PLEASE HELP A NOVICE BUYER !!!! REPOST

A320pilot

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Guys I posted a week ago and nobody replied. I am really trying to find a good safe boat and not have to take out a loan so I am on a budget.

I was originally looking at an older grady but it was a can of worms.

I am interested in this boat below.. It is a 2000 Advance 247 with Yam 150's

205 hrs just serviced and set up for fishing. Radio, Cd and Garmin 3000 series gps. Boat is real clean majority of time in dry storage and spent weekends in the water

What do you experts think this is worth in todays dollars?

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ElyseM

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i don't think you got any answers because of the question. your best bet is to search comparable rigs and see what the asking prices are. boat trader and yacht world are good on-line sources. you can use nada but it's not too good (for buying, it might be worthwhile). also, search this site for similar setups.

for comparison, i took a quick look at a dealer site and saw a 2002 advance with twin f115's listed for $44,900. again, list and sales price probably won't be the same in today's market. ron
 

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Being it is in the pacifc coast and there are less around it is not unreasonable to say it might be worth a few bucks more then an east coast boat. It looks like it is in great shape and engine hours are low so it puts it towards the top of the herd. Being SW series and not HPDI or 4strokes, take a few bucks off. Nothing wrong with that power at all but they are just worth less book value since they are not as new technology wise. The 4 strokes and HPDI's are more in demand so that gives you some leverage to work with the price even though your getting lightly used engines. I'm not 100% familiar with prices for that boat, best bet is find similar boats throughout the nation and compare, the closer in local to you the better if possible. Also evaluate the options this boat has vs others. The boat is only worth what your willing to spend on it. NADA is hard to guage off in this economy but you can get a ball park figure there also buy slecting hull adding options and adding value for power. Being the engines have low hours they will be worth more then what they say, the hull should be worth more then they say since it is lightly used and rack stored, but with the economy that gives you wiggle room and the actaul street value will be somewhere around or below that. Obviously you want the boat for as cheap as possible, but know what is a reasonable offer in the amrket place and start below that and work towards that hopefully sealing the deal. We actually bought our boat by showing the seller what others in the region were selling for, after seeing they were over priced they knew they had to be competitive. We knew the boat was worth more then the others and were willing to pay more, and still did, but not nearly as much higher as they were asking. After having little interest due to their higher price they agreed to our offer and sold for a more competitive and reasonable price. You can;t low ball them too much if you want the boat badly, they too know what its worth, but there is no reason you cannot work a better price then asking price.
 

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Here is another similar site.

http://www.boats.com/boats/search/boats ... No=0&ps=30

Looks like there are some good deals out there. I urge you to be willing to travel for the right boat. When I bought my boat last year I looked at boats in four different states. I found the best boat for my needs about eight hundred miles away from here. Even with the added cost to travel to the boat on two occasions and the cost to ship the boat, it was still a good deal.

Good luck, keep us posted.