Placing offer on a Used boat
01-03-2008 | 11:50 AM
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thanks guys.
I tend to agree w/ JPD and biggus.
This aint a sellers market.
I can take an FU from some dude, who cares.
And johnny, thanks... and no its not for me.
Its not an HP boat. Its for a friend. He's a bit shy on offering much lower than asking, but he has no choice... he's stuck to a budget.
If ya'll care, i'd post the link to it.
I'm always up for your 'professional' opinions.
I tend to agree w/ JPD and biggus.
This aint a sellers market.
I can take an FU from some dude, who cares.
And johnny, thanks... and no its not for me.
Its not an HP boat. Its for a friend. He's a bit shy on offering much lower than asking, but he has no choice... he's stuck to a budget.
If ya'll care, i'd post the link to it.
I'm always up for your 'professional' opinions.
01-03-2008 | 12:21 PM
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I actually had a dude offer me 8k on a 16k asking price, just to see if he could get it. I am sure that if he called everybody in the US he could find the desperate one. He pretty much admitted that it was what he was doing. I told him that I wasn't that desperate, he said that "somebody is" and he hung up.
01-03-2008 | 12:47 PM
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mark, thats some funny chit.
a 2008 30ft coblat is about 180.
i would start at 30-32.
fact that its been sitting for 2yrs means the engines will need new gaskets and other stuff. not many hrs for a 10yr boat.
volvo is a plus on this style boat, so is fresh water.
Its funny cuz most boats in our area, salt water, and in the 24-26ft range, model yr 2000 cobalts are asking 8-10k more than this one. If the pictures represent correctly, looks clean.
a 2008 30ft coblat is about 180.
i would start at 30-32.
fact that its been sitting for 2yrs means the engines will need new gaskets and other stuff. not many hrs for a 10yr boat.
volvo is a plus on this style boat, so is fresh water.
Its funny cuz most boats in our area, salt water, and in the 24-26ft range, model yr 2000 cobalts are asking 8-10k more than this one. If the pictures represent correctly, looks clean.
01-03-2008 | 01:20 PM
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Another consideration is to ask the seller how he came about setting his price. If he tells you something like "that's the bank payoff", you have a place to start a reasonable, fact-based discussion about the topic.
It's going to be tough to go back to reasonable after you've pi$$ed him off with a lowball. You may be 100% correct on your price but if you insult the seller or make him feel embarrassed by pricing his boat illogically, it's tough to bring him back to a friendly, civil negotiation.
It's going to be tough to go back to reasonable after you've pi$$ed him off with a lowball. You may be 100% correct on your price but if you insult the seller or make him feel embarrassed by pricing his boat illogically, it's tough to bring him back to a friendly, civil negotiation.
01-03-2008 | 01:21 PM
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Ditto. There is no formula. BUT if your shopping around 40-50K I've been able to knock off around 10K. Hope that helps.
