Man are boat prices going up

BEH said:
Not just boats.
This is just like prices for puppies.
We lost our Golden in mid March and tried to adopt a rescue dog.
We wanted to get a puppy but was always too late to apply.
Almost all older rescue dogs had problems, either medical or behaviour (not to be around children).
People were selling mixed breed puppies on line for $1,500.00 +.
Anyways we ended up getting a in with a reputable breeder and purchased another Golden, $3,000.00
As a side note, a lot of pets that were obtained during the pandemic are now being sent to shelters or returned.
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Same here. Crazy dog prices
 
My upholstery guy finally met me at the boat on Monday morning to get started on my sun pads. Got the template made and discussed what we wanted. All good except starboard is hard for him to get. Sunbrella material has gone up 30%….where does it end?

Bennett
 
bbwhitejr said:
My upholstery guy finally met me at the boat on Monday morning to get started on my sun pads. Got the template made and discussed what we wanted. All good except starboard is hard for him to get. Sunbrella material has gone up 30%….where does it end?

Bennett
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About 3 years and 4 months
 
bbwhitejr said:
My upholstery guy finally met me at the boat on Monday morning to get started on my sun pads. Got the template made and discussed what we wanted. All good except starboard is hard for him to get. Sunbrella material has gone up 30%….where does it end?

Bennett
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28 years with a 3 letter class 1 railroad. The supply chain is all messed up. Its the ‘just in time’ inventory system that that Japanese invented in the 70’s that the world adopted. Pandemic upset it all. They are still backup from the ship stuck in the Suez back in the spring. Gonna take a few years to get it all working like it used to. Oil prices starting to drop so there is that. Those that read about my missing shore cord, on amazon Marinco cant deliver til 9/24. Found different brand can deliver in few days. Guess who i getting.
 
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And let me tell you this. Back in 08 recession we parked 2800 locomotives up in North Dakota that we were paying on. See, railroads dont own the locos, General Electric owns them, we lease. So we paid millions on locos just sitting, and when those leases were up we let them go. We have half the locos we had ten years ago. We wont get burned next time, so what happens now. Your product is delayed and you want it faster oh you are going to pay dearly for that privilege. Welcome to the new normal. And by the way, GE has been trying to sell its locomotive division since then. And i hear this bs all the time from idiots “the govt subsidies the rr”. NO, thats Amtrax. Freight RR own every mile of the infrastructure. Its a very capital intensive business. So again, you want us to deliver your product fast, oh boy you gonna pay.
 
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On a roll here. Maybe you heard of Positive Train Control. PTC. Government mandate that all railroads had to implement because some dick engineer crashed a metro liner 10 years back. Except no govt money. We have spent hundreds of millions to implement a system, that the technology didn’t even exist for, had to be developed from scratch. How we going to recoup those hundreds of millions? Yup, from every product we ship, that Sunbrella, that manifold, that zodiac. As they said in Goodfellas “Pay Me!”.
 
Pirate Lady said:
28 years with a 3 letter class 1 railroad. The supply chain is all messed up. Its the ‘just in time’ inventory system that that Japanese invented in the 70’s that the world adopted. Pandemic upset it all. They are still backup from the ship stuck in the Suez back in the spring. Gonna take a few years to get it all working like it used to. Oil prices starting to drop so there is that. Those that read about my missing shore cord, on amazon Marinco cant deliver til 9/24. Found different brand can deliver in few days. Guess who i getting.
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Nah. Not really the JIT system. A few things are going on. Raw material producers, say plastic and steel, all shut capacity when the lockdowns triggered. They assumed demand would fall dramatically. It didn’t. People still bought tons of stuff. Well they haven’t, and probably won’t, bring that capacity back on line cause they are rewarded with huge price increases. Add the fact that every place is hiring and nobody is applying for those jobs, you have no people to do the work. Backlogs is the result. I have more booked business this month than ever — would usually use two shifts to get it done. But can’t even fill one shift. Thus lead times are way extended. Everything is out of balance.
 
Buddy of mine is in automotive. Chip shortage killing his business. New car dealerships have no inventory and are buying up used inventory across the country.

All this is causing price gouging for new and used cars.
 
El Capitan said:
Buddy of mine is in automotive. Chip shortage killing his business. New car dealerships have no inventory and are buying up used inventory across the country.

All this is causing price gouging for new and used cars.
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Here’s the thing. After all this time why is there still a “chip shortage?” Seems manufactured to me.
 
I just got a letter from my local MM. It said, basically, we have no inventory (unless you're looking for a 65 foot Galeon yacht). But come on down and we can help you order from our "nationwide network of dealers." 2022's are arriving soon (except some are missing engines or other components they can't get). Or let us help you order a 2022 with the options you want (and it will be delivered in 2024).
 
The chip shortage is legit and affecting many industries - the automakers and dealers are taking a huge hit. No way in hell would Ford halt F150 production for a week in KC if it wasn't.

Mercury outboards are now 54 weeks out, Suzuki at 150 days.
 
bajturner said:
That's my industry. It's not manufactured. The chip fabs will catch up soon.
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What is soon? We are what 8-10 months into this thing. I know the steel producers are slow to open up their shuttered capacity, which creates a shortage and high prices -- go figure.
 
I just bought a new car earlier this week and had to settle for a far better equipped model than I wanted.

I also negotiated down to sticker price from 15% over.

It’s insane.
 
I just got this letter from the dealer that I purchased my truck from.

Are you interested in selling your Colorado?

I only ask because I have used car customers in here all the time that would buy one just like yours if we had it in-stock.

They generally aren't too picky on color or miles so I figured to check our records and yours came up as a good fit. We are prepared to offer you above Kelley Blue Book value for your car so we can make this customer happy.

Would you consider selling it to us?

Please let me know either way.
 
jmauld said:
I just got this letter from the dealer that I purchased my truck from.

Are you interested in selling your Colorado?

I only ask because I have used car customers in here all the time that would buy one just like yours if we had it in-stock.

They generally aren't too picky on color or miles so I figured to check our records and yours came up as a good fit. We are prepared to offer you above Kelley Blue Book value for your car so we can make this customer happy.

Would you consider selling it to us?

Please let me know either way.
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I get calls and letters like that all the time, pre-covid and now it's amped up moreso.

Saw a truck I traded back in 2018 is back at the dealership, seems the calls and letters worked on that guy. And yep, I did drive her just for old time's sake....poor girl was beat up.
 
I get them from the local dealership. This is the first time this particular dealership contacted me. I drove about 250 miles to get this truck.
 
I feel like when this all comes down the overpayers will start walking away from all this stuff when they owe tens of thousands more than its worth. Has this 07-09 feel to it. Hope im wrong
 
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