Best Deals--Boat Shows or Dealer

[reap182]

Re: Best Deals--Boat Shows or Dealer

just like to thank everyone for all the good advice. picked one up this past weekend at the boat show. now for the long wait of summer.

 

[BTMCB]

Re: Best Deals--Boat Shows or Dealer

Congrats on the new boat. Looks great. Good luck.

 

[Tacklewasher]

Re: Best Deals--Boat Shows or Dealer

I like going to the dealers while the boat show is going on. You can bet there will be one salesman that gets "left" in the showroom while everyone else hits the show and that salesman would LOVE to sell a boat while everyone else is working the show. In most cases that salesman will really "trim the fat" to make the sale and beat the guys at the show. Just human nature.

^^^^ This ^^^^

 

[golf101]

Re: Best Deals--Boat Shows or Dealer

I just bought a boat after a boat show, but said I needed to test drive first. Test drove a week after the show, and get a little more off after the show.

 

[mickjetblue]

Re: Best Deals--Boat Shows or Dealer

In a way, boat shows are kind of like an open auction, in that lots of folks
make offers on the boats. The salesmen play it like an auction, and possibly
the highest offer gets the deal. Maybe nobody gets a deal, and maybe the
boat goes to somebody happy with the show price.

Pricing is a game, you can win a better deal, or miss out altogether on it.
There are others, so all is not lost on an attempt at a good deal.

Driving by a dealer, I saw a new jon boat. Stopped, and looked at the boat.
Saw a sign in the boat, with a show sale price less than $1,500 off the retail.
I called the dealer Monday am, and asked about the boat. Salesman quoted
me the retail price, and not the sale price. My immediate reaction was that
I did not want to deal with those folks. Had he gave me the sale price on the
sign, I might have bought it. That's all part of the game.

Good luck!