Kevin.S wrote: The best deals are a few months after the boat show, for whatever dealers happen to have stood in their yard and want to shift. From a certain manufacturer I was offered a "boat show deal" on a new boat, and the salesman said that if I didn't get an order in then that I wouldn't get a boat for Christmas as they were so popular. Two or three months later I got an email with deals for the same boat, considerably cheaper than the boat show deal and available there and then as they had some in stock. I'd have been a bit pi$$ed off if I had bought at the boat show. But it is an excellent opportunity to see most of the boats available in NZ in one place, so I'd say if you are not sure what you want definitely go and take a good look around.If you already know exactly what you want, just go see them and hammer out a deal. And don't buy anything without a sea trial. |
Hagrid7 wrote: Hi everyone. Just an update if you are interested. I bought today a surtees 495 :) Super stoked thanks for all your input.
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