Second hand dinghy prices.
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Category: Dinghy classes
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Topic: Second hand dinghy prices.
Posted By: tickel
Subject: Second hand dinghy prices.
Date Posted: 17 Jul 06 at 11:53pm
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This evening I sold a Javelin on ebay. Not a bad old boat usable sails, a couple of kites, a seviceable cover
and a combi. How much did it go for? £428. I am not complaining as I think we made a profit after a couple of good seasons but...last year I sold a Zoom on ebay. What the hell is a zoom I hear you say? Well its one of those laser clones that never made it. The Zoom went for £480, a very good profit since it only cost £15.00. The point I wish to make is, have you noticed that total crap with gafs and clinker and unknown classes or origins go for good money whereas "propper old racers are hard to sell. Please discuss. ------------- tickel |
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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 18 Jul 06 at 12:51am
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ebay is a very variable place for buying things. Bought a CD a while back for 15 quid, sold it for 25 2 weeks later as I did not like it. It's a fair bit of luck as to sho spots the sale and so bids (or not) ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: m_liddell
Date Posted: 18 Jul 06 at 11:55am
| Ebay is not the best place to sell boats. |
Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 18 Jul 06 at 12:50pm
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The thing that always make me laff if that crap boats usually have no reserve and a low starting price so people are tempted to bid but mainstream racing dinghies usually have a high starting point and a reserve so nobody bids. Saw a Laser II with a starting point of £2,600 the other day ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 18 Jul 06 at 2:12pm
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E-bay's a good place to sell a Topper that way. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Topper-Sailing-Dinghy-Complete_W0QQitemZ120006152217QQihZ002QQcategoryZ98955QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem - See for yourself!
anyone you know? ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC 
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Posted By: Charlie
Date Posted: 18 Jul 06 at 3:15pm
| If you are selling a laser with a sail number past the 120,000 mark then ebay is superb, they seem to go for ridiculous money, especially if the fancy XD bits have been added to the boat. I was thinking of just buying them cheap from the ad's in the back of Y&Y and class association and then just relisting on ebay. Unfortunately i'm lazy and never got round to it though. |
Posted By: m_liddell
Date Posted: 18 Jul 06 at 8:33pm
| I would never buy a boat without looking at it first. Do people bid without taking a look? |
Posted By: tickel
Date Posted: 18 Jul 06 at 10:39pm
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People do bid without seeing and somtimes without expert knowledge. I sold a Lark on ebay 3 years ago for £300. It was no 21 by the way. When we delivered it to two very nice chaps living together who obviously had no experience. It did prick my concience a bit but I made sure that they had lifejackets ect. so we buggered off. The following year old No.21 "Purple Myrtle" turned up at the Southport 24 having been purchased on ebay the day before. The sail was wrapped arround the mast and it was obvious that owning it had not been a happy experience! It blew old boots that year and these cool guys who had purchased it sailed it to destruction. The next day, monday its remains were back on Ebay, bet they did'nt make a profit. ------------- tickel |
Posted By: fizzicist
Date Posted: 18 Jul 06 at 11:56pm
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THAT is the way to do Southport! I remember trying not to grin like an idiot when I had to return my Dad's brand spanking new Ent to the shore with a load of broken wood where the kicker used to be mounted to the mast post. It was rather windy (1997). Perhaps we should start a regatta open only to boats aquired on ebay within the last 2 months for less than £500? ------------- Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer. |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 19 Jul 06 at 12:31pm
Less than £100 would be better! And the cost of a large roll of duck tape! ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: rogerd
Date Posted: 19 Jul 06 at 3:26pm
| You talking CVRDA again Rupert. Most of the Merlins there were given away and Chirs sailed for a year with tape holding his boat together. |
Posted By: MikeBz
Date Posted: 20 Jul 06 at 8:46am
| I love the charm of traditional handbuilt boats, but I wonder what was so special about http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=010&item=200005789059&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 - this one??? |
Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 20 Jul 06 at 10:56am
Don't know what is special but the seller must have a deal with the post office:
 ------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
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