FredGarvin
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Jul 17, 2009
- Messages
- 34
I would like to thank everyone for answering my stupid questions so far...this forum is fantastic and it's great to have found such a resource...THANKS....
I'm the guy who has posted about buying a bowrider....was looking at a Regal, then was looking at either a Sea Ray or a Stingray...I think (THINK) I have settled on the sea Ray...it's being sold by a dealer....
here's the boat...the price quoted is off....he's actually asking $8500...
http://www.boattrader.com/listing/1999-SEA-RAY-180-Bow-Rider-95316571
NADA says $6290 (without trailer), but I'll add that the boat appears to be very clean and nice. I still want to have a mechanic look at the motor, but I'm thinking about making an offer on this boat. I was thinking about taking in the NADA printout and offering 10% more plus a 1 year warranty, but in another thread....
http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=335115
a poster advised offering 20% below NADA and "asking for the world" and not pay any more than 5% below NADA. I'd assume that asking for the world means sticking with the one year warranty, and asking for stuff like life jackets, safety equipment, etc...? There is a depth finder wired in already...I'd love to get a GPS plotter on this sucker...maybe ask them to add that in too? I don't know...
I'd love to get this boat for as little as possible, obviously...does paying straight cash help?
Any advice on this stage would be greatly appreciated....and reciprocated once I end up buying whatever boat I get.
I'll also post pics once I actually own the boat...really looking forward to this, but nervous too...THANKS!!!!!
I'm the guy who has posted about buying a bowrider....was looking at a Regal, then was looking at either a Sea Ray or a Stingray...I think (THINK) I have settled on the sea Ray...it's being sold by a dealer....
here's the boat...the price quoted is off....he's actually asking $8500...
http://www.boattrader.com/listing/1999-SEA-RAY-180-Bow-Rider-95316571
NADA says $6290 (without trailer), but I'll add that the boat appears to be very clean and nice. I still want to have a mechanic look at the motor, but I'm thinking about making an offer on this boat. I was thinking about taking in the NADA printout and offering 10% more plus a 1 year warranty, but in another thread....
http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=335115
a poster advised offering 20% below NADA and "asking for the world" and not pay any more than 5% below NADA. I'd assume that asking for the world means sticking with the one year warranty, and asking for stuff like life jackets, safety equipment, etc...? There is a depth finder wired in already...I'd love to get a GPS plotter on this sucker...maybe ask them to add that in too? I don't know...
I'd love to get this boat for as little as possible, obviously...does paying straight cash help?
Any advice on this stage would be greatly appreciated....and reciprocated once I end up buying whatever boat I get.
I'll also post pics once I actually own the boat...really looking forward to this, but nervous too...THANKS!!!!!