Sell Electronics With Boat or Separately?

[minuteman62-64]

Getting ready to put my boat (15'-6" Bayrunner) on the market. I have some modest electronics that I've used with it. Basically a handheld marine radio, fish finder that mounts on the console and a portable Garmin GPS. Wondering what best strategy is: sell as package or sell boat and then sell electronics separately.

I'm not looking to make a bundle on selling. Just want to find the boat a good home at a fair price. A bit concerned if I sell as a package I'll end up effectively giving the electronics away.

Any thoughts?

BTW, not giving up boating, just down-sizing to kayak - which fits my 80 YO lifestyle better these days.

 

[dwco5051]

Older electronics (possibly obsolete) will not fetch a lot of money. For a first time boat buyer who does not have a shelf of older stuff like many of us do it could sweeten the pot to make the deal for the price you want. I would probably keep the handheld stuff and sell the fish finder with the boat. Having recently sold a boat and leaving on the fish finder that would be worth forty bucks at most in today's market meant a lot to the buyer who though he was going to have to shell out $300 or more on one.

 

[dingbat]

Unless commercial or high end, used marine electronics are not worth much.

Leave them on the boat as selling points

 

[Alumarine]

As the others have said leaving them on won't necessarily get you a higher price but it could help sell it quicker.

 

[ahicks]

I'd sell hand held stuff separately.

 

[Commander_47]

If I was going to get a new boat, I'd want to get everything new and up to date.

Selling with the boat is a good bargaining chip.

Electronics, even if perfectly functional, don't age well. Look at perfectly fine old, slow, computers.

 

[racerone]

A lot of electronics are obsolete shortly after they go into production.----Mind boggling this stuff.----The rotary dial telephone ( did just one thing ) was good enough for 50 years or so.----Today folks get a new phone every year.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

How much do you like dealing with craigs list people? I stop selling is the way I would go.

 

[Captain Caveman]

I haven't sold much boating stuff, but when I upgraded from my old Minnkota 40lb trolling motor with the footpedal, I put it on C-list. This was three years ago and that trolling motor was already 10+yrs old. I was going to list it for $50, saw others listed for more and put it up for $150. I immediately had ten legitimate offers including a kid who drove down 2hrs with his parents to buy it.

I thought obsolete electronics wouldn't sell well but was surprised. You could at least survey the landscape and see what your units are selling for in the secondary market.

 

[racerone]

An electric trolling motor is not in the same category of a loran-C or fish finder.

 

[dingbat]

An electric trolling motor is not in the same category of a loran-C or fish finder.

Agree......Loran-C is museum value only at this point.

 

[minuteman62-64]

How much do you like dealing with craigs list people? I stop selling is the way I would go.

Now that's a persuasive argument

 

[ahicks]

If you don't like dealing with people, try e-bay. That about as de-personalized as you can get. Check sold items to see what your item might bring if there's any question...

 

[minuteman62-64]

Good advice! I bundled everything I had associated with the boat and the repairs and modifications I had made (pulling out a few things I could actually use). Typical Craigslist ad was something like: Boat, motor & trailer. Motor runs good. $XXXXX." My ad had almost a page of add-ons together with about a dozen photos of boat and extras. Posted at 11:00 p.m. Monday night. Had 11 queries by 9:00 a.m. next day. Sold to first person who looked at it at asking price.

Maybe priced too low. But, I searched all SoCal Craigslist posting for similar packages and set a price about in the middle of the range, hoping for a quick sale. I call it a win-win - I think I got a fair price and I believe the buyer thinks he got a good deal.

I am now without a boat for the first time since the early 1970's. I don't feel like I want to go boating, but I feel like I am missing somethin