Is Checkmate the New Baja?
07-31-2012 | 06:51 PM
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Dumb comment here, but isn't that the market that got hit the hardest - the middle income market who were buying these boats? Is it really that Baja has left the void, or is it that economic circumstances of the middle market have left the void??
I mean let's face it the big guns who are walking in and plunking down 1+M for a Nor-Tech, Skater, Cig, MTI really aren't worried about some of the pieces of the puzzle that the middle market is worried about (financing, price point, etc....)
I mean let's face it the big guns who are walking in and plunking down 1+M for a Nor-Tech, Skater, Cig, MTI really aren't worried about some of the pieces of the puzzle that the middle market is worried about (financing, price point, etc....)
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08-01-2012 | 09:57 AM
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I can't speak to the discounts off of that so these are MSRP not buy prices. If Baja has a higher markup there may be more wiggle room.
08-01-2012 | 10:22 AM
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Not many middle class folk can afford 50-100K boats of any kind now-days without making extreme sacrafices elsewhere in the budget.. Fuel alone will tax the hobby unless your running up credit card debt or letting the boat sit anchored rather then enjoying it.
The" impulse" or "look at me buyer" stretching out loans up to 15 yrs on old and new boats just to afford payments and running/maintaining the boats are only making what amounted to a poor choice back a 5-10 years ago, a even worse decision now just in terms of additional fuel costs alone. Gone are the days of $2.00 gallon gas and 2-3% finance rates on luxuary items.
The" impulse" or "look at me buyer" stretching out loans up to 15 yrs on old and new boats just to afford payments and running/maintaining the boats are only making what amounted to a poor choice back a 5-10 years ago, a even worse decision now just in terms of additional fuel costs alone. Gone are the days of $2.00 gallon gas and 2-3% finance rates on luxuary items.
08-02-2012 | 08:58 PM
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I'm not sure who I should ask, but my name is Daryl Miller from Pa, I boat at Raystown Lake. I'm a 2 time Checkmate owner & thought that Doug would find it interesting what the general public thought on this topic.
08-19-2012 | 12:37 PM
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