New boat prices

On 4/16/2021 at 5:33 PM, BBuck said:

Same thing for trucks too. Unfortunately, I'm looking to get both and am getting sticker shock! Even looking at very used trucks and boats is way expensive now. I need to find an angry new divorcee to get any boat at a reasonable price these days. lol 

Here's where it's hit me. I had to replace my truck this past Nov and my wife desperately needs a new car as well. She has picked an exact match of a vehicle that checks all the boxes and twice it sold before we could make a short drive to see it. The third "photographed" well, I'll give it that. I told her we would have to get something close.

I do a number of big dealership tax returns as well as quite a few used car lots. My very best friend owns a big Ford dealership and he told me a few days ago that a truck going for $16k pre COVID was going for $25-28k today.

Now on the flip side I got into kayak fishing Sept '19 and my boat hadn't got wet since Aug '19 so after a little over a year of walking around it in the garage I sold it. I got $1200 more than I paid for it originally.