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jokor3 posted 09-23-2003 09:38 AM ET (US)
Ebay auction ends with the bid of 150.00 taking it. With the reserve set at 30.00, isn't this a little exhorbitant?
Florida15 posted 09-23-2003 10:44 AM ET (US)
Exhorbitant by who ? Apparently more than one person wanted them and the person who wanted them the most won the auction. You won't find a more pure marketplace than E-Bay. Nobody is forced to bid and he for sure is not forced to bid more than he wants to pay. So, apparently they were worth $150 to the winner.
hooter posted 09-23-2003 10:57 AM ET (US)
Ah bought a measured 2" by 8" mahogany board about five feet long for about $40 ten years ago. A carpenter friend has planed to size, cut and router-round-edged two pair of cooler cleats out of that board for me, using the old cleats from a Montauk and later from an Outrage 18' as templates. He charged me $50 for each pair. So that's two sets of cleats for $140. Why wait for ebay?
fina posted 09-23-2003 11:37 AM ET (US)
what was the link on e-bay?
I would like to see a picture.
Bigshot posted 09-23-2003 01:12 PM ET (US)
Hell I just used a walmanized 1x4 from HD for $1.75 and cut, sanded, varnished, and screwed them on my boat. Took maybe one hour. All you see is the little nub sticking out from under the cooler anyway. I have a set of factory ones with the bungees in tact but too lazy to strip, sand and refinsih. My $1.75 ones work just as good.
Florida15 posted 09-23-2003 01:27 PM ET (US)
Most purists are not practical. Apparently somebody wanted to put their boat back to original and was willing to pay
the price to do so.
Bigshot posted 09-23-2003 01:38 PM ET (US)
For $150 I have amint set that just need some varnish.....anyone?
17SeaRay posted 09-23-2003 01:45 PM ET (US)
I can understand why a guy would pay high dollar for original parts. You wouldn't restore a 65 Vette and use Vega seats???? Or would you? I also thought they brought HIGH dollar, but like Florida said, he didn't have to bid.
Bigshot posted 09-23-2003 02:46 PM ET (US)
True but I would not buy a used vette seat for more than it would cost to reupholster the old ones:)
jokor3 posted 09-23-2003 03:44 PM ET (US)
the bidding was between 2 guys wo have never purchased on Ebay before and it looked as though neither was going to let the other get the upper hand...not for the value but for pride.
dscew posted 09-23-2003 04:16 PM ET (US)
I'm sure the buyer will be happy with them. I saw them on Ebay, they looked brand new. More power to the buyer and the seller, both of them won.
Gep posted 09-23-2003 11:09 PM ET (US)
I increduously watched both these auctions and the ones with the 13' Sport benches and the one for the 13' Sport console.
All I can say is WOW!!!
I paid $150.00 for all of the mahogany to redo my 13' Sport plus had some left over to make cooler cleats for my 18' Outrage plus still have some left over.
onlyawhaler posted 09-24-2003 01:56 AM ET (US)
Very interesting on the price of those 150 teak cooler cleats.
I have looked around on the net this year at different boat sites and have come to the conclusion that Classic Whalers have a general draw that is very rare in the industry.
I like another type of family boat for cruising/skiing. It is the Cobalt line and it has a terrific name in the industry. Family owned, independant, good company. I have had several of their 80s era boats which had a good amount of teak and handwork and were beautiful classics in my opinion.
What is interesting to me is that even traditiona Cobalts don't have the draw of traditional Whalers. They just get old and largely forgotten for the newer look.
This seems to be true of most boats. They don't have the draw of classic cars. The only exception that I see is Boston Whaler. I see the price demanded on the net for old brochures, parts etc and it is amazing.
Makes one feel good about owning one
Sterling
Onlyawhaler
Florida15 posted 09-24-2003 09:24 AM ET (US)
GEP, you must be very good in working with wood. Some people have neither the tools, the skill nor the time to make their own. Those people just buy what they need.
If you have the tools, skill and time you can save a bundle
on a lot of things, car repair for instance. Others have to
rely on professionals and pay the price for their skills.
I am able to do some things but no way could I tackle some of the projects I have read about on this forum. I am limited in all three of the aforementioned. So, I am willing to pay someone else for their expertise.
OAW, you are right. The draw of the vintage Whalers is incredible. It's amazing how these boats have stood the
test of time.
kgregg posted 09-24-2003 11:14 AM ET (US)
Reminds me of one of my favorite sayings....
"You can spend your time or you can spend your money."
I'd be spending money to get those nice looking cooler cleats.
Kevin
Gep posted 09-24-2003 01:20 PM ET (US)
Florida15,
Yes, I agree with you. I have to spend the big money getting my cars or trucks fixed. Some people have more money than time also.
In my line of business you have to be good at working with wood, plex, metal, laminates and such.
Please don't think that I'm looking down my nose at people who don't have the tools or skills to do woodworking,(I am by no stretch of the imagination a master woodworker) but, I would think that common sense would come into play somewhere along the lines here though.
$150.00 for two pieces of varnished wood and some bungi cords is a little out of line.
The wood involved here can't amount to $25.00, the varnish is about $10.00 and someones time at $35.00/ hour to cut and router these out.
If I couldn't do this stuff myself, I would find old timer that did woodworking and is now retired that could turn those out for me at half that price. Maybe less if I did the sanding and varnishing.

Now if I could just find a decent car mechanic that wouldn't bend me over :)
Florida15 posted 09-24-2003 02:39 PM ET (US)
I don't know, that mahogany is EXPENSIVE. The only experience I have had with it is I checked with a supplier on the price for a floor cleat and a front hatch for my 15'. The floor cleat is about 8" long and 1.5" square. It screws to the floor and the console screws into it. The price was $18 plus shipping. The front hatch was around $150 + shipping best I can remember.
fadams posted 09-24-2003 05:40 PM ET (US)
I was the looosing bidder on those cleats. Yes, that's a lot of money for couple pieces of wood. I have been restoring my 1985 18 foot outrage and these cleats were the missing pieces to the puzzle. I'd been thinking about all sorts of ways to restore or fix these. Mine were thick marine plywood of some sort that were falling to pieces. All the scenarios I could think of involved a lot of work/time. I had no idea to even look for them on eBay but was just browsing for whalers and hit upon the cleats. Eureka! I would have gone higher except that there was a lesser pair of them by the same seller which I got for $34. It's my first eBay purchase and it was a lot of fun. Some people's junk is other's treasure.
Frank
Gep posted 09-24-2003 07:51 PM ET (US)
Florida15,
I personally don't think either one of those prices are out of line.
I know because I also have a bow hatch cover for my 18' Outrage that was made by an aftermarket supplier. The fit and finish was first class.

Faddams,
That' great! I too have gotten caught up in the Ebay fun.
Florida15 posted 09-25-2003 04:34 PM ET (US)
GEP, no I don't necessarily think the vendor's prices were out of line. I'm just saying that mahogany is expensive.
andygere posted 09-25-2003 06:16 PM ET (US)
Love it or hate it, the neat thing about E-bay is that the buyer sets the price. Nobody has to pay more than they want to.
Gep posted 09-26-2003 09:20 AM ET (US)
Your right Andy.
I'm waiting to see how high the Whaler and Mercury key fobs go for. They are up to $12.50.
You can get the Whaler one on their website for $2.95, probably free if you walked into a dealership and hinted around.
frontier posted 09-26-2003 10:38 AM ET (US)
The small white Boston Whaler key fob for sale on EBAY is rare and out of production. The $2.95 one on the Whaler website is red & nearly twice the size.
Gep posted 09-26-2003 10:45 AM ET (US)
I stand corrected. I guess a little knowledge is dangerous.
I actually have one of the white ones on my keys for my Whaler, I might have to put it somewhere safe now :)
Florida15 posted 09-26-2003 11:03 AM ET (US)
There was a white one on E-Bay a few months ago. I think
it went for around $30 or so.

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Author	Topic: Cooler Cleats sell for $150.00 on Ebay
jokor3	posted 09-23-2003 09:38 AM ET (US) Ebay auction ends with the bid of 150.00 taking it. With the reserve set at 30.00, isn't this a little exhorbitant?
Florida15	posted 09-23-2003 10:44 AM ET (US) Exhorbitant by who ? Apparently more than one person wanted them and the person who wanted them the most won the auction. You won't find a more pure marketplace than E-Bay. Nobody is forced to bid and he for sure is not forced to bid more than he wants to pay. So, apparently they were worth $150 to the winner.
hooter	posted 09-23-2003 10:57 AM ET (US) Ah bought a measured 2" by 8" mahogany board about five feet long for about $40 ten years ago. A carpenter friend has planed to size, cut and router-round-edged two pair of cooler cleats out of that board for me, using the old cleats from a Montauk and later from an Outrage 18' as templates. He charged me $50 for each pair. So that's two sets of cleats for $140. Why wait for ebay?
fina	posted 09-23-2003 11:37 AM ET (US) what was the link on e-bay? I would like to see a picture.
Bigshot	posted 09-23-2003 01:12 PM ET (US) Hell I just used a walmanized 1x4 from HD for $1.75 and cut, sanded, varnished, and screwed them on my boat. Took maybe one hour. All you see is the little nub sticking out from under the cooler anyway. I have a set of factory ones with the bungees in tact but too lazy to strip, sand and refinsih. My $1.75 ones work just as good.
Florida15	posted 09-23-2003 01:27 PM ET (US) Most purists are not practical. Apparently somebody wanted to put their boat back to original and was willing to pay the price to do so.
Bigshot	posted 09-23-2003 01:38 PM ET (US) For $150 I have amint set that just need some varnish.....anyone?
17SeaRay	posted 09-23-2003 01:45 PM ET (US) I can understand why a guy would pay high dollar for original parts. You wouldn't restore a 65 Vette and use Vega seats???? Or would you? I also thought they brought HIGH dollar, but like Florida said, he didn't have to bid.
Bigshot	posted 09-23-2003 02:46 PM ET (US) True but I would not buy a used vette seat for more than it would cost to reupholster the old ones:)
jokor3	posted 09-23-2003 03:44 PM ET (US) the bidding was between 2 guys wo have never purchased on Ebay before and it looked as though neither was going to let the other get the upper hand...not for the value but for pride.
dscew	posted 09-23-2003 04:16 PM ET (US) I'm sure the buyer will be happy with them. I saw them on Ebay, they looked brand new. More power to the buyer and the seller, both of them won.
Gep	posted 09-23-2003 11:09 PM ET (US) I increduously watched both these auctions and the ones with the 13' Sport benches and the one for the 13' Sport console. All I can say is WOW!!! I paid $150.00 for all of the mahogany to redo my 13' Sport plus had some left over to make cooler cleats for my 18' Outrage plus still have some left over.
onlyawhaler	posted 09-24-2003 01:56 AM ET (US) Very interesting on the price of those 150 teak cooler cleats. I have looked around on the net this year at different boat sites and have come to the conclusion that Classic Whalers have a general draw that is very rare in the industry. I like another type of family boat for cruising/skiing. It is the Cobalt line and it has a terrific name in the industry. Family owned, independant, good company. I have had several of their 80s era boats which had a good amount of teak and handwork and were beautiful classics in my opinion. What is interesting to me is that even traditiona Cobalts don't have the draw of traditional Whalers. They just get old and largely forgotten for the newer look. This seems to be true of most boats. They don't have the draw of classic cars. The only exception that I see is Boston Whaler. I see the price demanded on the net for old brochures, parts etc and it is amazing. Makes one feel good about owning one Sterling Onlyawhaler
Florida15	posted 09-24-2003 09:24 AM ET (US) GEP, you must be very good in working with wood. Some people have neither the tools, the skill nor the time to make their own. Those people just buy what they need. If you have the tools, skill and time you can save a bundle on a lot of things, car repair for instance. Others have to rely on professionals and pay the price for their skills. I am able to do some things but no way could I tackle some of the projects I have read about on this forum. I am limited in all three of the aforementioned. So, I am willing to pay someone else for their expertise. OAW, you are right. The draw of the vintage Whalers is incredible. It's amazing how these boats have stood the test of time.
kgregg	posted 09-24-2003 11:14 AM ET (US) Reminds me of one of my favorite sayings.... "You can spend your time or you can spend your money." I'd be spending money to get those nice looking cooler cleats. Kevin
Gep	posted 09-24-2003 01:20 PM ET (US) Florida15, Yes, I agree with you. I have to spend the big money getting my cars or trucks fixed. Some people have more money than time also. In my line of business you have to be good at working with wood, plex, metal, laminates and such. Please don't think that I'm looking down my nose at people who don't have the tools or skills to do woodworking,(I am by no stretch of the imagination a master woodworker) but, I would think that common sense would come into play somewhere along the lines here though. $150.00 for two pieces of varnished wood and some bungi cords is a little out of line. The wood involved here can't amount to $25.00, the varnish is about $10.00 and someones time at $35.00/ hour to cut and router these out. If I couldn't do this stuff myself, I would find old timer that did woodworking and is now retired that could turn those out for me at half that price. Maybe less if I did the sanding and varnishing. Now if I could just find a decent car mechanic that wouldn't bend me over :)
Florida15	posted 09-24-2003 02:39 PM ET (US) I don't know, that mahogany is EXPENSIVE. The only experience I have had with it is I checked with a supplier on the price for a floor cleat and a front hatch for my 15'. The floor cleat is about 8" long and 1.5" square. It screws to the floor and the console screws into it. The price was $18 plus shipping. The front hatch was around $150 + shipping best I can remember.
fadams	posted 09-24-2003 05:40 PM ET (US) I was the looosing bidder on those cleats. Yes, that's a lot of money for couple pieces of wood. I have been restoring my 1985 18 foot outrage and these cleats were the missing pieces to the puzzle. I'd been thinking about all sorts of ways to restore or fix these. Mine were thick marine plywood of some sort that were falling to pieces. All the scenarios I could think of involved a lot of work/time. I had no idea to even look for them on eBay but was just browsing for whalers and hit upon the cleats. Eureka! I would have gone higher except that there was a lesser pair of them by the same seller which I got for $34. It's my first eBay purchase and it was a lot of fun. Some people's junk is other's treasure. Frank
Gep	posted 09-24-2003 07:51 PM ET (US) Florida15, I personally don't think either one of those prices are out of line. I know because I also have a bow hatch cover for my 18' Outrage that was made by an aftermarket supplier. The fit and finish was first class. Faddams, That' great! I too have gotten caught up in the Ebay fun.
Florida15	posted 09-25-2003 04:34 PM ET (US) GEP, no I don't necessarily think the vendor's prices were out of line. I'm just saying that mahogany is expensive.
andygere	posted 09-25-2003 06:16 PM ET (US) Love it or hate it, the neat thing about E-bay is that the buyer sets the price. Nobody has to pay more than they want to.
Gep	posted 09-26-2003 09:20 AM ET (US) Your right Andy. I'm waiting to see how high the Whaler and Mercury key fobs go for. They are up to $12.50. You can get the Whaler one on their website for $2.95, probably free if you walked into a dealership and hinted around.
frontier	posted 09-26-2003 10:38 AM ET (US) The small white Boston Whaler key fob for sale on EBAY is rare and out of production. The $2.95 one on the Whaler website is red & nearly twice the size.
Gep	posted 09-26-2003 10:45 AM ET (US) I stand corrected. I guess a little knowledge is dangerous. I actually have one of the white ones on my keys for my Whaler, I might have to put it somewhere safe now :)
Florida15	posted 09-26-2003 11:03 AM ET (US) There was a white one on E-Bay a few months ago. I think it went for around $30 or so.