On Mar 12, 3:42�am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On 12 Mar 2007 00:38:59 -0700, "brian" wrote:

i have just purchased this boat for 10,000.00 from a privet party.

You bought a boat from a shrub? *:)

You've over paid for the boat by about $4,000 even if it's in perfect,
mint showroom condition. *The book says it's worth $6,000 in average
condition with average cosmetics. *Practically, looking at the various
buying guides quickly, they are averaging $5200 ask price in good
condition in my area - if *you can find one that is.


You could make a really decent living buying up all the perfect, mint,
showroom condition 2455 Bayliners you can find for $6000. Here is an
abbreviated list of boats currently available (from Boats.com). I'll
bet most are not in bristol shape, but you'll see the pricing trend:

'84 24 Ciera (Huron, OH) $8900
'87 24 Ceira (Rogers, MN) $8995
'88 245 (Egg Harbor, NJ) $7995
87 2450 (Aurora, IN) $9950
'87 2450 Ciera (St Clair Shores, MI) $9999
'87 2450 (Washington, NV) $8990
88 2450 Ciera (Everett, WA) $12995
'89 2455 (South Haven, MI) $9900
'87 2455 (New Windsor, NY) $14900 (?!)
89 2455 (Verplank, NY) $9200
'89 2455 (Red Wing, MN) $6295
'88 2455 (Alton Bay, NH) $6495
'89 2455 (New Buffalo, MI) $6900
'89 2455 (Westbrook, ME) $9995
'88 2455 (Portland, ME) $11,495
'88 2455 (Chicago, IL) $14000
'89 2455 (Fox Lake, IL) $12995
'88 2455 (Port Clinton, OH) $12995


The list goes on and on, but this covers the first three pages in the
exact order that the boats appeard. Out of 18 boats, only three are
listed under $7k, ( and none listed at $6k or less) while 10 are
listed at effectively $10,000 or more.

It would be pretty difficult to make a case that $6000 is the
appropriate selling price for this boat in bristol condition. Of
course there will be a difference between asking and selling price,
but not typically 40-50%.

The boat in question in the original post is worth somewhere between
$ZERO and the price the poster is paying for it.

I agree that he needs to spend a little money on a surveyor now rather
than a ton of money on unexpected repairs a couple of months from now.