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Originally Posted by fltsimguy
To me that seems to be exactly the problem, boats are just too expensive now for the utility they offer. We bought a 1998 Sea Ray 280SS new in the late 90's. A 280SLX today costs more than double what we paid for that boat 20 years ago. I understand inflation, and the new boat has a lot of new tech, but it's not that much nicer and it's so hard to justify that price. So we bought a 2008 300SLX instead last summer, for a fraction of the cost of a new boat, and looks brand new to us.
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I agree 100%. Some small boats will go up a few grand per next size up, Then when you get past 100k the next jump is another 100k. I remember looking at the boat show last year with some friends trying to figure out any other upgrade other than 2 extra feet of boat to justify a doubling of the price. I know there's more to it, but not to that extent.