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Old 12-17-2016, 07:36 AM
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Default Where are all the fountains going

there are less fountains for sale in oso than cigarettes .its a good thing for us fountain guys more value
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Old 12-17-2016, 12:32 PM
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Clean, well maintained boats are getting harder to find. It took me 1.5 years to find the right 38 Lightning late last summer. It is getting more difficult to find a truly clean no excuses boat, the fleet is getting older and older.
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Fountains are becoming less relevant since Reggie left. Less models, no new models, no significant changes to existing models, no marketing. Hope I'm wrong?
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New boats are over priced and few are built
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Originally Posted by Interceptor
New boats are over priced and few are built

New boats are CRAZY over priced.
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Originally Posted by ozarkdevil
New boats are CRAZY over priced.
Not true. Retail price for a new Donzi, Fountain, Baja twin I/O is the same as 10-15 years ago. The "creative" financing made them affordable and was able to put many more people into a performance boat. Much different scenario now.

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Way overpriced for 15 years +!
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Obscenely overpriced and absolutely zero innovation. Look at the 2017 38ft for sale 428k �� And it still has the same cheap looking plastic cockpit with the machine screws drilled into the fiberglass �� 10-15 years ago was conspicuous consumption and you had the nostalgia that goes with Reggie. If they don't reinvent themselves the great Fountain brand is not going to exist.
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Originally Posted by VoodooRob
Not true. Retail price for a new Donzi, Fountain, Baja twin I/O is the same as 10-15 years ago. The "creative" financing made them affordable and was able to put many more people into a performance boat. Much different scenario now.
428k for a 38ft fountain with bravos 15 years ago? No way.
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Why would you pay $428k for a 565/bravo boat when you could buy this for the same money? http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...-s-o67951.html
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