I buy at bacons on a regular basis. Somethings are a great deal and othesr are so-so... take for instance the chart kit I bought $20 this past week. Books at less than a 1/4 of thier value. As with any 'thrift' shop you have to know what you are getting and what it is worth on the retail market. MOST used marine goods shops use the West Marine catalog as thier pricing guide.
I recently bought a faucet for my foot pump for $10. It was brand new. However the shower sump was listed at $89 and they would not come down off the price. I can get a new one at defender for $87.10 and the boat show price is $80..the West Marine price is $124.95. Places like that are good for odd parts or things you might need, not brand new in the box stuff.. I have a propane stove on hold for $250. It is a Hillerange, I will have it professionally installed and still save buttloads in the long run. Don's Salvage in Large Fl is a huge place... there is a trick to getting a deal but I doubt you guys would be willing to wear a miniskirt, low cut top and flirt with Billy to get it... (evil grins)... YMMV. 'bella c.l.o.d. On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:37 AM, ken <[email protected]> wrote: > Be careful when buying from a marine consignment shop, they used to be > places to get good deals but in the last 15 or 20 years, not so much. > > I recall looking for a wind generator recently, all across the US they > wanted up to 2/3 the cost of brand new, for old, obsolete, unsupported, > iffy generators! That just makes no sense. It seems that folks who bring > stuff in believe that if they just wait long enough, there is always a > sucker. Maybe they are right but folks like me won't buy then. > > Instead what I did was I found a new still in box wind genny for 1/4th > the cost of manufactures list price on Amazon. Hard to beat. I think > with deals like that consignment shops are pricing themselves out of > business eventually. > > At Bacons, years ago, they wanted 70% the cost of new for old, bent, > corroded hawspipe covers. I couldn't talk them down so I just bought > new. Some sucker prob bought those thinking it was a good deal. > > Kinda reminds me of pawn shops nowadays. > > Ebay can have some good deals though, and not all consingment shops are > like that, the one in ST. Augistine FL always had reasonable prices. -Ken > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -- IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is not authorised (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating social faux pas. No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email, although the Yorkshire terrier next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you. Those of you with an overwhelming fear of the unknown will be gratified to learn that there is no hidden message revealed by reading this warning backwards, however, by pouring a complete circle of salt around yourself and your computer you can ensure that no harm befalls you and your pets. If you have received this email in error, please add some nutmeg and egg whites, whisk briefly and place it in a warm oven for 40 minutes. Let it stand for 2 hours before icing.
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