SeaRM
New Member
- Feb 21, 2007
- 96
Re: "one of the most challenging times ever seen in the history of the marine industr
My point outlined in better terms - very well said. To suggest that the manufacturer should be forced to price their product anything less than as profitable as possible is right out of Hugo Chavez's book. Start doing that and see how much they plow into development of pod steering, or whatever else makes a cool boat cool.
All this pedantic talk about the cost of boats and profit and overhead and cost of material is giving me a headache. If a boat is priced too high, people simply will not buy it. If it has poor quality, people will tend to leave it alone and look elsewhere. No matter how you try to rationalize costs.....it is what it is. If a boat cost too much for you, move on for the love of Pete and find something you can afford. Brunswick will lower the price of their boats only if they don't sell. In these times of economic trouble, no one is selling LOTS of boats but Searay is proportionately keeping its market share so the price of a new 48SD ain't going down....sorry.
Just my $.02.
My point outlined in better terms - very well said. To suggest that the manufacturer should be forced to price their product anything less than as profitable as possible is right out of Hugo Chavez's book. Start doing that and see how much they plow into development of pod steering, or whatever else makes a cool boat cool.