Arbitrage at its finest. Saturday a Wenonah goes on clist for $750 and gets sold within hours, and now (Monday) it’s on clist 20 miles away trying to get $2,700.
That’s not just a quick buck, it’s a lot of quick bucks
Arbitrage at its finest. Saturday a Wenonah goes on clist for $750 and gets sold within hours, and now (Monday) it’s on clist 20 miles away trying to get $2,700.
That’s not just a quick buck, it’s a lot of quick bucks
Only if someone agrees to that asking price…
-sing
Honestly, the $2,700 price isn’t far off of a fair price for that canoe. I would be far more concerned about the ownership history of the first as $750 for $3700 canoes in good shape is way too low.
Yeah, ownership history is a concern when priced that low. But interestingly, both the original listing and the new listing have the serial number in the pictures, although it’s difficult to tell if it is intentional in both cases.
I’ve bought quite a few used kayaks (and other higher end sports gear) over the decades and often “too good to be true” prices turn up due to people liquidating estates full of objects that they know little and care less about other than to get some cash from them as readily as possible. And in more than one case I was able to learn that the seller had stumbled across the fabulous deal they were selling me for either free or for pennies on the dollar at auctions or estate sales.
On my end, I’ve sold cheap or even given away many items for which I might have held out for “fair market value” but did not feel like making the effort to market them and put up with tire kickers. Post it cheap and be quickly done with it. The older I get, the less time and effort I want to waste monetizing. Besides, I’ve loved some great bargains in my life: might as well give somebody else that thrill when I can.
I know if a bus were to hit me tomorrow my “heirs” would have neither the time nor patience to evaluate what they might get from offloading my massive hoard of kayak, canoe, bike, XC ski and camping/backpacking gear, let alone all my tools, sewing machines, books, artwork, archaeology and paleontology specimens, not to mention 2 vehicles and 2 trailers. With that in mind I have been trying to cull the “collections” in advance of my ever-nearing geezerhood and eventual demise in order to spare them that misery.
Just sayin’: sometimes a great deal is just a great deal, with no funny business involved.
Was news to me: There’s people who just sit around and go thru CL/FB/etc. buy things, then turn around and sell them for more. Guess it’s their job or something. I see a lot of nice houses in rural areas that sell “campfire wood” in bundles, 10 bucks per. I can’t see taking the time and effort to do that and it looks like the people living there don’t need to do that, but a whole lotta them do.
They probably value money and time differently than I do I guess.
When I used to go to gun shows a lot, I’d get their a bit early and would see people buying things from one guy’s table, then later, I’d see that item at their table, marked up, for sale.
So I think sometimes people are just waaay cheap, or frugal, or something I don’t understand.
A lot of people with more money than sense buy things like kayaks thinking, that seems like a cool thing to do. Then after trying it decide, that’s a lot harder than it looks, it’s hot, it’s a pain to transport a kayak and launch it, none of my friends are into it, etc. Then, after storing it for a year or so, decide to sell it. They often don’t particularly care what the paid for it but just want to sell and get rid of it. Maybe to make room for a new toy.
There are a lot of great deals out there. There are also people that track these sales and buy and resell boats for a profit, but not as much as other items. Kayaks and canoes are bulky and very expensive to ship.
I had a canoe stolen 15-years ago show up on Facebook this past June. It was stolen from the side of the road back in 2010 when I was walking back to get my car after a run.
I always wondered what happened to it - turns out it was about 10-miles from my house. They were only asking $45 - priced cheap for a quick sale. It got taken down shortly after I noticed it. The boat wasn’t in great shape 15-years ago - $45 was probably a fair price.
$2,700 on the other hand seems a little steep for the boat in the OP. I wouldn’t pay it, but maybe someone will - a lot of folks love 15’ Prospectors.