Boating Magazine's Insider's Guide to Buying a Powerboat: Featuring Tips and Traps for the Smart Boat Buyer

Robert Lamy; Robert J. P. Lamy

ISBN 10: 0071351507 / ISBN 13: 9780071351508

Published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 1999

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0071351507I4N00

Synopsis:

Boating Magazine's Insider's Guide to Buying a Powerboat features tips and traps for the smart boat buyer. If you don't have an uncle in the boat-dealership business, here's the next-best thing: a longtime boat dealer and salesman who lets you in on trade secrets so you can buy a new or used boat without getting burned. J. P. Lamy lays out a step-by-step approach to finding the right small powerboat (under 30 feet) and buying it at a fair price with favorable financing.

You will learn:

• How salesmen are trained
• What their margins and markups are
• The use of the Internet for boat shopping
• What to look for, good and bad, in a new or used boat
• Checklists
• How to negotiate honestly but toughly
• How to shave thousands of dollars from an asking price

Endorsed by Boating magazine, Lamy's guide helps you take control and win in the bargaining process. When it comes to buying a boat, knowledge is power.

About the Author:

J.P. Lamy has bought, refurbished, and sold used powerboats and now sells new boats using a combination of good customer service and reasonable markup over the dealer's wholesale price. His win-win approach has propelled him to notable sales success in Florida's boating market. Distressed at some of the sales tactics he witnessed, he wrote this book as a consumer's aid.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Boating Magazine's Insider's Guide to Buying...
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket