Nater Potater
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- Oct 19, 2020
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- Boat Info
- 1992 300DA Sundancer
- Engines
- Twin Merc Alpha I Gen II I/O's with 5.7 V8's
I guess that officially makes me an old guy!...a super ball, old guys know what they are.
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I guess that officially makes me an old guy!...a super ball, old guys know what they are.
Reset. Mrs rob. We are 80 posts in and even i am lost in following this thread. I think you are still looking at 380s year and prices lost long ago. He wasn’t diss you. This thread has bounced like a super ball, old guys know what they are.
I think his point was buy new, or expect to spend money. You cant get a used “turn key” boat. Wont happen.
PS. I bought a Brand New boat Once. ONCE. Had more problems with it than any used boat i ever bought.
Going to bed. I get up early. Good night.
And I forgot about the one earlier this year where after going under contract, sending my deposit, scheduling engine compression checks, sea trial and survey the broker informed me the boat had a fire in the past, no details. So I ran a boat history report, sure enough it had. Boat History gave me the details the seller and/or sellers broker seemed to forgot about until after I spent an entire day driving to see the boat and investing my time and money. And having to cancel everything I had scheduled.
Another boat priced well under market IIRC - champagne tastes, beer budget - if you want a turn key, pristine boat stop shopping the bargain rack - step up and pay for it - otherwise deal with the hassles and problems of substandard boats and the brokers that serve them.
How do you know? But an undisclosed fire is kind of a big deal, no?Another boat priced well under market IIRC - champagne tastes, beer budget - if you want a turn key, pristine boat stop shopping the bargain rack - step up and pay for it - otherwise deal with the hassles and problems of substandard boats and the brokers that serve them.
How do you know? But an undisclosed fire is kind of a big deal, no?
Agreed - not my intent to be hostile - just sounds like a broken record on here.....I should just stay out of it - To the OP - sorry for anything that came off as hostile - always hard typing instead of talkingI am not sure why the hostile criticism of @mrsrobinson by some. If a seller or the broker misrepresents or lies by omission or non-disclosure, its a dickhead move. And the asking price has nothing to do with whether or not a lie is a lie. And there are lots of dickheads out there. Caveat emptor, for sure, but wading through sellers crap can be very frustrating. Its easy to say "buy a pristine boat and pay for it". But as we all know, it takes a lot of diligence and patience to sort out what looks "pristine" on the surface, but is a non-maintained POS with actual problems underneath. And that has nothing to do with the price on the ad.
Guess my apology meant nothing - and you're a fucking assholeBragging? Are you serious? You have a serious problem dude, assuming you are a dude.
No, i didn't see your apology until now Again, a private message versus a public post is your friend hereGuess my apology meant nothing - and you're a fucking asshole
I have had a slightly different approach .... I look at ALL boats that are the model(s) that I would consider. Then I develop a spreadsheet with asking prices and all the options / differences that each boat has and try to establish a market price based on that information. After that I can make a decision on what I would be willing to pay understanding that there will be something for me to spend money on to get the boat the way that I want it.
That's been my approach, everyone is a bit different
I take the same approach to the letter All's Well describes....I know going in what I have and have paid for it appropriately.
Bennett
You are in tough times to buy a boat. If a great boat hits the market it is gone in a flash; in fact there are cases where bidding wars take place. So, what does that leave lingering? Then there are those that want to move their boat but repairs prevent a sale in a normal market so it sits. In today's inventory depressed market things are upside-down where these questionable boats are now, call it, marketable as they are. There is no incentive to declare anything wrong as the boat will sell regardless.The challenge with today's boat market is while you're building that spreadsheet, 75% of the ones you looked at go under contract.