Prob the worst i've ever read on TFF.

Do you not remember the be-heading of the fish thread?

Nah...I've seen full blown stupid and this is mildly stupid.

I thought these type of new vs used, cash vs finance buying threads occured only over on BBC where more of the old guys hang out.

When I see new boat prices....I cringe.
Love my 96' BassCat more every day.
Buy used, get ready to spend a little on upgrades and repairs.
New boats are nice, beautiful, and not worth the $.

Lots of guys drive $75,000 4x4 lifted trucks that never tow more than a flat bed with a lawn mower on it, or get off a smooth gravel road, lots of wanna be Bad Boys riding $25,000 Harleys to their $15 hour job and never take their family on a vacation, Pretty Boys driving high dollar cars that probably cost more to lease than their apartment. Same thing with boats. Lake is full of folks in $70,000 wake board boats towing little rubber rafts around, probably picked the boat out based on how loud the sound system is. Some guys buy brand new high dollar bass boats because they look cool as hell and run 90mph.

EGO has always driven guys to spend a sheet ton more money on sheet they can't afford and really have no real need for.

Plenty of guys out there that can easily afford those things as well, whether they really get any more actually benefit from it over something 1/3 the price or not. Hell, I've got a gun safe full of high dollar guns I rarely shoot. I need maybe 3 or 4 of them for variety of hunts, and one pistol for carry.

I hear Obumer is buying a 15 Mil house at Martha's Vineyard. I'm guessing he should rent.

Everything true but my boat will only run 'bout 80, so please revise that sentence.

So, boat prices huh......

Yeah, boat prices have gone up and are high; boats, motors, electronics and trolling motors are bigger and better but something has not changed and that is most boat salesman suck.

To each his own. Some people like to have lavish homes, i prefer to live in a cardboard box and eat spam to offset my boat, graphs and rods, we will worry about the small stuff later. Lol

economies of scale?

If you really think "ALL" people who own new things including boats are upside down on them or even have a loan for that matter you've lost your mind. I buy lots of new stuff vehicles, boats, houses. I have paid cash for all of it so what you think of people who have big loans doesn't even apply to me, but what happened to not caring what other people do with their money as long as they provided for their family? Who gives a rats a$$ if Johnny is upside down on a boat if he has a roof over his family's head, food on the table and all of their other needs taken care of. I wouldn't ever take a loan on a $75,000 boat, but I don't care if Johnny does. That's his business. Why do I want to be all up in his business? I have my own to take care of. Every time this topic gets brought up the whole thread reeks of jealousy. I see no other reason than jealousy that anybody would waste their time worrying about what new cool toy somebody owes a bunch of money on.

Because this countries appetite for debt is eventually going to cause big problems for some generation, the can is just being kicked down the road. We have a neighbor with a big "stop over spending" sticker on his truck and he catches lots of grief for it but he's right.

I have paid $1,225 a month for 17 years (mortgage, prop tax & insurance) for a total out of pocket $249,900. I am getting ready to sell. I will walk away with $200,000 after selling expenses. That leaves me with $49,900 out of pocket for 17 years living in a nice neighborhood. This does not include the income taxes saved by deducting property tax and mortgage interest.

Good for you pchapin and a wise purchase. You can raise a family and provide shelter for them while at the same time increasing value in a home, can't do that in a boat. Comparing a home purchase to a boat purchase is just flat ignorant.