Dumb right? For a 21 ft boat.
People wonder why a 40 yo hallet fetches 40-50k lol
Might be time to sell my avalon for real this time.
breaking even on boat was laughable not long ago.
Tons of potential, just need DS organizer to let the ego go. I think RD would be willing to do it, but not sure about the other guys (they are $$ driven). RD said it best, SCFW is all about charity to the community.
That’s where these elections polls should be taken.
I thought you were talking about food and beer prices at the show.
If you arrive poor at the show, you don't worry about prices except for the above mentioned.
One side is letting their ego drive them, the other is not. One side purposefully tried to get ahead of the other, and stepped on their own dick. They can either work with the adult in the room or cease to be relevant sooner than later..
I thought about going to the boat show. But reasoned, why pay to look at boats for sale? That and knowing boats are too damn expensive. No need to see what I can’t afford.
Its $10 admission... something to do and see what's new. You'll probably see some old friends or aquantences there you haven't seen in awhile and catch up a bit.
As we spoke about, I think you actually got a good thing going. Keep it tight and controlled as a smaller event with a cap. Bringing the boat show to SCFW does nothing really for you except centralize the vendors. Game changer for the boat show promoters though.
I looked at three of them.You guys lost me at $300K for a pontoon boat. WAFJ!!!
Whoever typed these up needs to learn the difference between "are" and "our".I looked at three of them.
Found that there is a pontoon for almost every price range.
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$140k yikes. We still have our 210. It does not get used as much since we bought the 255.
Boat show in March would increase attendance IMO. All the snowbirds would attend, since they need stuff to do.
Damn 200K for a single engine 400?I looked at three of them.
Found that there is a pontoon for almost every price range.
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Used to be cheap and easy.
Hi Dave: When I did the LHBS for 11 years my preferred dates were always the first weekend in April as long as it wasn't Easter weekend. Definitely a little cooler in early April than three or four weeks later. Moving it into March is a dicey proposition -- weather is the main concern, especially wind.
From 2012 to 2022, I actually had a small consignment/used boat area at the LHBS ($50 to $100 to display) when space would allow -- it cut down on the number of freeloaders who just wanted to park their boat on the street next to the show. The biggest drawback came from the complaints of the larger new boat dealers exhibiting who didn't like the competition (you can't keep everybody happy).
Hi Cameron: You are correct, the Lake Havasu Marine Association started the boat show over 30 years ago and is still the sole owner. Back when I was doing the Havasu show (2012 to 2022) I never had a date conflict with Desert Storm -- Jim Nichols Sr. was great to work with. It was also made clear to me that many of the Havasu exhibitors did not want the boat show and Desert Storm held on back to back weekends -- they needed a little breathing room (two or three week separation) between events to get caught up.
My son is shopping for a 210, any interest in selling?
^^^ Those are ALLLLL ridiculous!! LMFAO!!
