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Some of you have seen this boat amongst the many Craigslist scam ads over the years, I actually saw it listed on Seattle Craigslist about a year ago...
Recently I had an old friend call me out of the blue and asked if I'd sell my boat, I had no plans to sell the boat but everything is for sale if the price is right! So I named my price and he called me back an hour later and said he'd take it.
So the search was on for a new boat, I knew I wanted a 210 so I hit some of the nation wide craigslist search engines and found a few boats that looked promising.
I was doing a google image search for 99 SAN because I was trying to remember the subtle differences from the 99 to the 00-01. So I click on this image linked to this stupid boats of the usa site and the ad was like over a year old, it did however happen to have a phone number. So the next day I called the number and this old guy answers, I ask for him by name and before I can even tell him what I'm calling about he interrupts me and says "I don't know who the **** this is, call me back and leave me a voicemail telling me who you are!" and hangs up on me.
I was totally put off and was kinda like whatever FU in the back of my mind, but I called back and left a voicemail saying who I was and wanted to know if he happed to have the boat still for sale. About an hour later I get a call back and he says sorry I get like 30 calls per day from people trying to sell me drugs from online pharmacies lol. So we chat about the boat for a bit, he wasn't that motivated to sell it and it's just been sitting in storage for the last 3 years or so since his kids are grown up and none of his friends are interested in going out on the lake with him at their age.
So... long story short I had to wait anxiously two weeks to get the cash for my old boat, booked a flight to Vegas and went to close the deal. The boat was everything he said it was for the most part, 274 original hours, a few little very minor cosmetic things that need to be fixed but the boat overall looks like it's maybe 3-4 years old. The trailer has a few rough spots but nothing too bad. He actually even had the Boat Trader from 2001 when he originally purchased the boat!
The boat gets delivered next week, sadly I'll be waiting a bit since boating season is definitely done here in the NW.
I already ordered 3 new Jabsco pumps, a pair of 750s and a triangle bow sack. I'll be ordering stereo parts this week and start all of that over the winter.
Recently I had an old friend call me out of the blue and asked if I'd sell my boat, I had no plans to sell the boat but everything is for sale if the price is right! So I named my price and he called me back an hour later and said he'd take it.
So the search was on for a new boat, I knew I wanted a 210 so I hit some of the nation wide craigslist search engines and found a few boats that looked promising.
I was doing a google image search for 99 SAN because I was trying to remember the subtle differences from the 99 to the 00-01. So I click on this image linked to this stupid boats of the usa site and the ad was like over a year old, it did however happen to have a phone number. So the next day I called the number and this old guy answers, I ask for him by name and before I can even tell him what I'm calling about he interrupts me and says "I don't know who the **** this is, call me back and leave me a voicemail telling me who you are!" and hangs up on me.
I was totally put off and was kinda like whatever FU in the back of my mind, but I called back and left a voicemail saying who I was and wanted to know if he happed to have the boat still for sale. About an hour later I get a call back and he says sorry I get like 30 calls per day from people trying to sell me drugs from online pharmacies lol. So we chat about the boat for a bit, he wasn't that motivated to sell it and it's just been sitting in storage for the last 3 years or so since his kids are grown up and none of his friends are interested in going out on the lake with him at their age.
So... long story short I had to wait anxiously two weeks to get the cash for my old boat, booked a flight to Vegas and went to close the deal. The boat was everything he said it was for the most part, 274 original hours, a few little very minor cosmetic things that need to be fixed but the boat overall looks like it's maybe 3-4 years old. The trailer has a few rough spots but nothing too bad. He actually even had the Boat Trader from 2001 when he originally purchased the boat!
The boat gets delivered next week, sadly I'll be waiting a bit since boating season is definitely done here in the NW.
I already ordered 3 new Jabsco pumps, a pair of 750s and a triangle bow sack. I'll be ordering stereo parts this week and start all of that over the winter.
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