Boat builders shut down plants

[ondarvr]

Re: Boat builders shut down plants

Heck, if I was in the weapon business I'd spread political FUD too, rednecks believe all that stuff. "Get' yer gun bafoor them demoncrats tak'em away!"

Yeah, that was reeeeaaally gonna happen. Anyways, I'll save that for another forum.

Is it me, or is there crazy markup on boats? I mean with all the long term contracts for parts, etc, that Brunswick has... they can beat our pricing by miles - pennies on the dollar. I dunno, I just think the industry could cut prices by a full half and still make a killing. Maybe their business model just sucks... ??? Am I way off base here?

If you think you can make and sell a boat at 50% of the current market price, then jump in.

It seems very easy from the outside, but the reality is far different, there isn't much money to be made even in the good times, so when the masses won't buy boats at even deep discounts, the builders just disappear.

Look at material costs of rebuilding a boat in your garage, it can easily run into many thousands, you're starting with an almost complete boat and not even paying for labor or a building.

 

[werthert]

Re: Boat builders shut down plants

If you think you can make and sell a boat at 50% of the current market price, then jump in.

It seems very easy from the outside, but the reality is far different, there isn't much money to be made even in the good times, so when the masses won't buy boats at even deep discounts, the builders just disappear.

Look at material costs of rebuilding a boat in your garage, it can easily run into many thousands, you're starting with an almost complete boat and not even paying for labor or a building.

Well, I know I couldn't do it, or I would be. But there is something to be said for an already established business when it comes to costs. As I said, what I pay and what Brunswick pays are miles apart. All I'm saying is it just seems weird to me that a boat built on a "somewhat" mass production process should cost $100K to build. Obviously I'm wrong as they are having financial troubles... I'm just wondering if it's costs or bad management. Plenty of companies selling with awesome profit margins have gone out of business... it's not always costs. That's all I'm wondering here.

 

[waychoff05]

Re: Boat builders shut down plants

Tiara has felt the slow boat sales also i had 6 months off and getting word that they are getting boat orders so this is all good

 

[marine4003]

Re: Boat builders shut down plants

Heck, if I was in the weapon business I'd spread political FUD too, rednecks believe all that stuff. "Get' yer gun bafoor them demoncrats tak'em away!"

Yeah, that was reeeeaaally gonna happen. Anyways, I'll save that for another forum.

Is it me, or is there crazy markup on boats? I mean with all the long term contracts for parts, etc, that Brunswick has... they can beat our pricing by miles - pennies on the dollar. I dunno, I just think the industry could cut prices by a full half and still make a killing. Maybe their business model just sucks... ??? Am I way off base here?

Considering you raised That issue..historically..any anti gun legislation ever passed was done so under a democratic president.