wrote:


the whole shibang for $4500.

Well, if it turns out to be a piece of shi, at least you won't be all
that badly banged. :-)

The problem with a cheap old boat is that mot people refuse to consider
them disposable.
They start off at $4500, but it "just needs" this, and then "just
needs" that. Pretty soon some folks have another 100-200 percent of the
original purchase price involved, with no end in sight.

Famous last words: "If I had known I was going to have $XXXXXX invested
in this boat in the first six months, I would have bought one of the
newer and nicer models I passed up when shopping because I thought the
prices were too expensive."

If it checks out mechanically and structurally and you like it- that's
all that really matters.
As the guy in the tie-dye shirt says, "You're here for a good time, not
necessarily a long time."

agreed!

the old rule about investing is "if you can't afford to lose it(money),
you can't afford to invest it, either.

$4500. isn't going to make nor break me, even if the deal went bad.

Like I said, the boat seems to be in good shape, No new, but well
taken care of.




Chuck Gould wrote:
wrote:


the whole shibang for $4500.

Well, if it turns out to be a piece of shi, at least you won't be all
that badly banged. :-)

The problem with a cheap old boat is that mot people refuse to consider
them disposable.
They start off at $4500, but it "just needs" this, and then "just
needs" that. Pretty soon some folks have another 100-200 percent of the
original purchase price involved, with no end in sight.

Famous last words: "If I had known I was going to have $XXXXXX invested
in this boat in the first six months, I would have bought one of the
newer and nicer models I passed up when shopping because I thought the
prices were too expensive."

If it checks out mechanically and structurally and you like it- that's
all that really matters.
As the guy in the tie-dye shirt says, "You're here for a good time, not
necessarily a long time."

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agreed!

the old rule about investing is "if you can't afford to lose it(money),
you can't afford to invest it, either.

$4500. isn't going to make nor break me, even if the deal went bad.

Like I said, the boat seems to be in good shape, No new, but well
taken care of.



Sounds like a reasonable deal to me. Good luck with it.

Eisboch

On 29 Oct 2006 22:01:35 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

They start off at $4500, but it "just needs" this, and then "just
needs" that. Pretty soon some folks have another 100-200 percent of the
original purchase price involved, with no end in sight.

Some would call that routine maintenance of course. The issue that
causes sticker shock with an older boat is that repairs are done at
"new boat" prices.