Re: [Paddlewise] the incredible resale prices on some folding kayaks

At 01:50 PM 4/8/00 -0700, Jackie Fenton wrote:
>> From boydwe_at_dmci.net Sat Apr  8 13:26 PDT 2000

>> You're right, it is misleading. I never picked up on it. Sorry to have
>> touched off your bargian hunter instincts. 
>
>No apology necessary.  I didn't pick up on it either until I called the 
>guy.  That's what makes it misleading.  You know what they say about 
>"if it sounds too good to be true... "  Never hurts to check it out,
>though. Maybe $1000 for a refinished frame that had all the parts plus 

I wish now that I had included "caveat emptor" in my original reply.

>everything else he was offering is a reasonable price.  Hard to tell 
>without knowing the real age of the kayak frame and seeing it.  I'll bet
>he has wasted a lot of his own time with his ad and wishes he had been
>more accurate with his description :-)   But like Ralph said, a good
>frame and new skin and you could basically have a new boat.  I think the
>man said the skin was $2000.  Not too bad.

As I just wrote to Ralph in a back channel, bargains do occasionally come
up, whether, from his observation, messy divorces or just not knowing the
real worth. There are other reasons. On another yacht sales site, there are
at least two boats for sale that could well be at 10-20% of their true
value. One is part of an estate sale, and the other was donated to some
foundation. Apparently the people selling aren't sailors and don't want to
have to deal with the slippage, overhead and maintenance involved, and just
want the boats out of their faces. Both of the boats are in California, and
moving them to this part of the world, however, makes them not such a great
deal. Stuff like that does come up, however, and it never hurts to keep
your ears on.

-- Wes


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