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Re: What constitutes a good deal?
Posted By: Bruce In Response To: Re: What constitutes a good deal? (Dug)
Date: Thursday, 12 January 2006, at 7:49 p.m.
Dug,
There is no doubt that there are rip offs in the boating industry, but that also applies to just about every type of service business. Try getting a plumber or electrician to do something simple in the NE and see how much it costs.An example of my percentage profits on say a Yanmar 6LP.
You can call Mastry engine, our distributor and they will quote pricing which is no where near list to sell motors. They want to sell quantity.
My markup on a 20,000 engine is 1,000.
That's 5%.
If I don't sell at that price, then they go some where else because they know they can buy cheaper.
I install more engines bought directly from Mastry, which they are not supposed to do, than ones that are bought from me.As far a marine electronics, sheer volume on tv's is what makes them cheap. Remember how expensive computers were 10 years ago?
5k vs 500.00 today.If the marine electronics were mass produced they would be much cheaper.
As far as marine bills go, most states have protection against higher than quoted charges if you get a written estimate.
I am all for these type of thevin bastards to be put out of business.If you quote a job at 1000, then by God keep it at 1000.
Experienced people can see and indicate on an estimate that there may be problems once the job is started.An example is the 28 I am repowering. I quoted a price but knowing that the plywood beds rot, I could not tell the extent until engine were out and indictated that on the estimate and also pointed that out to the owner.
Well under the glass the last owner laid down, the stb inside bed was gone 3 inches back fore and aft.
I called and told him and how much it was going to cost and he thanked me and told me to do what it needed for repair.
This is not a guy with unending funds. Just a workin joe like most of us. The thing was I made him aware of the potential problem.Just a suggestion.
Most business people will scoff at any legal action because they know how much it costs and a 2k bill dosen't warrant a 5k leagal bill to fight it.
As big as this group is here, it might be worth while to look into some sort of co-op with a legal service to handle problems like these.Sometimes a just a letter from a lawyers office works. I've used that many time with great sucess collecting past due invoices and once with a warrantee issue on my scooter.
Bottom line, getting screwed is not just limited to the marine field, but doesn't make it any easier to take.
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