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Old 06-23-2014, 12:55 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by piemma View Post
You're not gonna like this but, IMO, you shouldn't consider a new boat. You can get great deals on slightly used boats and don't have to deal with immediate depreciation. Average first year depreciation on resale is 20%. So if you pay $30K you lost $6K as soon as you splash it.

To paraphrase from the "National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation", where Clark Griswald heads back to the blackjack table with a boatload of money, and the dealer says to him:

"I'll tell you what, why don't you give me half the money you were going to spend on a boat, we go out back, and I kick you in the nuts and call it even?"


Good luck, hope you get the boat you want!

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