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Location: ITALY | but for fish finder and trolling motor the prices are very high and there isn't alternative...
For example my solix 12 in italy costs € 4300 |
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| Many layers of companies feeding at the trough between conception & sales of the products.
I'm in Kansas City often and drive by the Garmin factory there. Big & modern. I can only imagine Lowrance & Humminbird have the same thing. |
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Location: Vilas | Yea I dont quite understand the prices myself. You can buy a new truck for less than some of those new boats. There is waaay more engineering and tech in a vehicle than a boat. I guess the mass production has an impact on vehicle pricing. I look at those new Rangers and then the $80K price tag and just shake my head. My old lund still does its job, as long as it floats I will catch fish out of it. Some ppl think the more they pay the better something is,but thats not really the case.... or they want the prestige they think comes along with the ownership. If you dont know how to fish, an $80K Ranger aint gonna fix that |
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Location: ITALY | I perfectly agree with you sometimes having a high level boat is just a status symbol |
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| Speaking strictly of fresh water fishing boats, when you get into the big named players theres no doubt you are paying for the name, but you're also paying for the technology and man-hours it takes to complete the boat, speaking for fiberglass. The vast majority of hours it takes to complete these rigs are done by hand, by skilled craftsman. I guess I don't see the problem if someone has the $ to drop on a $90k rig; it doesn't make them a better fisherman. When my wife and I were looking at boats a few years ago I didn't have a hard time selling her on the price because she's well aware how much I fish. I do laugh at the guys who sell one year-old boats in excess of 80k with only 20 hours on them but hey, it's usually a good deal for the buyer. |
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| I came to realize years ago that the only view a fish sees is the bottom of the boat and I'll bet except for length they all look the same to them. That being said it's not the stake or sizzle that catches the fish. It's the guy at the table. Granted bigger faster boats allow for more options on the water but they do not make the captain a better fisherman by spending 80k on a boat. The glitter is nice but it does not the ensure success. There are plenty of locals fishing out of John boats catching more and bigger fish than many of the upper end boaters. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Agreed that the boats don't catch the fish. Someone said the life is too short to fish with crappy equipment and I agree with that. I also agree that the fish don't care and will hit a $5 setup the same as it will hit a $1000 set up and the fish don't care what kind of boat it is.
It's all relative to each person and their desire and budget to feed that passion. If you have a desire and work your tail off and made sacrifices to make it happen, then go get the rig you always wanted or whatever it is.
My friend just purchased a 1969 Super Bee and it took him 10 years to save for it. He busted his but to make it happen and he did it and I'm happy for him. Another friend had to work weekends in addition to his regular job just to scrape together enough cash to put new tires on his family's mini van. I respect the efforts equally. |
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| Cicciospin - 5/9/2019 2:09 AM
something in recent years yes, I bought an Italian boat similar to your musky boats, otherwise there are the Finvals or the Marcraft of European production
at those prices I'm amazed the American companies don't setup manufacturing in Europe, and pocket the taxes/fees/tariff charges that drive up the price to you. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | The margins in the marine industry are no better or worse than those in automotive, big picture. A considerable cost to the builder is advertising and promotions, and the boats with the biggest price tag will be the ones with the largest ad/promo budgets. Literally everything they do that costs anything at all is passed along in increased pricing.
It's that activity that creates the demand and perceived value, coupled with customer loyalty. Is any 21' boat worth nearly $100,000 rigged up with all the new toys?
It is if people will pay that much. If they don't that model will go bye bye and a less fancy ride will appear in it's place, or at the least be offered as a second choice. The cost is not arbitrary. A great example in current news is the Google phone. Over $800 wasn't selling, so they released a very similar functioning phone made with lower cost materials for $399.
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Location: oswego, il | The cost is not arbitrary. A great example in current news is the Google phone. Over $800 wasn't selling, so they released a very similar functioning phone made with lower cost materials for $399.
And neither of them like wordpress!  |
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