24% off MSRP. Not too bad to start with.
Am I the only one frustrated by ....
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Completely agree. When I was shopping for a pontoon, I would blow right past anything that said to call for a quote...Too much work.
Bill N
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So if they had the MSRP listed, would you call them?
My answer would be yes if the MSRP was close to my budget and maybe I thought I could deal. If MSRP is way out of budget, then why waste anyone's time. I don't want to call just to find out the boat is 85k and I was looking in the 50's, waste of my time.
Link
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Scott, if you are shopping pure price bennington may not be the manufacturer for you. If you are shopping for best value then imo Bennington is the only manufacturer for you. My advice is to look at the MSRP and multiply it by .85 to give you a realistic "Buy Number". At that point if it is around your budget give the dealer a call and he will provide you with a quote.
One other thing, you don't want to be a member of the PADS crew. Make sure you are getting everything you want on the first order
One other thing, you don't want to be a member of the PADS crew. Make sure you are getting everything you want on the first order
cwag911
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Link, Scott already bought a boat.
Link, yes, as Carl said I bought a Bennington already. I had what I wanted in mind and then price shopped. To be completely honest, out of the top models, Bennington was the only ones giving really good deals. Yes, I am already spending a bunch of money on add ons to get what I want. One of my reasons why I am still on boatbuilder
lakeliving
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Yeah Guardrail is the one who started this thread as he seems to be looking for a boat or a new boat, still not sure. And Scott, if you have a new boat who cares what dealers post for prices? Am I missing something? I stopped looking for pricing on a new truck when I drove to the dealer to sign on the line. Are you buying another one or just really bored?
thaigler
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. I know that the 2 dealers I dealt with one was very friendly had great prices worked with me threw in a lot of extras and I will be back. The other dealer was not friendly at all. Take it or leave it we don't care . We sell more boats than anyone , they also tried to steer us to boats we (wife & me) did not want and I think they did not want them either.There was a 7+K difference in price between the 2 dealers. I could and would not have bought a Bennington if I did not find that other dealer. For me it paid to shop around.
I'm glad I did.
I'm glad I did.
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BobP1965
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Bennington really doesn't police this. Usually another dealer will point it out and Bennington will follow up with it.
guardrail22
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dealers who leave sold boats on their website to attract buyers