Wow! This topic drew a lot of responses! Obviously folks are passionate about their Monty's. I guess I would agree with a statement that has already been posted in one of those responses. My opinion would be that a boat, any boat, is worth whatever a person is willing to pay for her. Take me for example. If I was to tell you how much I have invested in Dauntless, our M23, a lot of folks would think that I had a screw loose. And that's saying nothing of all the free labor invested. But, it has been worth it to me as I have wanted to own an M23 since I was a little squirt. Will we ever sell her. Sure we will. Eventually we will probably want to move on up to a Norsea 27 (another Lyle Hess design of course). At that point I will have to put a dollar value on her and then see if anyone else out there thinks that she's worth what I think she's worth. One thing is for sure, though. Many folks will surely not agree that she's worth whatever we will ask for her. And that's OK!!! I hold no ill feelings for those that are shopping for the "deal". Although these "deal shoppers" have taken a few hits, I would guess that many of us, myself included, would jump on any great deal we could find on a Monty in a heartbeat and feel good about being a prudent shopper. Of course, it's always the buyers prerogative, if they don't want to be a "deal shopper" to make the deal to buy the boat and then throw in some extra money over and above the asking price to make everyone feel good! I hope that one of those folks decides they want to buy an M23 when the time comes!!! :-) Now don't get all riled up. I'm just poking a little fun here. I do agree that buying a Monty for a good price is one thing................................contacting an owner that has a boat for sale for a stated price and then knit-picking the boat apart in order to haggle the price down is another. That gets old real quick and is a good way to offend the seller. If I look at a boat and don't agree with the price I may make an offer but I preface it with "I'm not saying that this is what your boat is worth but just that this is what it is worth to me at this point." If the seller wants to know why I will explain my reasoning if not I just thank them for giving me the opportunity to view the boat and move on. I relinquish the soapbox!!!! On another note San Juans is just around the corner!!!!!!!!! Where are we going Larry??? The anticipation is killing us!!!!! woohooo!! Sean PS We just returned from 5 days of scuba diving in Cozumel, Mexico. If you ever get the chance to go there...DO IT! It was fabulous. The diving was like being inserted into a National Geographic video and the people there were awesome. They treated us like kings! Like nothing we have ever done before. We will surely go back again!
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