posted 04-17-2011 08:17 AM ET (US)            

---

I was just going to post this and saw it here. I had to laugh when I read it.

It does make me wonder where NADA comes up with the numbers they have.

We all would love to get a Whaler neard the NADA prices but I don't think we'll see too many of them

posted 04-18-2011 06:43 PM ET (US)            

---

I was going to say that guy's an idiot. But he's actually not. He's just uneducated. He hasn't done the appropriate research to know what the value of the boats he's interested are actually worth. A tan-hull 13' Whaler with a running engine and road-legal trailer will generally command somewhere north of $3,000 in just about any market.

I sent him an email educating him on NADA values and how they don't include trailers, engines, equipment, and how the data is skewed by people trying to avoid sales tax. But I doubt it'll make a difference to him. He wants a 31' Whaler and only has $1,500 to spend. Bottom line is, he isn't going to find it.

posted 04-19-2011 02:57 PM ET (US)            

---

I would not say he is an idiot. I would say he is not going to generate one call that he is expecting. I have bought a couple Whalers by putting an ad on CL. I was not as abrassive as this person of course. Good thing about it is only a local will see it and most likely it is not on the market so you might get lucky...I did.

Funny how things "can" work out. My friend saw a 17' sport local in the paper for $4k. He went and looked at it and the boat was really nice but had been sitting(in a garage) for a few years and carbs were clogged,etc. He offered $2k and wrote it down. I told him "good luck" if ya know what I mean. He just got the call to come get it a week or so later. The guy was off to the Dr's after he looked at it. They amitted him to the hospital for some reason. No answering machine so when he was released yesterday he called my friend who wrote down the offer and his number. Talk about being in the right spot at the right time.