Boat & RV Sales currently booming - broken out of worst car sales thread
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The Boat Business Is Booming (Published 2020)
Dealers are in short supply as coastal Americans plan for more local summers. As one buyer put it: “Boats are sexier than sitting in your car.”
6 Reasons Boat Sales Are Booming Ahead of Summer 2020
As the U.S. begins to open back up as coronavirus cases slowly decrease, boating has emerged as a safe form of outdoor recreation and an ideal social distancing activity for families. Not surprisingly, dealers are seeing boat sales follow in suit.
I mean I believe boat and RV sales are up.. both classes of purchase are hobby use, so I guess I can see it. Plus, basically all public entertainment is closed. RV and boat is largely not impacted by 'Rona either, so again, I guess I can see it.
I mean I bought a camper - after previously thinking I never would.
But honestly, I don't think all car sales tanking can be attributed to boat and RV sales seeing a spike.
I mean I bought a camper - after previously thinking I never would.
But honestly, I don't think all car sales tanking can be attributed to boat and RV sales seeing a spike.
The run on boats is happening across the country. Chuck Cashman, the chief revenue officer of the boat dealership MarineMax, which has 64 locations in 23 states, says sales are up in every single category. Nearly three quarters of queries online are from first-time boat buyers, an unusually high number, he said. The company prides itself in its inventory, but Mr. Cashman said some customers are buying “like you would a car, where you take what’s there at the time because it’s close enough. In this social isolation, there’s so few things you can do that are exciting, and boating is one of them.”
At Quality Boats, which has four locations in Florida, May was the best sales month the company has had in 46 years (in terms of units sold, though the sale of a $1.4 million 45-foot saltwater fishing boat didn’t hurt). David Bair, an owner, has been delivering boats as far north as Connecticut to customers who can’t get what they want locally. (The average cost of sale is $280,000.) Mr. Bair has had to hire his own contractors because freight companies are too backed up to satisfy impatient customers, who want to be on the water faster than you can say “seaworthy.”
Kelly’s Port, a boat dealership in Osage Beach, Mo., is down to less than five percent of its usual inventory. The 44-year-old company, whose average sale is $100,000, has since broken every record “dude, by the hour or by the day or the weekend or any way you want to count it, from sales to gas to service to stowage,” said Ryan Kelly, a partner.
“We know there are a lot of people hurting right now,” Mr. Kelly said. “But speaking on dollars and cents, we’ve never ever, ever seen boat sales like this.”
At Quality Boats, which has four locations in Florida, May was the best sales month the company has had in 46 years (in terms of units sold, though the sale of a $1.4 million 45-foot saltwater fishing boat didn’t hurt). David Bair, an owner, has been delivering boats as far north as Connecticut to customers who can’t get what they want locally. (The average cost of sale is $280,000.) Mr. Bair has had to hire his own contractors because freight companies are too backed up to satisfy impatient customers, who want to be on the water faster than you can say “seaworthy.”
Kelly’s Port, a boat dealership in Osage Beach, Mo., is down to less than five percent of its usual inventory. The 44-year-old company, whose average sale is $100,000, has since broken every record “dude, by the hour or by the day or the weekend or any way you want to count it, from sales to gas to service to stowage,” said Ryan Kelly, a partner.
“We know there are a lot of people hurting right now,” Mr. Kelly said. “But speaking on dollars and cents, we’ve never ever, ever seen boat sales like this.”
not all
but i bet some
i mean, you canceled a something and went through with another? decisions were made.
i could see plenty of families/individuals holding off upgrading their cars/trucks to buy a new camper/boat or upgrade what they had prior.
FIXED.
im seriously thinking about listing my pontoon and ordering a new one because i think i could do pretty well...
Maybe so. I guess if ppl are not concerned with the economy, then YES, those two segments are probably doing really well. But many have been negatively impacted, just looking at the unemployment metrics.
i mean, boat & rv sales have not been negatively impacted, if anything the rona has helped those two industries significantly.
i said in another thread... typically mid summer, 3000+ boats on craigslist chicago.
the other day, 586.
right now, 568.
boats are fucking MOOOOOVING. new, used, whatever. i don't know as much about RV industry but from what ive seen in my small ganders, it's fucking ROCKING also.
used rv's that were 20k in january are 40k right now...
ready for a fun thought too?
number of people on unemployment right now is far higher than it should be due to the +$600 still going on...
i bet a WHOOOOOOLE lot of people go back to work at the end of the month once it runs out and they aren't making a grand a week in IL sitting at home.
i mean, i can't get landscapers to call me back to save my life... they say they have no employees...
Bub has an issue getting anyone to come do his driveway- no one wants to work because they're making BANK at home
number of people on unemployment right now is far higher than it should be due to the +$600 still going on...
i bet a WHOOOOOOLE lot of people go back to work at the end of the month once it runs out and they aren't making a grand a week in IL sitting at home.
i mean, i can't get landscapers to call me back to save my life... they say they have no employees...
Bub has an issue getting anyone to come do his driveway- no one wants to work because they're making BANK at home
ready for a fun thought too?
number of people on unemployment right now is far higher than it should be due to the +$600 still going on...
i bet a WHOOOOOOLE lot of people go back to work at the end of the month once it runs out and they aren't making a grand a week in IL sitting at home.
i mean, i can't get landscapers to call me back to save my life... they say they have no employees...
Unemp monies going to get extended and well have round 2 of stimulus checks in Aug.
Word im hearing here in Wash DC is Trump isnt traveling for approx 3 to 4 weeks.
Hes stuck here in DC waiting on Congress to give him a bill to sign.
Go get it yourself, slacker!
13 friggen yards.
and.
BROS - dunno if you noticed, but its HOT AS BALLS outside. I was out for 1hr yesterday installing airbags on my 2500.... HOLY SHIT. If I don't have to be outside right now, I'm hiding inside!
Call a mulch wholesaler. Most will deliver next day. I did 7 yards at my house last month.
Yeah then I've got 13 yards in my driveway.
Id enjoy just paying someone to put it where it all goes.
Yeah then I've got 13 yards in my driveway.
Id enjoy just paying someone to put it where it all goes.
High school kids near you? Laying mulch is pretty much foolproof.
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