... First off, take the asking price, subtract the cost of installing
new diesels. Make this the TOP value of your offer for the boat.


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Wayne.B wrote:
I'd bet a lunch or two that your formula yields a negative number.


That was kinda my point

I bet you anything that the original poster (if it wasn't merely a
troll) is hell-bent to buy that boat no matter what kind of sense
anybody tries to talk into him.

DSK