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Bowen
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Brit Rider
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Damn!
even after i shipped that here to the UK it would only be £22k, those things passa round for no less than £30k.. ever.... Wow i wish i had $30 lying around right now.... 
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| That is nice, But i am thinking the engine has been through lots of saltwater |
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DavidHoff
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2005 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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But i am thinking the engine has been through lots of saltwater
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Or Has lots of salt water been through the engine...?  Just Messin...
Heck, If I had the money I would jump on that. 40 hours or less on a 2001 X-Star for as under-priced as It's being sold for, It takes no rocket scientist to point that steal out. 
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ferrarispider95
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Actually I dont really think it is a steal, its a good deal.
It is actually a 205v, take a look at the seats. Also looks like there is corrosion on the engine, specifically the manifolds from salt water. |
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Bowen
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ferrarispider95, touche'. I didn't see that it was the 205V...good eyes. It is still a very good deal though...depending on the reserve. If the reserve is 30 or under its a steal.
I don't think that much salt water could have been in it with less than 40 hours. Definitely corosion on the engine though...it looks like it wasn't flushed out w/ fresh water after its use. |
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Ruune
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thats 40 hours RUNNING... not exposure time. CoRRosion doesnt just happen while the boat is running. The boat has still been in or around salt water for 4 years.
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MHayes
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Good point Ruune.......another point I wanted to make is that it may look good in the pictures and seem to be a good deal, but there's nothing like seeing the boat in person. I've been looking at a lot of boats lately, and I can tell you that pictures and descriptions can be deceiving....seeing it up close and taking a good look at the condition of the hull, gelcoat and vinyl is priceless....just my 2 cents. |
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Hollywood
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2005 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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Wait to see if it even hits the reserve to call it a good deal. There are a lot of morons on Ebay placing huge reserves on items that never get met.
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ballywho
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I agree with ruuune It is a florida boat which I never buy. That is because down there the season is all year so the boat never gets hoistedto dry out the gel coat or glass. There s way more delam down there than u[p by me. Even hot water, like in fla. (hot being 70-90) acc. delam.
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nashvillematt
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It should tip you off that he does not even know what year it is. He even calls it an X-star...
Poor guy just travels too much to use his 50K X-star conversion. I guessI can call my 225 VRS an x-30.
You guys need to look at my 1999 x-30......well its really a 95' and the graphics make it what it is!! Good eyes on the 205 part!!
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Bowen
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| at 28.5k the reserve isn't met, it is no longer a steal. |
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Mr. Mutt
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| Posted: Mar 01, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like $30,400 was the winner...
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Brit Rider
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MrBlean, wow is a bit of a bargain.. its incredible how undervalued boats become just because they are "imports"...
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| Brit Rider wrote: | | MrBlean, wow is a bit of a bargain.. its incredible how undervalued boats become just because they are "imports"... |
I've been quoted £1250+VAT (from 2 different organisations) to get a boat CE approved but it's supposedly gonna get much more difficult/expensive next year. This RCD fiasco has spawned a whole new industry of organisations charging an arm and a leg to write out a bit of paper.
The vendors of that boat were hoping for £25k realising it would sell for less than a UK-spec boat. Had it been so £35k would have been more realistic.
Had it not been for my slalom interest, I would have been tempted myself.
In terms of "under-valuing", of course the dealer network loves this as it's a great put-off to importing a boat privately. Neither MC nor TV Ski will touch an import (or so they say), but if you could bring in a boat at half price and spend £1250 on it to make it kosher what would you do?
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tea boy
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| Did that X-star realy sell for that money, seem to remember at the time, it was sold by a car trader, and bought by a guy in the same area who also seem to buy and sell alot of cars on ebay.... He sure got a steal if thats all he paid. |
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MrBlean
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| tea boy wrote: | | Did that X-star realy sell for that money, seem to remember at the time, it was sold by a car trader, and bought by a guy in the same area who also seem to buy and sell alot of cars on ebay.... He sure got a steal if thats all he paid. |
That's what it says. There was no comment regarding the reserve not being met. I noted it's a non-standard trailer. If you were a trader you'd have to know something about boats and their value before committing that sort of money.
I spoke to the vendor and I have to say he wasn't quite as "on the ball" as I would have expected which put me off slightly.
When anything looks too good to be true it usually is.
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tea boy
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| Posted: Mar 02, 2005 3:21 am Post subject: |
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Just my sus. mind, a car dealer, who was selling is own boat, sells to another car dealer in the same area. Was he just testing the market, with the backup from a mate, sorry as you say, if things look to good to be true, well we know the rest !  |
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Fishmaster
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| Posted: Mar 02, 2005 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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When anything looks too good to be true it usually is.
That's one that will bite you even when you know better 
. . . = wisdom
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