boatyball said they are doing this because they care about the boaters.
What a load of horse#### It’s a business and they’re moving up from the shovel to the bulldozers
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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
[Re: Orange_Burst]
#200960
07/25/2019 11:08 AM
07/25/2019 11:08 AM
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Kirk
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Kinda curious how it would work...if I book now can they block off a ball for me at say Cooper one my first night out in February?
Kirk in Maryland
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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
[Re: bailau]
#200979
07/25/2019 01:45 PM
07/25/2019 01:45 PM
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bailau
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This is really funny...I am sure if I called Virgin Charter out of the blue they would give me at least a 10% discount or a gas credit or some other special. I have never ever paid retail for a boat in the BVIs. I am working on a booking right now with another company and am at a 15% discount.
And as a bonus I get 2 free BB nights? Pinch me as I must be dreaming... I hate to quote myself but literally just got this from Virgin Yachts....in the truth is funnier than fiction category 🎅🎁 Merry X-Mas in July!🎄😎The holidays are only 22 weeks away and we have limited availability remaining for Christmas, New Year's and Spring Break weeks! Offering 10% OFF for any new bareboat 2019/2020 charters booked before the end of July. Mention code JULY10 at time of booking.
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Re: E-mail from Boatyball
[Re: bailau]
#200981
07/25/2019 02:09 PM
07/25/2019 02:09 PM
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sail445
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This is really funny...I am sure if I called Virgin Charter out of the blue they would give me at least a 10% discount or a gas credit or some other special. I have never ever paid retail for a boat in the BVIs. I am working on a booking right now with another company and am at a 15% discount.
And as a bonus I get 2 free BB nights? Pinch me as I must be dreaming... I hate to quote myself but literally just got this from Virgin Yachts....in the truth is funnier than fiction category 🎅🎁 Merry X-Mas in July!🎄😎The holidays are only 22 weeks away and we have limited availability remaining for Christmas, New Year's and Spring Break weeks! Offering 10% OFF for any new bareboat 2019/2020 charters booked before the end of July. Mention code JULY10 at time of booking. Charter companies used to give a one time 2 weeks for the price of one during September and early October and then later 10 days for the price of one
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