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Eyedocron
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03/10/2017 10:33AM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
I have a 14 ft custom made fiberglass canoe in fine shape. Weighs 65 lb. My son's coworker wants to buy it, but I do not know what price to ask. Suggestions? Pictures attached.
 
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Alan Gage
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03/10/2017 11:12AM  
Tough question. It all depends on the quality of the boat. Does "custom made" mean you made it in your garage or had it custom made by a canoe builder? If a builder then who was the builder? What makes it custom? Is there anything special about it? How much does it weigh? How old?

Unless there's something unique to make it desirable I'd expect it to only be worth $200-300 if you put it on Craigslist. Maybe it's worth more than that to you and maybe it's worth more than that to your son's co-worker as well but in the grand scheme of things I'd guess that's the market value.

Alan
 
03/11/2017 06:03AM  

Home made versus custom made is a question. 14' tandems on today's market sell for 500-1000 new, so 300-500 depending on quality is a reasonable range. My two cents....
 
1JimD
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03/11/2017 08:41AM  
I'd say 65# 14 ft. is quite heavy in todays market.
It does look well used in the pics.
Honestly I'd expect $200-$300, maybe less.
Auction at Mid West Mountaineering coming up the end of April.

Jim
 
03/12/2017 12:36AM  
some canoes aren't worth much. this might be one of them.
 
03/14/2017 08:18AM  
I would be thinking closer to the $100 range.
 
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