Who on earth would buy this ?!?

Chattwake · Last edited by Chattwake on May 11, 2007 11:21 am; edited 1 time in total

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-GEKKO-REVO-7-1-BALLAST-SPEAKERS-LIGHTS-LOADED_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ63686QQihZ017QQitemZ270112907130QQrdZ1

A Gekko?? for $54k ARE YOU KIDDING ME! WTF?? This has got to be a joke. I can't see anyone on planet earth buying this.

Chattwake · Posted: May 11, 2007 9:48 am Post subject:

Is it just me or does everything on this boat look cheap and/or outdated? I mean, the damn thing looks like a 17 foot bayliner. Maybe I could understand if it was like $25k or something....

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

I'd hurry up and use the "Buy it Now" option before it's too late.

Chattwake · Posted: May 11, 2007 9:50 am Post subject:

You have to be Shaquille O'Neil just to put your boards in the freaking racks!

Hollywood · Posted: May 11, 2007 9:59 am Post subject:

02lightning, the racks can be lowered. Have you seen the Barney boat?

Chattwake · Posted: May 11, 2007 10:03 am Post subject:

No, the Barney boat?

I know the racks can be lowered, but it's the principle of the thing. You take a crappy looking boat to a boat show, advertise it for a rediculous price, and you don't have enough sense to put the racks at a reasonable height.

This thing was probably built by a bunch of guys that have never even ridden or understand the sport.

At the end of the day, the thing's just fugly.

Gonger · Newbie Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 11 City: cole harbour

So who cares?

Don't buy it.

Blindside_137 · Posted: May 11, 2007 10:54 am Post subject:

hhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm, It's a toss up up between this and a 52K VLX

Chattwake · Posted: May 11, 2007 11:06 am Post subject:

It's funny that, just because a boat is a "wakeboard boat" companies think that its ok to charge an insane sticker price for their boats.

paus21 · Posted: May 11, 2007 11:15 am Post subject:

Where is the bottom row of pics from? Thats not the same boat.

jhilly8982 · Addict Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 782 City: Northville

do you get two of those boats for 54k?

devon · Posted: May 11, 2007 1:19 pm Post subject:

its a very nice boat, i would love to have it but for 54 k thats a bit much
i would definately rather go for a used malibu or something
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Dragonlady8 · Black Widow Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 9198

So wakeboarding is a snob sport all about fashion and who can afford the most expensive gear?
I must have missed that meeting and didn't get to read the memo. Rolling Eyes

pilot_ryder · Posted: May 11, 2007 2:05 pm Post subject:

the outside is not for me but i dont see anything wrong with the inside, personal preference. maybe you like more of an i/o look and want an inboard?

SeaLyon · Posted: May 11, 2007 2:13 pm Post subject:

Wonder if it leakes lime juice Mr. Green

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

That's what you fill the tank with.

Tyler T · Posted: May 11, 2007 2:31 pm Post subject:

Rhawn · Posted: May 11, 2007 2:34 pm Post subject:

I'm sorry, the looks nothing like a 54 thousand dollar boat. Plain jane, uninspired, with an horrid color.

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

To answer your question: Who on earth would buy this? The guy that went to the TomCat dealer but they were sold out. I think they are running a horserace for the ugliest boat competition.

Chattwake · Posted: May 11, 2007 5:31 pm Post subject:

my point is that this boat is outrageously expensive and ugly for what you get. I'm just shocked at the price is all. I was curious as to whether this seemed out of line to anyone else.

Anthony Csogor · Outlaw Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 214 City: keswick

hooooooooooooooooooootinany!

Boy id like tah slip and slide, wax and max my engines on that hot route. Gimme a couple corona's, with a lime that matches the colour of that boat, and ill be set like an alchoholic with a Texas mickey of cold hard tequila.

--cresko-- · Soul Rider Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 496

I was suprised that I went to the OKanangan last summer and saw at least 4 Gekko's. Personally I would never buy one, look terrible, i cant say much performance wise but I highly doubt it would out do any wakeboard boat. And the worst part is there is like 5 dealers, if you ever had a problem.....you would be lost. Neutral

matt1808 · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Posts: 1981

I didn't even know Gekko was still around.

nickl011 · Posted: May 12, 2007 5:46 pm Post subject:

That boat is still on auction? Apparently that was the runt of the wake boat litter. I saw this boat on ebay auction in february.

wakeboarderdave1 · Posted: May 13, 2007 7:27 am Post subject:

RUSSIAN · Posted: May 13, 2007 10:48 am Post subject:

for 54k they could alteast put hard tanks in it

rowlex · Outlaw Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Posts: 207 City: seattle

i bet it would be cheap to insure through geico........ Smile

H20orSnowLetsGo · Posted: May 13, 2007 2:31 pm Post subject:

If I won it, I'd own it with pride... but paying 54k for that? Too many better looking paint jobs on other boats if one has that much to spend

Chattwake · Posted: May 14, 2007 4:35 am Post subject:

That's my point. There's a price at which this boat becomes worth buying I'm sure, but it's not 54k. That's more than I paid for my boat....

timmyDecker · Outlaw Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 187 City: Manhattan...KS

02lightning, you paid less than 54K for your boat?! That's awesome!! I figured that thing was around $60K.

As for the Gekko, I guess I don't hate it as much as everyone else here, but I'm not seeing $54K either. And if I had that much to spend on a new boat, I doubt it would be a Gekko...

Johny_WA · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 231 City: Longview, Wa

After working on gekkos, and specifically the Revo 6.2, this boat is amazing. It is meant for the big boys. It looks and responds different than any other wakeboard specific boat and that is part of its appeal. Most people want a wakeboard style boat, cause they are hip and trendy. Some people want something else.. this would be the something else.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

jhilly8982 · Addict Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 782 City: Northville

Johny_WA, who are the big boys? what kind of response is different than any other wakeboat? i don't see the appeal.

You say most people want a wakeboard style boat because they are hip and trendy...do you mean everyone in the market for a boat?! How is this boat something else?

WIsconsIN · Posted: Jun 03, 2007 4:36 am Post subject:

We went to this marina near my house once and my dad asked to look at some "wakeboard boats".. The sales guy, who looked about 20, led us past a full showroom of Bu's with towers, the Wake specific ones, far across this huge lot of fishing boats, to this tiny little red Gekko with a pylon and not even any seats, except for the driver's one. He started to explain why the boat was "wake specific".. Me and my dad left Very Happy

nickl011 · Posted: Jun 03, 2007 9:48 am Post subject:

My neighbors used to have one. After a year the traded it in for a wakesetter Mr. Green