Man are boat prices going up

Thanks Todd, hope your well. although the guy did say it was the nicest boat in the category that he has looked at. I did put a lot of sweat into it. Removed all the sea ray graphics,hand wet sanded the entire boat / compounded/waxed and restriped with a yellow boot stripe looks sharp. New manifolds / risers and new water pump kit in the IO she’s 100% and it shows.
 
Great reading about everyone selling into this hot market, good for you guys. Lemme tell ya though being on the other side isn't fun. Im in the market for my first boat but just dont know if I can pay these prices. Really makes me wish I woulda just pulled the trigger 2 years ago when I was first looking. Got scared off b/c of pricing, now years later I'm still daydreaming about boats and buying 2 years ago mightve been one of the best investments of the decade
 
I'm looking for a decent priced aluminum fishing boat with an outboard after selling my bowrider.
I've been on Craigslist as much as possible.
What appeared to be a pretty nice Crestliner came up, I saw it 3hrs later, and there already was two other people ahead of me.
It'll be sold to the first person.
At least I have a boat and can wait until the right deal comes along.
 
Kasparp said:
Great reading about everyone selling into this hot market, good for you guys. Lemme tell ya though being on the other side isn't fun. Im in the market for my first boat but just dont know if I can pay these prices. Really makes me wish I woulda just pulled the trigger 2 years ago when I was first looking. Got scared off b/c of pricing, now years later I'm still daydreaming about boats and buying 2 years ago mightve been one of the best investments of the decade
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Been looking myself for almost two years, and kick myself often for not buying pre covid and for selling pre covid. I refuse to pay these prices though so all I really do is look now.

Be careful if you buy now, don't pass on a sea trial/survey and engine checks (compression for example). If it's been on the market for more than a weekly it's likely a pig, overpriced, or both.
 
mrsrobinson said:
Been looking myself for almost two years, and kick myself often for not buying pre covid and for selling pre covid. I refuse to pay these prices though so all I really do is look now.

Be careful if you buy now, don't pass on a sea trial/survey and engine checks (compression for example). If it's been on the market for more than a weekly it's likely a pig, overpriced, or both.
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A boat that hits the market has already been passed up on. I have a dock neighbor that just bought a 48 Sundancer 2 weeks ago and sold his 44 Sundancer and both where never listed for sale. When I bought mine I had 3 sales guys in different states that I had a previous relationship with looking for a 390 and a 420... I looked at a few boats that the owner was considering selling for the right price but were not necessarily for sale.
What the point is if you’re serious about buying a boat you need to find a sales guy that’s been in the business for a very long time convince him you are very serious and hope he doesn’t have 3 other guys looking for the same boat
 
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mrsrobinson said:
Been looking myself for almost two years, and kick myself often for not buying pre covid and for selling pre covid. I refuse to pay these prices though so all I really do is look now.

Be careful if you buy now, don't pass on a sea trial/survey and engine checks (compression for example). If it's been on the market for more than a weekly it's likely a pig, overpriced, or both.
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Just remember, what goes up, must come down. I am pretty convinced that by years end, the covid boat bidding war will be over. $3.50 plus street gas and $5.00 plus marina gas will put a stop to the bandwagoneers. Add that everything is opening up at full capacity, even here in IL, and we'll eventually be back to normal.
 
Golfman25 said:
Just remember, what goes up, must come down. I am pretty convinced that by years end, the covid boat bidding war will be over. $3.50 plus street gas and $5.00 plus marina gas will put a stop to the bandwagoneers. Add that everything is opening up at full capacity, even here in IL, and we'll eventually be back to normal.
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There’s some logic in this, however the majority of buyers that I have seen have been seasoned boaters and really just want to upgrade. I honestly don’t think there will be a glut of used boats due to “COVID buyers”.

the majority of new buyers have been buying up the lesser expensive boats in my experience.
 
Carver370 said:
There’s some logic in this, however the majority of buyers that I have seen have been seasoned boaters and really just want to upgrade. I honestly don’t think there will be a glut of used boats due to “COVID buyers”.

the majority of new buyers have been buying up the lesser expensive boats in my experience.
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I don't know. There are a lot of new boaters. And I have lost out on deals on bigger boats to new to boating types who buy without surveys, etc.
 
BMW dealership just contacted me again, to offer me 125% of KBB retail for the used BMW I bought from them in January, stating they do not have enough used cars on their lot.
 
Let ‘em have it.

Pocket the money and be patient. When all of this reverses and prices plummet, go buy again at a discount.
 
CaptRonn said:
Let ‘em have it.

Pocket the money and be patient. When all of this reverses and prices plummet, go buy again at a discount.
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In theory yes. I bought this car as a 2nd car to tune it. I probably have over $2,500 in it with add-ons and tuning. Got it where I like it now.

It's my landboat since I can't find a water one.
 
Kasparp said:
Newbie here - how much was this exact boat going for say…two years ago?
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$40-50k for a 1995. Older styling including low arch height.

1998-1999s for $60-75k. Newer wood and leather styling. Increased arch height.
 
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