Two aviation brokers debate how to find an off-market Bombardier Global 6500 for a client. Speaker B warns that off-market requests are red flags: legitimate owners don't hide sales, and only brokers without direct customer control seek secrecy to obscure pricing. They agree the buyer's rep needs to contact the principal directly.
I've got a good friend of mine, client of his, he's looking for a 6500. He wants it off market, preferably he wants a 2020 plate and onwards.
Talk to somebody who's talking to somebody who's talking to somebody, that just never works. Problem is, is it's not something we normally do. Global 6500 is something we do.
Find out with individuals chartering with flight school company. I want a Global 6500 and he wants it off market.
Just too many variables here. The other red flag is that he wants off market. The principal did not say he wanted off market. I can guarantee you that. The only people who care if it's off market is somebody who doesn't have control of a customer and doesn't want anybody to know what the price is of the airplane. It's not advertised in the public domain. If we can get to the source and get them to engage us to represent them, we can pay finder's fee and we can work around that. Really need to talk to the principal.
Leave it with me, then I'm gonna hook it all up and I'm gonna make sure that we get to the principal direct.
Okay. The situation is that you're putting your finger up in the wind and say, you know, what's the temperature? I'm not saying there's no chance. Maybe this guy is real and he went to this guy who's the operator, the guy who's