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Old 10-16-2014, 03:36 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Mr. V View Post
Hello, inflation!
Inflation over the last 10 years has avereged less than 2.5% per year. That makes a $15000 boat in 1999 a <$22,000 boat in 2014, not $30,000.

I suspect some of the price increase may be due to economy of scale too. When you make fewer boats, it costs more to make each boat (on a per-boat basis).
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