With all due respect, I think some of you are still a little bit reluctant to accept just how bad the times are. For all aircraft, not just for Skymasters.
Let's look at some real world examples:
http://greatvehicles.chooseyouritem..../12163778.html
Halftime engines. $39.000. On the market for 208 days.
http://greatvehicles.chooseyouritem..../11046720.html
More than 2/3's left on engines, $49.500, on the market for 327 days.
The list goes on ad nauseum on
http://www.globalplanesearch.com/view/all/All.htm
All I'm saying is that obviously the buyers are not finding them rightly priced, or they would not be sitting on the shelf this long. So the notion that you pay either up front or later is not entirely true. What you spend on them to keep them up is not something you'll get back in todays market.