Newbie@boats
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Apr 6, 2010
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- 561
I was just randomly browsing eBay throughout the week and found a 2005 Bayliner 185(I know I know) pictures looked good enough buy it now was $8,000 no reserve. So I put my max bid at $3,000 and ended up winning the boat and almost brand new trailer(2024) for $2500! I thought to myself this seller will cancel the transaction for sure. Well they didn’t I paid and picked it up today. Original owner boat, all original paper work, extended swim platform, a book of maintenance records from the marina, boat runs and preforms flawlessly. 3.0 mercrusier, they paid $3,300 for the trailer 2 years ago. As much as I like my rinker 192 I think I will be keeping this Bayliner. Zero soft spots anywhere, I thought for sure I’d find some. They threw in 3 anchors, rope, life jackets, bumpers, literally everything needed for the water. They were an older couple who retired and bought a pontoon boat instead. The back to back seats were replaced due to kneeling on the driver side seat so it split. They ended up changing both because they didn’t want them mismatched. Minus a vacuum and a wash I’m still shocked at how well this deal worked out.
