Douglas685
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Hi guys, I'm looking to get my first pontoon. I'm from Mid Missouri and I was pretty much set on getting a Lowe pontoon, as they are literally 30 miles from my house at Lake of the Ozarks (and no, Marty Byrd doesn't live down the street from me, and yes I think Dierberg's sells Pistachio ice cream).. anyway, I began to price the 20SLV and I'm pretty shocked.. $23,500 with a 90hp Yami on the back, national no-haggle, with decent standard options to boot. That said, the main dealer at Lake of the Ozarks is a very upscale dealership ($100k+ boats are very common at the Lake, I've seen ultra-luxurious tritoons with 6-figure MSRP's, plus I'm pretty sure they have Yachts for 500k to a million or more).
I know that the base price is no haggle, but then dealers are allowed to charge "Freight and Prep" fee's. According to Bennington, the freight should be around $500-$600 from the factory in Indiana to the Lake of the Ozarks.
What do you guys think is a fair freight+prep fee for this? I'll be at the lake this 4th of July week and I plan to hop around to some dealerships.. I actually would love to buy this boat from the dealer at the Lake (in 6-12 mo's, I know dealers hate my guts) but I just don't want to get laughed at or have a dealer say something absurd like "4 grand" for prep and freight.
So guys, what do you think is fair? Also, I would possibly be interested in dealer-adding a 3rd log to this and making the cheapest tritoon in existence (it's needed at the lake, the water routinely has 3-4 waves from the yachts), anyone know how much their Benny dealer costs for a dealer-installed triton upgrade? Also, are any of you awesome dealers who will charge something fair, say $1,000-$1,500 for freight+prep near me? I wouldn't mind a third log upgrade if the price were around $2,000 or so.
Thanks guys!
I know that the base price is no haggle, but then dealers are allowed to charge "Freight and Prep" fee's. According to Bennington, the freight should be around $500-$600 from the factory in Indiana to the Lake of the Ozarks.
What do you guys think is a fair freight+prep fee for this? I'll be at the lake this 4th of July week and I plan to hop around to some dealerships.. I actually would love to buy this boat from the dealer at the Lake (in 6-12 mo's, I know dealers hate my guts) but I just don't want to get laughed at or have a dealer say something absurd like "4 grand" for prep and freight.
So guys, what do you think is fair? Also, I would possibly be interested in dealer-adding a 3rd log to this and making the cheapest tritoon in existence (it's needed at the lake, the water routinely has 3-4 waves from the yachts), anyone know how much their Benny dealer costs for a dealer-installed triton upgrade? Also, are any of you awesome dealers who will charge something fair, say $1,000-$1,500 for freight+prep near me? I wouldn't mind a third log upgrade if the price were around $2,000 or so.
Thanks guys!