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Old 07-26-2010
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Boat listings are nearly complete fabrications, based on wistful memories of how the boat used to be, and the pictures are often years old. I would ignore any statements of condition and check everything out personally.

I wouldn't try to read anything negative into the bland statements you quote above, either, brokers aren't necessarily great writers and no broker is going to intentionally inject subtle hints that things are not all they seem.

Just ignore all the language that isn't explicitly stating something is bad, and check everything thoroughly.
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