Boat Sales really are HOT!!!
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2020 7:58 am
So my friend has been thinking about upgrading his 19' SeaRay bow rider for awhile. I've tried to convince him to get a pontoon, but he always counters that he doesn't need to because I have one. LOL. Since we slip next to each other, it's really pretty true.
He routinely scans the website of the marina/dealer where we've both bought boats in the past, to see if anything interesting pops up in the used market. Sure enough, a 25' Sea Ray SLX that we both looked at new two years ago was now for sale used. Turns out the original buyer bought it, put it in the boatel for two years, and NEVER used it. So he's selling it. My buddy put a deposit on it, but the contingency was he had to sell his boat within a week. So we dropped his boat off a the dealer yesterday morning at 10:30, so they could try and broker/sell it for him. Three hours later, his boat was sold!! We also found out in that three hours, there were three more offers for the boat he wants to buy.
It's a crazy market. So if anybody is thinking about selling, now is a great time to do it. Of course, if you want to replace your current boat, inventory is slim and waits for new boats are months long.!!
He routinely scans the website of the marina/dealer where we've both bought boats in the past, to see if anything interesting pops up in the used market. Sure enough, a 25' Sea Ray SLX that we both looked at new two years ago was now for sale used. Turns out the original buyer bought it, put it in the boatel for two years, and NEVER used it. So he's selling it. My buddy put a deposit on it, but the contingency was he had to sell his boat within a week. So we dropped his boat off a the dealer yesterday morning at 10:30, so they could try and broker/sell it for him. Three hours later, his boat was sold!! We also found out in that three hours, there were three more offers for the boat he wants to buy.
It's a crazy market. So if anybody is thinking about selling, now is a great time to do it. Of course, if you want to replace your current boat, inventory is slim and waits for new boats are months long.!!