What would you offer and what's the most you'd pay for this boat?

[Further North]

7 hours ago, tcbass said:

 

 

Are NADA prices usually higher or lower?

In my experience, NADA tends to the low side...but that could be regional.

I've never seen a decent boat go for anywhere near what NADA suggests it should.

Research the market as Way2slow suggests.  That's how to find out wehat a boat is worth in your area.

Craigslist, dealers advertised prices, places like that.

That's a nice boat you're looking at, IMO. Like some of the others have noted a 115 seems under powered for a boat tat size (I run an 18 1/2 foot aluminum hull with a 140 and there are times - 2 guys with a bunch of gear - that it can be a little slow to get on plane) but your test drive will tell you what you need to know.

EDIT: I missed that you'd already bought the boat...you're in my market (I'm over the boarder in WI), and you bought a virtually new boat for about 70% of what it went for new.  Since you must like the boat (that's what's important) I'd say you got a great deal!

[tcbass]

4 hours ago, Further North said:

In my experience, NADA tends to the low side...but that could be regional.

I've never seen a decent boat go for anywhere near what NADA suggests it should.

Research the market as Way2slow suggests.  That's how to find out wehat a boat is worth in your area.

Craigslist, dealers advertised prices, places like that.

That's a nice boat you're looking at, IMO. Like some of the others have noted a 115 seems under powered for a boat tat size (I run an 18 1/2 foot aluminum hull with a 140 and there are times - 2 guys with a bunch of gear - that it can be a little slow to get on plane) but your test drive will tell you what you need to know.

EDIT: I missed that you'd already bought the boat...you're in my market (I'm over the boarder in WI), and you bought a virtually new boat for about 70% of what it went for new.  Since you must like the boat (that's what's important) I'd say you got a great deal!

 

 

One poster above said NADA is usually high but you're the second person I've heard say low. Like you said, maybe regional.

 

How much low usually in your experience, a couple hundred, thousand?

 

How old was your boat when you bought it?

[Further North]

57 minutes ago, tcbass said:

How much low usually in your experience, a couple hundred, thousand?

Anywhere from a few hundred to several thousand; it really depends on the boat.   NADA is usually way low compared to dealer prices in our area.

59 minutes ago, tcbass said:

How old was your boat when you bought it?

My boat is an '05, I bought it in 2013 with just less than 3 ¹/₂ hours on the motor.  It was - like yours - virtually new.  The carpet inside the storage compartments was untouched, the bilge was spotless.

NADA was off by several thousand dollars.

I've also sold several boats for more than NADA quoted, and they sold fast, no shortage of interest.

One was a 1991 Lund Pro-V  with a 1991 Johnson 150 that went for $2,500 over NADA, the other was a 1750 Crestliner with a Suzuki DF140 that went for almost $4,000 over NADA...and the guy that bought it took the motor off, replaced it with a Merc 125...and sold t for almost as much as he paid for it about a month later.

I don't know if they work off averages, or their info is just bad...or if, like the books car dealers try to bludgeon their customers with, their info is based on auctions...