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Originally Posted by WetWilly
Hi stereoman405, “between $12,000 and $15,000”, do you really think so? The reason I ask is that for what appears to be non "Z" model with little in the way of extras with the smaller of the two motor options (now there's nothing wrong with the smaller motor) and what appears to be a replacement trailer I'd say NADA is pretty close with the $8000. Then again, it’s what the market demands right?
So welcome to the club Daniel and in my opinion, $5200 over NADA is a bit much for a 204 Jubilee. In the end, it's worth what you're willing to spend, regardless of whether the price is over or under what NADA says. I would try bargaining with him and if he isn't responsive, show him the NADA report. It's just possible he doesn't really know what its worth and he's just following the advice of others and trying to get the most for his Mariah and we can’t blame him for that can we…..
Well good luck and I hope to see you back as a new Mariah owner! 
WetWilly
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I might be a
little on the high side, but our boat market is always higher than the rest of the country. Kinda hard to explain. Maybe all the fresh water lakes in our area? Limited supply of good used boats compared to the demand? I do a side hobby of buying used boats, cleaning them up and selling. For reference I sold a BASE '93 Blue Water, 18', sport seating with carb'd 4.3 last spring for $7,600, and I had over 15 calls on it over the 4th of July weekend.
You can't touch a
clean 20' open bow for under $10,500 - $12,000 around here as a general rule of thumb unless it has a really dated design. I was giving it a little extra due to being a deck boat, which are as hard as heck to find used up here. I always have to throw NADA out the window due to our unique market.
This is assuming a 'normal' economy though, so I might have to throw this method out the window this year. I'm currently sitting on three boats that I'm listing next week.
Keep in mind that NADA sometimes doesn't include trailer value, AND a big one, their site only shows 'Low' and 'Average' value. I've found that my bank has a 'High' value that is 10% - 15% higher then the online 'Average', and is what they base their loans off of.
I could be WAAAAAAY off, but been doing this for a few years and the trend has been pretty solid.
Interested in 1998 20 foot Jubilee 204
