[carpcrippler]

Yeah what he said

 

[Gbollom]

I really think 5-6 bare would be a price that boat would actually sell at, maybe more if someone just fell in love with it.

The economy isnt exactly booming right now and times are tough for most people, especially on luxury items like a bowfishing boat.

 

[mudfish]

Lol indeed....

NADA value for bare hull is at 1800. Ive put almost 3500 just in aluminum in this rig. And thats counting nothing for my time. I think Ive got an idea of what I would want from it though.

Reading this you think your 2000 model year MV1872AW SeaArk is worth a least of $5,300?

 

[JBSedon]

In that ballpark Mudfish. Why is that crazy? Its not a plain,jane boat that was bought and gently used, this boat has had alot of fab and extra materials put in. You cant compare this to a straight bone stock 2000 hull, which is what NADA does.

 

[Gbollom]

He's not lol he's more than doubled NADA value on the boat

 

[clark3]

He asked for people's opinions on price and he's getting them. I don't care what NADA says. The boat is 12 years old and showing its age, boats wear like anything else. This was one of the best fab jobs to come through BFC, unfortunately the market doesn't care about what time and effort he has in it. Or how much money in materials he has it's just part of it no matter how much money time and effort he has in it it's going to be tough to get a buyer to pay over 4500$ for a 12 year old boat. It's worth we'll more to him then anyone else unfortunately.

 

[mudfish]

In that ballpark Mudfish. Why is that crazy? Its not a plain,jane boat that was bought and gently used, this boat has had alot of fab and extra materials put in. You cant compare this to a straight bone stock 2000 hull, which is what NADA does.

No it not crazy and I am sure worth it if hull not concave.
But getting it another story.

 

[BigSwole]

I buy and sell alot of items. Wether it be boats, vehicles, guns, four wheelers i'll sell it. And i never look at nada. Or kbb. What someone is willing to pay for it is what its worth.

The last big ticket item i sold i bought for 1500$. Had less than 500$ in it. I was comfortable thinking i could double my money.

I sold the truck within a month for 10k. (Little more than an 8k profit)

I do this day in day out. One thing ive always told people is something is worth only as much as someone would pay.

And a boat like the ops is as far from stock as you can possibly get. If he asks 7k for it without the motor. There will be someone who would pay for it. Would i? No probably not. But someone wants a boat like that, and doesnt have the means to do it themselves.

Imo ask for whatever price you want to get out of it. If it doesnt sell bring it down a little. You can always bring the price down but kinds difficult to take it higher.

And id also consider selling it as a complete setup. Or have the option to buy it without the motor.

 

[BigSwole]

And it is a 12 year old boat. For the work that has been put in it.

For the hull only

2k bare hull
3.5k materials
1k labor (cheap labor huh)
______________

6.5k total

To get a boat to similiar construction.

Yeah you could go get a new hull for that. But it would be bare. 90% of people wouldn't get it to thia level of workmanship.

So i have 6-8k to spend and i can buy a bare hull brand new.

Or one done completely the way i would want it for the same price, which might have a dent or scratch...

Seems like a no brainer. I know which one i would pick...

Plus we all saw the build. We all know it was a quality build. He said up front that he had a leak on the keel and that he fixed it...

He could have hid that info and im guessing that ANY potential buyer would not know any difference.

I asked about the boat and 2 local friends of his are interested it. They know more about the boat than some of us ever will. They've probably seen the good and bad of the boat.

If they are still interested in it and have first hand knowledge than maybe some od yall have jumped to believe the damage is actually worse than it really is.

Glws!

 

[clark3]

And it is a 12 year old boat. For the work that has been put in it.

For the hull only

2k bare hull
3.5k materials
1k labor (cheap labor huh)
______________

6.5k total

To get a boat to similiar construction.

Yeah you could go get a new hull for that. But it would be bare. 90% of people wouldn't get it to thia level of workmanship.

So i have 6-8k to spend and i can buy a bare hull brand new.

Or one done completely the way i would want it for the same price, which might have a dent or scratch...

Seems like a no brainer. I know which one i would pick...

Plus we all saw the build. We all know it was a quality build. He said up front that he had a leak on the keel and that he fixed it...

He could have hid that info and im guessing that ANY potential buyer would not know any difference.

I asked about the boat and 2 local friends of his are interested it. They know more about the boat than some of us ever will. They've probably seen the good and bad of the boat.

If they are still interested in it and have first hand knowledge than maybe some od yall have jumped to believe the damage is actually worse than it really is.

Glws!

LOL, you'd pay 6500$ for a 12 year old boat that you won't be able to insure much over NADA when you can get a brand new 2012 built to your specs with a warranty for 8500$? No you wouldn't. Hell take a brand new sea ark, they sell for what 5-6k new put 3500$ into it and you have a brand new boat for a few thousand more.

No one is discounting this mans fabrication skills, the only person who would use your philosophy is someone uneducated on boats.

Do you know anything about aluminum? You know it cordes over time like anything else right? You know what the life expectancy is on 5086 and 5052 alloys? I don't know if sea ark even used 5086 back then.

Second the boat has had a few issues has it not? The OP has stated it has had issues with cracks in the keel and with the back of the boat flexing/warping so the hull is showing its age. Even though he is a great fabricator whats next on the list to crack? Sure he redid the inside of the hull, the outside is 12 years old still, and that's what
Matters.

And lastly you'll never get out of a boat what you put it in.

Again no ones is selling this guy short of his project, it's remarkable what he did but a buyer would completely disregard all of that.

 

[WBG444]

Blah blah blah I'm a dirty slut...

 

[TXBA]

:laugh: That's a $4000 trailer!!!

without a doubt!! those aluminum trailers for 6k by themselves!!!

 

[Bryant]

Blah blah blah I'm a dirty slut...

And I like TURTLES

 

[TXBA]

not even worth getting in this discussion lol ill just follow along

 

[Quackhead]

id put 8 on it and see what happens

 

[Quackhead]

And I like TURTLES

turtles are kinda cute

 

[Bryant]

turtles are kinda cute

Glad im not the only one who thinks so :duh: lol

 

[Gbollom]

And it is a 12 year old boat. For the work that has been put in it.

For the hull only

2k bare hull
3.5k materials
1k labor (cheap labor huh)
______________

6.5k total

To get a boat to similiar construction.

Yeah you could go get a new hull for that. But it would be bare. 90% of people wouldn't get it to thia level of workmanship.

So i have 6-8k to spend and i can buy a bare hull brand new.

Or one done completely the way i would want it for the same price, which might have a dent or scratch...

Seems like a no brainer. I know which one i would pick...

Plus we all saw the build. We all know it was a quality build. He said up front that he had a leak on the keel and that he fixed it...

He could have hid that info and im guessing that ANY potential buyer would not know any difference.

I asked about the boat and 2 local friends of his are interested it. They know more about the boat than some of us ever will. They've probably seen the good and bad of the boat.

If they are still interested in it and have first hand knowledge than maybe some od yall have jumped to believe the damage is actually worse than it really is.

Glws!

Well hell my truck NADA's for over 20k, its got at least 8k worth of aftermarket parts on it(not counting labor) so will you buy it for 28K?? If so ill be home on the 28th

 

[BigSwole]

Well hell my truck NADA's for over 20k, its got at least 8k worth of aftermarket parts on it(not counting labor) so will you buy it for 28K?? If so ill be home on the 28th

No thanks gbollom. But check out mautofied.com

Youd be suprised at what you could actually sell it for. Suckers spend money every day of the week.

 

[jeffrm20]

No thanks gbollom. But check out mautofied.com

Youd be suprised at what you could actually sell it for. Suckers spend money every day of the week.

I hate Mautofied, just a bunch of POS cars and trucks with pretty paint jobs. They sell for stupid prices, and I can't figure out why they get dooped into it!