[Public-List] Price too High was How old is to old?

[John Birch]

Look at it this way, if you pay $20K USD for a good boat and some think it 
should be less. Consider this, if you keep the boat 20 years, the reality is 
you only "overpaid? by some poster's metrics by $3 - $400 per year over the 
time period for use of a great boat.

All things are relative. The boat should be in good shape and a 1965 will 
have masonite deck coring which is highly desirable and virtually 
indestructible. I would suggest those boats, for that feature alone should, 
all other things being equal, command a premium price over their balsa cored 
sisters.

ATB

John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C.B. Currier" <cbcurrier at spinrx.com>
To: <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 7:23 AM
Subject: [Public-List] Price too High was How old is to old?


On the contrary I believe that that is about the right price these days.
Having inventoried Yachtworld and others lately. With the value of houses
in my neighborhood tripling and then dropping but still more than double
in price and now in the past 5 years the price of gas doubling ... I see
no reason why 10 years ago an A30 sold for 10,000 should now sell for
20,000. The replacement cost of the boat must be well over 100,000 to
rebuild just the hull to the original specs.

SO $20,000 sounds very reasonable to me these days.

Not that I want to pay that :>

-- 
C.B. Currier
Infinity #57
Daybreak #458


lhines at chustz.com wrote:
> Price is too high
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Cristóbal Pomés" <cpomes at gmail.com>
>
> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:35:09
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> Subject: [Public-List] How old is to old?
>
>
> Hi, i´m new here and i have a huge question. Im planning on buying an A30
> and i have a offer. Its a 1965 with a Universal 18hp. It needs some work
> to
> be done on the boat, such as changing shrouds, buying a  new anchor chain
> etc. They are offering the boat at $20.000, and I estimate the cost fixing
> everything at around $4000. But im not sure to buy it because its very
> old,
> although everything looks fine, just in need of some care. How old is to
> old
> to buy?
>
>
>
>                            Christopher Pomés Lathrop, Chile.
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