2012 RZ2 Considering Selling

[Moki]

I fully disagree with you Nobdy. I put this out there in another thread. We bought an Axis brand new in 2010 for 48k. Owned it for 15 months and put 250 hours on it. Traded it in for 45k. That isn't even 10% depreciation. Boat was then listed for 49k and sold the first day the dealer listed it. I'm not sure what it sold for. However there was no 20% depreciation.

There is usually a big depreciation for the first year, you have to pay the salesman commissions, the dealers overhead in building and marketing, etc. You may have gotten 45K credit, but it could have been a shell game where they didn't give you as good as deal if it were cash vs. trade-in. Or you just bought and sold at the right time!

[Bruizza]

Deal was done at the boat show. However framework was done last Oct and was just finalized at the boat show. I still think 20% depreciation the first year is high. 10-12% seems more reasonable to me.

[Nobody]

Deal was done at the boat show. However framework was done last Oct and was just finalized at the boat show. I still think 20% depreciation the first year is high. 10-12% seems more reasonable to me.

Of course Blue Book is totally bogus, but NADA and Black book show 20% or more. Unfortunately boats are not like cars, one model can vary greatly over another "same" model by as much as 20K.

Welcome to the 20 percent club.