How come dealers don't post the prices of bare hulls or the price's for the packages on their web pages. Isint the price the same all the time or is it always changing, it always says contact dealer and then you call to get a quote and you get someone who seems like they had terrible day and is upset that you botherd them with your stupid questions. Should I just pay what ever price they ask or is it wrong to try and get the best deal I can. Just wondering if any of you out there have any simmiliar experiences or info, I know that a lot of the sales people are members of the form, so that said I am not a trying to call anyone out or slam dealers but just want to be in the know of such things.
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Best is to check prices in Oregon and Washington too, along with shipping costs. Lotta folks are adding up significant savings in doing so. Sure helps to make the locals more polite and interested in your business.
I know a couple of cases where the locals price matched Down South prices including shipping, once they learned the buyer knew what he was talking about and was ready to walk out the door."Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good."
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Take your money elsewhere, there's plenty of dealers outside who want your business. Its no big deal to ship a boat up here.sigpic
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Originally posted by potbuilder View PostIts no big deal to ship a boat up here."Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good."
Merle Haggard
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Originally posted by AK6Pack View PostI second Tom and Jerry's in Mt. Vernon Washington."Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good."
Merle Haggard
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I'm gonna be a nay sayer in this thread regarding shipping boats up from OR or WA. I have looked at Tom and Jerry's and other dealers in OR and WA and the best I was able to find was maybe $5K difference in price, no where near 10%. By the time you pay $2,500K for shipping you're at a saving of $2,500. You still have to drive to Haines to pick the boat up and drive it back, or continue to pay to have it ferried or trucked to your specific location. Lets stick with the - you pick it up in Haines - scenario. If you paid yourself your wage in hours, wear and tear on your tow vehicle and fuel, you real quickly eat up $2,500. Let's assume you only spend half that in time and fuel then your true savings is only $1250. I'd keep my money in AK for that amount.
Here's the good news - If I'm wrong and you truly can save $10K on a $100K boat then by all means go to the Lower 48, but I have NEVER seen this Lower 48 BS pencil out on vehicles or boats, trailers - nothing. IMO people who tell you they save $10K on stuff from the lower 48 either have a sweet heart of a deal (that you can't get), they had some other reason to go to the Lower 48 so the expense of the travel was already occurring, OR - and this is more likely - they did not really factor in all the "costs".
I am not dealer loyal to anyone in AK or Lower 48 and I too shop for the best price I can find, so I'm not saying buy AK, I'm just saying make sure you really pencil out the true cost of getting a boat from the lower 48.
If someone has done the boat shipping thing, then post up your true costs vs. buying local. I doubt there's 10% savings in any scenario.
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My shipping costs from Craig to Haines were $1,580.00, I tried to get it put on a barge to Valdez but the barge companies wanted to bring it back to Seattle and reship it to here, that was going to cost between 8 and 10K depending on which barge I used, so it went on a ferry first to a different location and then it was put on a barge and brought to Haines, it didn't make a lot of sense as to why they wouldn't barge it from Craig to here since Valdez was the last stop on their barge schedule but the Bay Company worked it out and got it done. It took me 130 gallons of fuel to round trip, I left Valdez on a Monday morning at 5 and was back here with the boat on Wed afternoon. I haven't priced any boats lately to see what they cost here as compared to the lower 48 but I do know that shipping a boat to here is more than 5K, at least what the barge companies quoted me was more than 5KAmanda Rose
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Hoose and Kingfisher are stating exaclty what I found out. Any list price savings are quickly eaten up trying to get the boat up here from wherever down there. The bottom line is there is more to it than seeing a Hewescraft for $90K at Dewey's and seeing the same Hewescaft at Tom N Jerry's for $81K and from my experience there was never a 10% price difference. Actually, all the math I did showed that the local AK dealers were $7K above lower 48 prices, which IMO reflected the shipping cost and hassle that I'd have to deal with vs. just picking it up here in AK.
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That's about what I have been finding out I think my best bet is to try and get everything I want and then just set it up my self. I could go used, but for a boat that I plan on having for seven to ten years and taking long trips with my wife and son I would rather not be dealing with someone else's old boat and for the price people want for their beat up used boats I naught as well go new. That's how I am feeling about that, or u could just get a better job and not worry about the price if things.
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