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Which boat would you rather OWN

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06-27-2006 | 02:07 PM

#41

dfealy

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Re: Which boat would you rather OWN

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Originally Posted by eyezlee

Its really no question in the current configuration. Who wants to ride around in a canopied race boat sweating your

nuts

off all summer. Our boating is all about being in the sun. Plus the detail of the paint make Speed Racer more desireable as a pleasure boat.

HOWEVER - If I was starting a race team. Rio Roses would do nicely.

Rio Roses would do very nicely as long as Speed Racer does'nt show up ready to race or any other Cats of that status. Never enter a gun fight with a knife. Speed Racer!

06-27-2006 | 02:20 PM

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dfealy

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People talk about Al Qaeda, the war, the twin tower's coming down....That doesn't mean terrorism is a good thing. Unfortunately 95% of the talk about Reggie and Fountain is negative....I'm no business owner but I wouldn't like those figures and again, if I owned stock in Fountain or was a fountain dealer I'd be pissed!

I too would be pissed, At Reggie. Maybe he's not the master of PR after all ???

06-27-2006 | 03:25 PM

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blume

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Re: Which boat would you rather OWN

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I too would be pissed, At Reggie. Maybe he's not the master of PR after all ???

Reggie and Fountain powerboats are going to do over $80,000,000.00 in total sales to it's dealer network this year........thats at dealer cost pricing, not retail..........and you think the stock holders are pissed.....right.

06-27-2006 | 04:34 PM

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My point being...I can guarantee you this...The little SR/RR publicity stunt did nothing but lower the opinion of Fountain by the very large majority (and raise opinion of MTI. I'm sure Randy Sism is the one that is sitting back laughing!!). I would say Reggies attempt at more sales through this action failed miserably and did nothing but lower his and his companies credibility. Keep up this kind of PR campaign and that 80 mil will drop.

06-27-2006 | 07:42 PM

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Sean H

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the stock has gone from over 4.80 to 4.05 in the last month, i bet his stock holders are just elated....

06-27-2006 | 07:48 PM

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thisistank

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Purely speculation on your part. The numbers six months or a year from now will tell the story.

Fred, 100% agree....Opinion, educated guess and speculation...That's 99.9 % of what is on OSO!!

06-27-2006 | 08:03 PM

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woogie

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Re: Which boat would you rather OWN

I'll take either one - both beautiful and crazy fast.

Don't see any fallout from all this. Reggie has been pulling these stunts and ruffling feathers for years. Its good to see a CEO out in the field shaking things up.. need more of them out there. As long as things stay safe all the banter is healthy for the sport. People read way too much into it all....he uses his big ego to rope in others with big ego's - subliminal bonding thing

Performance boats are a very small part of the market... so the competition is tough and the bark is loud.

If anyone is laughing it's probably D'Amiballe at Sterling Performance.