MancaveII
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- Jun 13, 2014
- 334
- Boat Info
- 2007 310 Sundancer
- Engines
- Twin 6.2 Mercruisers w/Bravo III Drives
Nice boat and certainly priced to sell.
I'm 49 and we just bought our 2007 310 Sea Ray (57 hours on the engines, no kidding) for 90k in July...
We started looking at the 260 models, 280s, and so on and I swear I was going blind looking at boattrader listings with prices from reasonable to just stupid for the same year/model/hours and condition. It created a real problem for us because anything above a reasonable amount over the bottom end always had us thinking we would be over paying. We surveyed and looked at so many boats it became painful...some great, some that were overstated by a mile and overpriced. I'm serious when I say the logic of the pricing to year and condition would almost never match up. We also found there is a heavy market of boats in the class we were looking for where sellers were willing to low ball to just get out of the boat...either to move up or just be done.
Our original budget was 70k - but once we got on a boat of 33' (I know the 310 name is off, should be 330), it was just our comfort zone we threw that out the window. The market for a 310 (2005-2009) was 105k to 165ish, so we literally looked at everything on the bottom end, scheduled a visit (drove thousands of miles in a two month period) and made offers...ONE offer...accept or we go to the next and not in a mean way, just that was our price. We were certainly willing to accept a reasonable counter offer, but after the first few experiences of offer/counter/offer/counterX10, we stopped. I say this because the market (IMO) is flooded with boats right now. We had so many options it was crazy. The last boat we looked at and bought, 114k list, made an offer of 85k...rejected, no counter...got it, super low hours, great shape, super minor stuff. So we walked away (drove actually) and I said thanks, call me if you get closer to the number. Got a call two hours later, 95k, nope, will split it at 90k and yes we're on the way to another boat right now... Sold, subject to survey.
It's been a great boat, spent about $500 in fixes and replaced some aging electronics, but we LOVE the boat. When we closed the deal the seller said it's been just a tough market this year because there are so many boats and everyone is dropping prices to meet sellers that are looking everywhere online now and the buyer market is not as big as everyone thinks it is. The sellers that are priced high are either not trying to really sell or hoping for the local person that may not have the research or boat background to know they are over paying.
So we're thinking we've got a smokin deal, at least a great deal. I start watch all the other boat sites and eBay for all the 310s with about the same options and model year - NOT one sold for over 82k on eBay in the past few months and many just drop off unsold. Most had considerable more hours so I think we still did great, but the bottom line is there is a crazy bottom end market on boats right now. One sellers started at over 120k and his was the one the went for 82...just sad really.
I think you're asking a fair price and you know you'll likely come off it a bit. Just keep it listed and I suspect it will get snatched up in the spring, but if you're in a hurry, get to a bottom line that makes it hard not to take.
I'm 49 and we just bought our 2007 310 Sea Ray (57 hours on the engines, no kidding) for 90k in July...
We started looking at the 260 models, 280s, and so on and I swear I was going blind looking at boattrader listings with prices from reasonable to just stupid for the same year/model/hours and condition. It created a real problem for us because anything above a reasonable amount over the bottom end always had us thinking we would be over paying. We surveyed and looked at so many boats it became painful...some great, some that were overstated by a mile and overpriced. I'm serious when I say the logic of the pricing to year and condition would almost never match up. We also found there is a heavy market of boats in the class we were looking for where sellers were willing to low ball to just get out of the boat...either to move up or just be done.
Our original budget was 70k - but once we got on a boat of 33' (I know the 310 name is off, should be 330), it was just our comfort zone we threw that out the window. The market for a 310 (2005-2009) was 105k to 165ish, so we literally looked at everything on the bottom end, scheduled a visit (drove thousands of miles in a two month period) and made offers...ONE offer...accept or we go to the next and not in a mean way, just that was our price. We were certainly willing to accept a reasonable counter offer, but after the first few experiences of offer/counter/offer/counterX10, we stopped. I say this because the market (IMO) is flooded with boats right now. We had so many options it was crazy. The last boat we looked at and bought, 114k list, made an offer of 85k...rejected, no counter...got it, super low hours, great shape, super minor stuff. So we walked away (drove actually) and I said thanks, call me if you get closer to the number. Got a call two hours later, 95k, nope, will split it at 90k and yes we're on the way to another boat right now... Sold, subject to survey.
It's been a great boat, spent about $500 in fixes and replaced some aging electronics, but we LOVE the boat. When we closed the deal the seller said it's been just a tough market this year because there are so many boats and everyone is dropping prices to meet sellers that are looking everywhere online now and the buyer market is not as big as everyone thinks it is. The sellers that are priced high are either not trying to really sell or hoping for the local person that may not have the research or boat background to know they are over paying.
So we're thinking we've got a smokin deal, at least a great deal. I start watch all the other boat sites and eBay for all the 310s with about the same options and model year - NOT one sold for over 82k on eBay in the past few months and many just drop off unsold. Most had considerable more hours so I think we still did great, but the bottom line is there is a crazy bottom end market on boats right now. One sellers started at over 120k and his was the one the went for 82...just sad really.
I think you're asking a fair price and you know you'll likely come off it a bit. Just keep it listed and I suspect it will get snatched up in the spring, but if you're in a hurry, get to a bottom line that makes it hard not to take.
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