"Jere Lull" wrote in message
news:2008112500232816807-jerelull@maccom...
On 2008-11-24 16:13:01 -0500, Vic Smith
said:

Does (or can) a surveyor offer advice on pricing, or is that out of
his territory?

Our survey included a listing of recent prices.

I did a very thorough check on the internet covering price, specification
and reported condition of boats on offer before I homed into the particular
boat I was interested in and got it surveyed.
.. I knew from previous experience what design I was interested in (Catalina
38 S&S) and found about six good ones all over USA at what appeared to be
sensible prices. Ignored several others for various reasons.
When I decided on one particular boat and got a survey done the report came
with a statement of 'Fair market price' and also 'Replacement value'. The
latter figure was only of passing interest as it related to the cost of a
_new_ similar boat.
However the 'Fair market price' agreed well with the average asking priceof
the ones I had checked out on the internet which had seemed to be sensibly
priced..