At 09:27 AM 1/20/2005 -0500, jon wrote: >Thanks to all of you who replied. Is it just me or does everybody get >mail from paddlewise 24 hrs. after they sent it? > >The reason I didn't name the items for sale on the list is I didn't want >to offend anybody. Don't worry about that. Selling personal property has always been permitted. As long you're not a commercial enterprise attempting to use the list to make a profit announcing boats or gear for sale is okay. >I had already listed my kayak on paddlewise.net > >I think the local newspaper works if they are running a special such as >run till it sells. If not, the cost prohibits it for any length of time. >And since I haven't picked up a newspaper for months, I tend to use the >internet. With that said... Where do you guys look online ? You might try the paddling.net classifieds. >Consignment shops can work great if you find the right one. Or your boat >may end up with more wear and tear only to reduce the value even more, >after you have worked very hard not to put a scratch on it. I watched a >sales person at a kayak shop who happen to be selling a used Kevlar >kayak I was looking at drop another boat on top of this kayak and crack >it. He then called the owner to ask if he would take any less for the >boat because it had been there for 6 months and still had not sold. The >owner said no he would come and get it before selling it for less. I >then hear the salesman tell the owner how he just damaged his >kayak...The point to all of this is I don't trust somebody else to take >care of my kayak the same way I have and if they damage it while on >consignment I'm pretty much out of luck without taking them to court, >which would cost more money than it's worth. On the other hand, some of us don't care if a kayak is real pretty as long as it still performs well and the price is reasonable. John Fereira jaf30_at_cornell.edu Ithaca, NY *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jan 21 2005 - 18:28:11 PST
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