- Aug 25, 2008
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- Boat Info
- 2006 320 V-Drives 6.2s, Bow Thruster, Generator, Raymarine C80, Radar, Fish Finder
- Engines
- 6.2 Horizons 320HP
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Wow! I see why they want to take it down! Fully optioned out 280....Dealer $117,967.00...MSRP $196,613.00. Looks like plenty of room for my trade....NOT!!!!
I realize that I like the cabin layout of mine, no way would I "down size"! It's nice to have the V-berth set as a bed all the time and still have a place to eat on a trailerable boat!
Exactly! This economy is just like the Hurricanes in 04 here in Fl, I called them Mother Natures way of "flushing the toilet"!! Our whole area now looks way better than it did...once all the blue tarps got replaced! If it wasn't secured or it was trashy....it disappeared! Same thing with this economy! I tell my people "He who has the best service wins" in this economy. I use the phrase as a "blanket" to cover all things...IMHOThe facts are the boating business industry is going to have to get in line with the economy if they expect to stay in business. This information became so readily available for automobiles that "good" dealers here have it on hand and offer it. The "not so good" dealers go away and another building goes empty.
We are in the Luxury bus conversion business and our warranty is included in the dealer price, not MSRP, not to mention that "major engine failure" would most of the time be charged back to engine Mfgr. as most of all the other items SR uses. Maybe the boat industry is different:huh:you have to consider the time and money that goes into some of these big boats after the sale. You want Sea Ray to stand behind a $1m boat, then they have to have enough margin to cover something like a major engine failure etc... Everyone bitches and moans when something breaks and wants it replaced yesterday, that costs real money. by posting these numbers, all they are doing is hurting the post sale service. I think it gives a false sense of profit to the dealer.
you have to consider the time and money that goes into some of these big boats after the sale. You want Sea Ray to stand behind a $1m boat, then they have to have enough margin to cover something like a major engine failure etc... Everyone bitches and moans when something breaks and wants it replaced yesterday, that costs real money. by posting these numbers, all they are doing is hurting the post sale service. I think it gives a false sense of profit to the dealer.
I don't know why the dealers/manufacturers care. The open secret is that the actual purchase price was about 35% below MSRP. That leaves the dealer with a 5% margin....seems fair to me.
EDIT: After browsing prices for a bit I can't believe the insane markup that Sea Ray has. Their artificial markup is insanely higher than anyone else.
Wow!! I knew there was mark up coming from a family of past car salesmen but, C'mon!!! You have to make 200k+ on a 40 foot sundancer sale!!:wow::smt101
I'm sorry, I'm all for people making a decent living but, they should be wearing masks with that mark up!!