Help with buying 2001 seadoo challenger 1800

[xkon]

I am looking at purchasing a 2001 challenger 1800, this would be my first boat, and would like some advice to see what you guys think. The asking price is $3000, the owner said the engine has been replaced with another stock engine, mercury v6, and has about 50 hours on it. There are some scratches and chips in the paint. Upholstery was just redone a few years ago. With looking at the pictures, is there anything you guys see that would throw up a red flag?

The owner of the boat is a friend of a friend and is offering it to us first for 3k. If we don't want it he is going to post it for 4.5k online

 

[xkon]

Sorry, meant to post this in the non pwc forum

 

[jkur10a]

Just my opinion, but that boat isn't worth anywhere near $3000. It's in rough shape. Obviously it needs to be cleaned, but cleaning isn't going to help the fact that it's been in a fairly decent wreck up front. That's a lot of fiberglass work. I would walk away. You can find a much better boat for not much more money. That boat just looks like a money pit.