does anybody use the kelly blue book when buying a car? why don't they use their sister site www.nada.com when buying a boat. it tells what the boat is worth. its crazy that people are charging 10k more than its worth, just because people dont know about the site. pass it on so we all can afford a better boat.

I tried it with my boat and it does not give you the option to put all the extra goodies that I have done to my boat. I am sure my boat is worth a lot more than it is stating. If you are trying to sell a stock boat then it's good other than that it's a waste of time.

The three or four jet boats I looked for I could nod not find or they did not have that year listed. So it's obviously not that reliable for detirmining how much boats are worth.
I feel it's all about how much fun you can have it!!

I think the bottom line is you should do your own homework when buying a boat. I wouldnt rely on a website to tell me how much a boat is worth.

Shop around, ask questions, look at many sites and compair, get a feel for the market.

....and if someone has an asking price youre unhappy with, find another boat.

deviatedclothing: In another thread you mentioned you were looking for a Daytona. These are very saught after hulls and have a demand, this is why they might be priced a bit higher then you expected and are priced much higher then NADA lists them.

Personally, I dont think you can compair KBB to NADA along the lines of jetboats. NADA does not have a solid database of boats. There was a large amount of boat hull manufactures in the 70's. It seemed as if every street corner in California had a shop pumping out hulls. Most were copies and rip offs of other well established hulls.

Today, there are only a handfull of companys still offering jetboat hulls. Thus why the used market has a large demand.

Good luck with your boat shopping!

-Goad