[C320-list] Call For C320 Pricing Help

[Stan]

Hi John,

I'm with Orlando on this one.  There's more than one way to calculate ROI.
Calculate the many hours of enjoyment of a new boat and factor that against
the depreciation..  Initial maintenace for the first few years is nil.  You
will have the latest and greatest from Catalina, Raymarine, etc..

If you're buying the boat based on what you can resell it for . . . buy the
Muni bonds or an old boat.

 . . . John, go for it.  You will not be disapointed.  And if you still have
to know . . . 2000 C320 loaded up, $120K USD.

Good luck.

Stan
"Our Little Amusement" #744


On 9/11/07, John Frost <john at frostnet.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Stan
"Our Little Amusement"
C320  #744
N 36 03' 15"
W 114 48' 16"
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