well it's not raining money over here
my limit was still 80K ...
but after the boat show and getting a few quotes I decided to list the lift on CL and it was gone within 2 days ... as I figured I could defer the lift purchase for a few months and save the money for the new lift ... well within a day another person posted a 2015 Floe VSD-8000 on CL for 8.5K - no canopy frame though... but bought it the same day because my prior quote for a VSD-6000 was almost 15K. So I had to fork over some additional cash and still have to buy canopy frame plus a few other extras which will set me back around 3K but still a lot better than the first quote ...
and don't forget - I didn't want to buy a new towing vehicle - so going much higher with the net weight before gas etc. was not an option either ...
and most important - wakeboarding at "normal" speeds - not having to go 23mph to finally get a clean wake ... my first water test again showed a clean wake at 18mph last Saturday ...