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Nice boats. I think I favor the team virgin scheme but with burgandy in place of yellow.

Any one know the name and # of a very thorough, reliable surveyor in the Miami, Ft. lauderdale area?

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Originally posted by 2112
Let me pose another question to you. Say I wanted to buy a boat from a factory that had no dealer within 1000 miles of me. I wanted to order the boat specifically to my specifications. It takes about 2-3 hours at the most for the dealer to process the order. The boat is delivered to me, I never see or contact the dealer again due to geographical distance.
What is a reasonable fee for that service? Dealer cost plus?? 5K 10K?? more?

I have a good friend that is a sailboter that buys his rigs like that all the time, practically every year. The problem is that Manufacturer frown on this big time so you better keep it hush hush if you find a dealer willing to play ball. Also I think there is only seven Cigarette dealers in the US so it's less accessible than for my buddy.
G.L.

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Originally posted by 2112
Nice boats. I think I favor the team virgin scheme but with burgandy in place of yellow.

Any one know the name and # of a very thorough, reliable surveyor in the Miami, Ft. lauderdale area?

Call Ed Cozzi, 954-895-4633. Tell him Steve from Mercedeshowroom recommended him. Very knowledgeable about Cigarettes.

LS JR.

Thanks Lucky

GLH; Noted.

I was posing the question mostly due to my lack of knowledge in this area. I have owned two boats. A Warlock and Fountain. Both custom ordered exactly to my specs, both heavily modified once in my possession (mostly powerplant changes although the Fountain required a lot of "fixing").

Both boats were ordered through dealers that were great to work with. Both made money on the deals and both are what I would consider friends to this day. Fountain has a large network of dealers and it is not hard to negotiate with them. Again the advantage for them is a pre-sold boat, no gamble on picking the right paint, flooring and advertising, test drives etc.

I really appreciate everyones perspective. Obviously I am sweet on the Gladiator although there are a few other makes out there I would consider. Your earlier posts about depreciation are still ringing in my head. I took a big hit on my first two boats.

I just need to get some response out there for some of the private parties advertising their boats!

Oh yeah, Happy New year and I have to say I love a forum that has a spell check feature!

My other favorite site is roadfly.com but no spell check there.