Re: season is near the end, boat for sale way up
Like TD, I've been checking Craigslist, too, but probably not as often. In our area, most of the boats for sale are older cheaper models. Don't get me wrong, there are also a number of newer more expensive boats, but the vast majority of the boats for sale are under $15k.
I last saw our boat salesman about 3 weeks ago and asked him how business was. He said the number of units sold was down, but their revenue was not. The entry level boats aren't selling at all, but the more expensive rigs are.
And one of the larger boat dealers in our area recently announced they are closing six stores. The remaining stores aren't doing well either. Not much of a loss in my book, however. I ended up walking out of one of their stores after getting ganged up on by two of their salesmen and a receptionist. They tried to sell me the model they had the most inventory of instead of the model I was interested in, so adios! I later learned their service department had a horrible reputation.
Sorry, kind of drifted off topic there.
