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We just closed on our "new to us" boat. We spent 6 months and looked at around 20 boats. We made offers on 5. Two of the owners were out of line with their asking prices and refused to negotiate, didn't want to sell or needed the $? Two sold their boats to other buyers for less than we had offered, with contract signed (by us) and deposit check in our broker's hand. So there are some issues with some sellers which escape my comprehension. Boat 5 was bought for about 12% above NADA avg., with survey and sea trial.
An interesting note: This boat was "sold" about the time we started looking. However the deal fell through. It seems the potential buyer was senile, he remembered he was buying the boat but forgot from whom or where the boat was! So the oddities can occur on the buyers end as well.
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