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Scrapmaker
Aside from a few fairly special boats, it seems like canoes on Craig's List, Ebay, the WCHA classifieds are moving pretty slowly these days. Some boats have been listed for many months and in some cases for over a year. I know of several that I watched last year that never sold...and the adds were pulled after months of listing. Some were re-listed and some were not.
So what are you seeing? Am I wrong? Are boats selling? If not, what is keeping them from selling?
So what are you seeing? Am I wrong? Are boats selling? If not, what is keeping them from selling?
- Is it pricing? I have seen some insane asking prices...certainly those canoes do not sell.
- Is it the brand? Are folks not interested in run of the mill and holding out for "the good ones"?
- Is it the color? There are a few restored boats at fair prices that seem to be stuck in limbo...wrong eyeball? What sells?
- Does size matter? Are folks really homed in on 15, 16 footers and letting the bigger ones go?
- Is it the correctness of the adds? Boats described as perfect that really are not...and the price based upon perfection? Or in one Ebay case, a canoe described as something it clearly is not...
- Are there too many available and not enough buyers? I know that I don't get tempted very often anymore.