matthewmiller01
New Member
- May 14, 2008
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- Boat Info
- 2008 290 Sundancer
- Engines
- Twin 5.0 MPIs (DTS) w/ Bravo III Drives
Kohler 5 ECD
I would like your opinion on the following, if you wouldn't mind.
I have an '07 210 Select. ~90 hours on it. Excellent shape. No wear and tear. NADA: ~18,XXX-22,XXX. All service and winterizations have been performed by my dealer here (whom I also bought it from) and I have a great relationship with my dealer.
I am looking at an '08 260DA (New, leftover), but it is at another dealership. MSRP: $115,XXX. My dealer does not have a 260DA (the model I am set on) in inventory. Since I want a gennie, they can't get push me in to a new one either as gennies aren't offered on the 260DAs anymore.
With current market conditions being down, how would a dealer look at this situation? I see it as an easy sale. The boat would merely have to be costed out to my dealer (which has already been agreed to be done upon the deal being set) and delivered to me. I totally understand that everyone has to feed their families, but my dealer, I feel, is being too hardnosed on an easy sale with a quick profit. The will not budge on their numbers at all. And to top it off, the price they say the boat would be is ~$5,XXX above what it is sitting on the floor for at the other dealership. I mean it is not like they have to do any real work on it other than getting it here. Furthermore, if I don't buy that boat through them, they are well aware that I will keep my current boat-so they lose out on ANY profit. What am I missing?
Thanks in advance for any advice/insight.
I have an '07 210 Select. ~90 hours on it. Excellent shape. No wear and tear. NADA: ~18,XXX-22,XXX. All service and winterizations have been performed by my dealer here (whom I also bought it from) and I have a great relationship with my dealer.
I am looking at an '08 260DA (New, leftover), but it is at another dealership. MSRP: $115,XXX. My dealer does not have a 260DA (the model I am set on) in inventory. Since I want a gennie, they can't get push me in to a new one either as gennies aren't offered on the 260DAs anymore.
With current market conditions being down, how would a dealer look at this situation? I see it as an easy sale. The boat would merely have to be costed out to my dealer (which has already been agreed to be done upon the deal being set) and delivered to me. I totally understand that everyone has to feed their families, but my dealer, I feel, is being too hardnosed on an easy sale with a quick profit. The will not budge on their numbers at all. And to top it off, the price they say the boat would be is ~$5,XXX above what it is sitting on the floor for at the other dealership. I mean it is not like they have to do any real work on it other than getting it here. Furthermore, if I don't buy that boat through them, they are well aware that I will keep my current boat-so they lose out on ANY profit. What am I missing?
Thanks in advance for any advice/insight.