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Old September 20th 10, 04:02 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tim Mara
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Default Used glider values

I do see a lot of gliders change hands and essentially update the Wings &
Wheels Want-ads daily!
what many use as "selling" values are really not.but are the "Asking" prices
of gliders that have NOT been sold.....really, using someone else's asking
price as a standard or "selling" prices is of no value....if they were
"asking" the correct value then it stands to reason unless it is a very
unpopular type or a hard model to sell like "A" model S-H gliders that only
a mouse can fit it, big open class gliders or older big gliders and some
oddball types that few know much about, then it should get sold quickly and
therefore no longer be ON the Want-Ad's. Popular gliders advertised at the
correct values do get sold quickly and despite the lack luster economy
gliders are selling rather well as I see typically dozens change hands in
just a couple of weeks.
I have seen no trends to suggest that two seater gliders have suddenly
skyrocketed in values or popularity, the availability of any two seat glider
on the used market has been sufficiently scarce for quite some time so these
values have been already high for their relative new selling prices, their
age and condition.
But watch the Wings & Wheels Want-ads and look at the recently sold and
cancelled or expired ads and you will at lease have a good idea of what
glider types are and are not selling
best regards
Tim Mara
Wings & Wheels

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"ray conlon" wrote in message
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On Sep 19, 5:41 pm, Walt Connelly Walt.Connelly.
wrote:
I was wondering if there was a blue book of sorts for used gliders?

Walt

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Walt Connelly


Not that I have ever seen, Tim at wingsandwheels.com may have some
ideas as he sees a lot of adds posted on his site. Right now airworthy
2 seaters would have taken a big leap with the L13 deal.

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