Do you think this ebay listing is for real ?

[SkiTundra]

Certainly usual caution should be used and the boat checked out before money is released from escrow, but personally I don't see anything all that alarming. I looked at a bunch of used boats last year and a 3 or 4 year old boat with less than 50 hrs was NOT unusual (at least in MN/WI). We have a short season (as do some in CO) and many people do find that if they don't particularly care for a boat they don't use it as much. First time seller thing is a non issue IMHO. I think something like 97% of people in the US have never sold anything on ebay. Easy to imagine someone who's never used ebay and decided that this wasn't the right boat (or boat payment) for them and it's time to sell and ebay is a good way to do it.

[cotton]

Certainly usual caution should be used and the boat checked out before money is released from escrow, but personally I don't see anything all that alarming. I looked at a bunch of used boats last year and a 3 or 4 year old boat with less than 50 hrs was NOT unusual (at least in MN/WI). We have a short season (as do some in CO) and many people do find that if they don't particularly care for a boat they don't use it as much. First time seller thing is a non issue IMHO. I think something like 97% of people in the US have never sold anything on ebay. Easy to imagine someone who's never used ebay and decided that this wasn't the right boat (or boat payment) for them and it's time to sell and ebay is a good way to do it.

Good points/post!

[AirTool]

Agree with cotton and, help me out here, ....not sure the price is all that low for a 4-5 year old 196 in this market. Ebay auctions that don't sell usually peter out at about 80% of a fair price/reserve. Let's see what happens.

If it were close, I'd go look at it.

Thougts?

[cotton]

NADA's:


2005 196 SE $20,730 to $23,660
http://www.nadaguides.com/default.as...C&gc=mr&gtc=MR


2005 196 LE $21,600 to $24,660
http://www.nadaguides.com/default.as...C&gc=mr&gtc=MR


2005 196 TE $22,630 to $25,830
http://www.nadaguides.com/default.as...C&gc=mr&gtc=MR

I assume it's not a TE since there is no Tower in the picture; am I correct?

[CradGen2]

I'm pretty sure I found this boat on Craigslist using Searchtempest.com. Looks like it is at a dealer.

[j2nh]

TE would not necessarily have a tower.
Current bid at 19,100, whatever it is that is a heck of a deal.

[AirTool]

A tower was not available from the factory on a 196.

[slalomdude]

If one of the guys on here is the high bidder when it ends, be sure to keep us updated on the outcome of the sale. Cheers

[cotton]

High bid is still $19,100 with just over 1 hour left; might be fun to watch in the last few minutes.

[Quinner]

Like Spud mentioned, on an Australian trailer in Co? My guess would be it's a bogus sale.

[cotton]

Being a newbie this is probably a dumb question but here goes anyway: why would someone post up a bogus sale? What's the scam?

A new bidder just entered.

[cotton]

Winning bid $19,200

http://offer.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/...m=270371030366

[sstexan]

No registration on the boat??? Very fishy...My bet, is the winning bidder got an email that stated that he needs to wire or western union money($2,000 or something like it) to some random address in Bolivia or Romania and then the title will be sent.....That trailer does not look like a US trailer.... I am calling scam here. I hope the buyer does his homework....

[TRST]

I'm still curious about this one. I searched all the dealers with online inventory around Denver and never found the boat for sale local. I never got a response from the seller either.

[scoootnz]

Let me check with my Nautique dealer here I think this is a boat here in New Zealand hence the australian trailer.