[Rhodes22-list] Certified Used vs Recycled

[Todd Tavares]

OK now I am really confused.
 Is there a difference between buying a "Certified" used boat and buying a used boat with a "Certificate of Support"?

 (anyone with correct answers, please chime in)

 A certificate of support---- IIRC --- means that someone sells you their boat and pays General Boats a 5% commission...regardless of the media used to advertise. Stan then issues a numbered certificate of support, which entitles the new owner to some level of factory support. Since General Boats is in business to make money of the sale of new and "recycled" boats, this fee cover their time and labor when providing parts, consultation, etc., etc.



 .......or something like that.....







----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Osterbrock
Sent: 10/04/11 04:08 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Certified Used vs Recycled

 When I bought my Rhodes about 4 years ago from Stan I knew I could not afford a recycled Rhodes. I also suspected that in a few years due to changing circumstances I might want to move up to a larger boat. So I told him I was looking for a nice boat about fifteen years old that didn't need recycling. He eventually came up with a '94 and set me up with all the add on options I wanted and could afford. H e painted the hull and put on new bottom paint. When the boat was delivered I was very pleased . The cabin interior was beautiful not much different from brand new. The hull looked new, the deck and cockpit had a few minor gel coat stress cracks at the pulpits and mast step and had not been buffed out to a gloss but still looked very nice but not new. The boat came with no explicit warranty but every piece, sheet, line, and standard gadget was included. Everything on the boat worked as it should and still does today and it still looks great. I f you think you will be keeping the boat 10 or more years you could justify a recycled boat that has a warranty and looks brand new. We could not have been happier with our boat and like I originally suspected I have my eye on another beauty just a few feet longer and hope to move up by next spring. Good luck, Mark On Oct 4, 2011 9:41 AM, "butterchurn" <amazingmisterx at gmail.com> wrote: __________________________________________________ To subscribe/unsubscribe go to http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list For the list Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go to http://www.rhodes22.org/list __________________________________________________