Steps wrote: if the NZ boat industry is pricing boats to high, they are making it attractive for imported copies. I dont think they are.. The competition is very feice.. just got to look at how low many put the powering options on most brands these days...well below min power ... just to put more hulls on the water on smaller budgets. The 'show deals.. which are usually pre and post deals and if done homework can usually get all yr round.. And if it wasnt for exports a lot of shops could be closing down... |
Big -Dave wrote: I can see this from both sides. I don't know how much the price difference is between the boats, the genuine and the copy.. But for some it is the only way they can afford to get out on the water. |
Bounty Hunter wrote: visually they are so similar to the Stabicrafts that it makes you wonder whether they Chinese crowd somehow got the CNC cutfiles data - perhaps even some sort of computer security breach at some point? |
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