Just got back from the Chicago Boat Show and trying to wrap my head around pricing. It seems like most manufacturers have one basic platform and all of the price difference (assuming same engine) is just trim. IE - a tritoon on the lowest price line ($50k) is the same as a tritoon on highest spec line ($200k). It’s kind of hard to justify the huge price jumps in my head for plusher pleather. Am I missing something? When looking at cars - the difference between $50k Mercedes C-class and a $150k S-class is huge - they are fundamentally different cars. They have different frames, bodies, trims, etc. it just seems to me pontoon makers are taking one model of car and pricing different trim levels as different models vs. creating actual different models.

Second - boat shoe prices. Everything at the boat show was marked down 25% plus. I assume they are still making a profit at these prices which goes to show the markup. How likely are you to be able to negotiate similar prices outside of the boat show?

Final question - is there a ballpark time frame when looking at used prices for depreciation? IE - 3 years old? 5 years?