In your previos post, you said " if someone needs to worry about a couple thousand dollars, then maybe they should not be buying a new one in the first place"
Are you serious????

Are you telling me you would not want to save $2000.00 or more dollars, if two dealers had the same boat on opposite sides of the street, you would not walk across the street to save $2000.00!!! Come On!! WE all want to save money when we can. That 2 grand can be 10 $200 dollar rod & reel combos.

and it's obvious you've never been in business for yourself...

Running a business, brick and mortar, labor, taxes, equipment, insurance, did I mention taxes, advertising, legal fees, fuel - it is VERY expensive to own and operate a business. Every cost that we absorb from pencils to machinery has to be priced into every deal that we do so we can make a profit. There may be room for some margin but I bet it isn't as much as you might think. And no one I know would sell stuff at a lost - you just won't stay around very long. I have a certain price I will work for - every else can have the marginal business. I learned early on it doesn't pay to take deals at all cost.

No doubt they are expensive. What gets me is that they seem to be really expensive in comparison to other items. For example, the price of a new boat in relation to a new truck or even a starter home seems to be out of whack. But like the one poster mentioned earlier, these manufacturers are only producing so many and have to make their profit on lower volume with higher margin.

The good thing is there are plenty of options out there and I'm sure it isn't hard to find a quality boat at a good price.

"I am not" paying 50-60,000.00 dollars for a new boat when I should be able to virtually steal one with boat sales being in the tank as I'm being told.
Either someone is LYING, or these dealerships need to wake up and smell the coffee.. Move those boats DUDES.

Sorry for the long post, but we as consumers, must at some point take a stand against the past 10-15 years of abuse by Boat manufactures and finance companies, granted they didn't hold a gun to our heads, but we were left with little choice
for a new ride.

ummmm, only since 1994.

well let me introduce myself.

I am the first person that its not all about a personal experience.

I am the person that it is all about saving money!!

I am the person that it takes about 1 month to buy something I am in the market for.

An I am the person that has bought 3 new boats this way, all from different dealers, that saved me money every time.

I am the person that owns a business and competes against competitors everyday on pricing.

Glad to meet you, we have never met.