Originally Posted by Marginmn

If you are selling an 18 foot Sea Ray then I agree that one might be better off waiting until spring. But the market for High Performance boats is so small, and so specialized, that your already small pool of potential buyers may be even smaller come spring if someone specifically looking for your brand/model has already found something else........ or if the economy takes a dump.... or any number of other unknown factors that could affect the boat market by spring. I have sold performance boats before when there were literally only 2 or 3 people who ever called on the boat - and one of those three obviously did buy the boat I had for sale. I've often wondered how long it would have taken me to sell my boat if the timing hadn't been right for that one buyer - and at how much a lower a price I would have had to go in order to move it to a different buyer. If you are ready to list the boat, I say list it.


Having bought one of those boats you sold, what I will add to this discussion here is the fact that if what you offer is a prime piece, at a real price, a person looking to purchase will be across the table from you making the final arrangements of the deal.

I sat across from Robert at his table, left my money and never looked back.