PERSUADER

[Alan]

CAN ANY ONE TELL ME WHAT A REASONABLE ASKING PRICE WOULD BE FOR A 1993 PERSUADER OB WITH A 5.7 MAG. THE BOAT IS IN FANTASTIC CONDITION.

THANKS!

[Alan]

CAN ANY ONE TELL ME WHAT A REASONABLE ASKING PRICE WOULD BE FOR A 1993 PERSUADER OB WITH A 5.7 MAG. THE BOAT IS IN FANTASTIC CONDITION.

THANKS!

[Malibu]

What size is it????

Check Nada Guides.

http://www2.nadaguides.com/

http://www.checkmate-boats.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Alan]

Sorry it's a 218
I'm looking for my self. I already have a Senator with a BB. Would I be disappointed in the performance? My wife does not like the closed bow.
It's a local boat, I didn't even know it was in the area.
Thanks Again!

[Enforcer 24]

The link above in Malibu's post will tell you the average, high and low price for buying it from an individual. Enter the information they ask for and ta-da.....you have their "retail price." Really easy. Let us know if it a deal.

[Alan]

So the Boat is worth about 10500-11000 average price. It's above average condition but he's asking 17000. I could see several thousand more for something exceptional. But 4-5000 more? Isn't that a little out of line? I guess if I were selling my boat that's how I would price it. Any comments? Oh! it's a Persuader with a SB. Would I like it after having a Senator with a BB? I like the Senator,Im not sure the performance would be there with the Persuader.

[Craig]

I would assume you'd like the performance of the Persuader better.... I don't put much merit in the NADA suggested price. I've sold several boats over the years, and always ended up doing better then their prices. $17,000 seems a bit high, though. I think more around the lines of $13,000 would be fair assumming the hours are low and excellent condition. In my opinion, it's worth more then the NADA 10,500-11,000....You'd be looking at $35,000+ to buy it new.

I can think of a good example off hand that shows NADA is sometimes unrealastic. In 1998 I sold a 1987 Starflight with 200 merc in excellent condition for $14,000. At the time, the NADA retail high price with motor was at something like $7,000-$8,000. If someone would have offered me that at the time, I would have laughed them right off my property.

-Craig

[dgmccall]

For comparison, I just bought a 1992 Persuader 203 with the 5.7 merc for $8200. It was in good condition and had 420 hrs on the motor.

[Chris]

In general it's really, really hard to put a value on used boats. There are just soooo many variables.