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How much did SeaRay pay you for this fluff review?

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I pick up my new 55-footer tomorrow.

Seriously, JimH, I don't get paid a dime by Sea Ray or any other
manufacturer.

And if you'll notice, it's not a review. It's a description, along some
personal observations, opinions, and impressions. There's no claim that
we measured any sort of performance or got underway in the boat- as we
did neither.

This may come as a real shock to you, but discussing boats and
comparing impressions and opinions about boats (rather than bitchily
harpooning personalities at every turn) is supposed to be what a
boating newsgroup is all about.

So what were the downsides of the boat and why did you not mention them in
your fluff article? Surely there had to be some.

Too bad for you, of course, as you have
demonstrated little knowledge about boats or boating and the very best
of your extremely rare on-topic advice recently- to a guy trying to
figure out if $1500 was too much to pay for a nearly 30 year old boat,
motor, and trailer in running condition- was to "look it up in NADA."
I'm still grinning over that one.

Where did I say that $1,500 was too much to pay? The boat was close to 20
years old and for all I knew it had a value of $1,000....thus my advice. I
am not nor ever have been a used boat salesmen. You have so you definitely
have a leg up on me.

I have over 25 years of boating and boat ownership on the Great Lakes. If
you have a problem with my knowledge of boats and boating, tough ****
Chuckie.

BTW: My recent *on topic* posts far exceed yours. You have also started
far more *off topic* posts. Want to bet on that Chuck or will you retract
your statement?

Grin away Chuck.



I know how much it p's you off when somebody posts on topic. Sorry.

grin Grasping at straws...



But here, please, redeem yourself:

If you disagree with my opinions, impressions, or description of the
Sea Ray 200 Select
please respond with your specific comments related to that boat. ("I
think you're an asshole" won't count). Thanks.


I have never been on that boat but if I did I am sure I would find some
positives and some negatives about it...unless of course I was being paid
big bucks to write a fluff article about it.

But hell, I have morals and would never be paid off to do so.

You on the other hand................

BTW: Do you wear gold chains and a speedo Chuck?