Hi all,
Currently looking at upgrading from my current boat to a 2012+ Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 439, possibly a newer 449. Spoke with a dealer about possibly custom-ordering a new 449 right from the factory (so it would have the exact options I want) and asked him how much off the retail list price a buyer can expect. He of course said that there isn't much of a reduction off the list price buyers usually get, outside of buying an inventory boat that has gone unsold for a year or so, but of course he would say that. Anyone (who is not a dealer, LOL) have any good data points about how much one can usually negotiate off the list price of a new boat assuming it isn't a boat that has been sitting around for a while that the dealer really needs to move?
The dealer mentioned something about how the factory has seasonal incentives around boat show times or something like that, but that's the factory offering a reduction out of its margin, not the dealer out of his.
Thanks,
'Dubs
Currently looking at upgrading from my current boat to a 2012+ Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 439, possibly a newer 449. Spoke with a dealer about possibly custom-ordering a new 449 right from the factory (so it would have the exact options I want) and asked him how much off the retail list price a buyer can expect. He of course said that there isn't much of a reduction off the list price buyers usually get, outside of buying an inventory boat that has gone unsold for a year or so, but of course he would say that. Anyone (who is not a dealer, LOL) have any good data points about how much one can usually negotiate off the list price of a new boat assuming it isn't a boat that has been sitting around for a while that the dealer really needs to move?
The dealer mentioned something about how the factory has seasonal incentives around boat show times or something like that, but that's the factory offering a reduction out of its margin, not the dealer out of his.
Thanks,
'Dubs