Bella, While the wife looks better and hotter than anyone else in a miniskirt, I would scare the devil away so....
Noel 'bella wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[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. 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