[C320-list] Call For C320 Pricing Help

[Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com]

Oh my God! If your considering depreciation, resale value, data points, NADA,  etc...don't buy a boat...take your money, put into some nice, safe muni bonds and have no fun after retirement.

Otherwise, forget the financial crap, buy a boat and have a fantastic retirement!!!
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Regards,
OD

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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Frost" [john at frostnet.net]
Sent: 09/11/2007 04:33 PM
To: "'C320-List'" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Subject: [C320-list] Call For C320 Pricing Help

I have been trying to rationalize myself into buying a newish 320 for some
time now.

I have retired and want to move up from our 270 while we can still enjoy
sailing.

My problem has been the big depreciation I see when I compare the NADA used
price for an X year old 320 to the price of a new one (as quoted today).

Looked at that way, depreciation is steep.

 

However I have recently realized that the original sale prices of the older
boats were a lot less than they are now for today's boats, making comparison
to today's new prices meaningless.

In fact, the couple of data points I have raise the possibility that the
boats are not depreciating much at all, compared to their original sales
price. I have found one pricing guide that gives original retail but it cost
several hundred $, something I would rather spend on a GPS.

 

Now to my question, does anyone have a feel for what typical "as delivered"
prices were for some of the past years?

I am hoping this can push me to pull the trigger and buy.

 

Thanks!

 

Best Regards,

John 

 

 


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