RE: [Paddlewise] folding rentals URL?

Tim Mattson wrote:
> 
> Bob,
> 
> I don't know about your buy-used and sell option.  
> 
> I've paddled with Julio (once) and based on what I saw, he's 
> going to want a
> Khatsalano or some other high performance, folding boat.  
> These sell for BIG
> BUCKS.  The used Khatsalanos I've seen on the market sell for 
>  well over
> $3000 (as they should --- these are great boats)!   That's a 
> lot of cash to
> cough up.   Yeah, that means he can probably turn the boat 
> around when he
> gets back and recover the BIG BUCKS, but they also seem to 
> take quite a
> while to sell.  That ties up ones capital for a long time 
> (assuming one has
> the capital to invest in the first place).
> 
> --Tim
> 
  Brings to mind the saying "It takes money to make money".
  I recall seeing the message regarding the URL/company that Julio is trying
to find - as I recall their rental & shipping prices were _extremely_
reasonable and appeared to be a very viable option for short term (<4 weeks)
rentals.  Unfortunately, I don't have that info either - hopefully someone
here still does.  

Dave Seng
Juneau, Alaska
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