Sellers Remourse

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tcontic

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Survey and sea trial went well today, boat will be picked up on Saturday.

Now I'm feeling a bit blue, I thought I'd be happier once she was gone. Weird.
 
I have been there before. I also just put me current boat up for sale and question whether I will find anything to replace her that is nearly as nice.

What keeps me going is the thought of the next boat and even better for you, there could not be a better time to but a new (used) boat.
 
You do have your eyes on a replacement already don't you?

I've never been boatless since 1981. I have always had the 'new' boat in my possession before the 'old' one was sold.

The tough part, living in a small boating area, is seeing the 'old' one abused after I had given it the best of TLC. I saw my old Albin 27 a couple days ago. Sad sad shape. I sold that boat, after 13 years use, for $2000 less than I paid for it. It is worth far less than that now.
 
I had a couple of prospects but couldn't afford to be a two boat owner and those slipped away. Cash will be in hand on Saturday so the search is on. But for some reason I'm not too excited about the search at this time of the year.
 
Couldn't agree more with Veebyes. The old PennYan has been poorly taken care of. Good news is that the Slickcraft is now owned by a fantastic guy, who both appreciates what that boat can do and has made it look better than a new boat.
 
tcontic,
what size/style boat you looking to get next? Now is absolutely the time to be shopping- very down economy and winter= people want to move their boats before summer storage bills come in (at least for northern boats/boaters), etc.
 
Woodsong,

I'm looking for a more fishable boat then my previous Sea Ray Bow Rider. 20-23 ft center console or walk around with an outboard that's trailerable. My budget is limited, want to stay about 15K all in. I had hoped to be in the 20K range but my boat didn't sell for what I expected.

Tom
 
Tom,
Your in a good price range for what you describe you want, look at boats that are asking 20 or 25k then make an offer for 15k, you are in the driver seat.
 
Look on craigslist in sw fla. You could get a 25' CC wih twins for 15 grand. And take a vacation to pick it up. lol
 
yup- look in the $20-25k range and pay around $15k. You are buying at just the right time and when you get in your new ride you'll be happy you did it!
 
I have a friend that has a 1988 24' Searay Laguna with a trailer. The boat has the original twin 135's on it, but they run pretty good and the boat overall is in pretty decent shape. It's a center console with a good amount of fishing room, a T top, and it also has a little head compartment inside the center console.
Every once in a while he thinks about selling it. I don't know what he would want for it, but I'm sure it is less than you are looking to spend which will leave you money left over to do what you want with.
If you're interested, I could ask him if this is one of those times that he would be considering a sale.
 
I would love to experience this sellers remorse thing.
 
I'm with you KiDa, I've had mine on the market for two years and the only response is from outfits wanting to sell it for $99.
The market in SWF sucks....
 
Price it right and it will sell. I received 85% of my listing price in about three months. Sale price was about high retail according to Nada, boat is in exceptional condition.

Tom
 
Seller's remorse sucks.

We sold our performance deck cat last month as we wanted something with twins for redundancy sake otherwise we loved the boat. I only hope we are as happy with what we get as with what we had. I've had a few sleepless nights wondering if we did the right thing.

We experienced pre-seller's anxiety with our Carver Mariner so much that we pulled it off the market and decided to keep it instead of moving up because we realized we didn't want to risk not loving the replacement as much as we do the Mariner.

Nutz..I tell ya.
 
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