boltman
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- Dec 28, 2005
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- Boat Info
- 480 Sedan Bridge
"Sea Ray's Best Boat Ever Made"
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- 700 hp MANS Diesels Thundering Cathedrals of Torque!!
Re: "one of the most challenging times ever seen in the history of the marine industr
I agree with all that's been said,in my business if i don't sell , I don't eat, I am the owner, the floor sweeper, I've cleand the johns, and I've changed the oil, so when it gets slow, I get up and get going once again, I make more sales calls and capture more business. In 2001 I lost my biggest customer, it was 68% of my business, but I survived, because I never stopped kicking, and here I am with business never being so good and I'm still out there kicking hard, making calls and delivering my own orders...I geuss if I'd have sat on my A$$ then my local economy would have crashed, I will not let that happen, I want a bigger boat...someday and I'd like to pay cash for it, but I think I'd lose to much money paying cash.... now that's terrible thinking...The prices of these objects must and will come down..The housing market is showing us this daily.....now lets start with the Boating industry as well.....That 44 we looked at shouldn't be a penny over 395,000......it's that 12" TV thats driving the price over 600K...I just know it...
I agree with all that's been said,in my business if i don't sell , I don't eat, I am the owner, the floor sweeper, I've cleand the johns, and I've changed the oil, so when it gets slow, I get up and get going once again, I make more sales calls and capture more business. In 2001 I lost my biggest customer, it was 68% of my business, but I survived, because I never stopped kicking, and here I am with business never being so good and I'm still out there kicking hard, making calls and delivering my own orders...I geuss if I'd have sat on my A$$ then my local economy would have crashed, I will not let that happen, I want a bigger boat...someday and I'd like to pay cash for it, but I think I'd lose to much money paying cash.... now that's terrible thinking...The prices of these objects must and will come down..The housing market is showing us this daily.....now lets start with the Boating industry as well.....That 44 we looked at shouldn't be a penny over 395,000......it's that 12" TV thats driving the price over 600K...I just know it...