Another minefield for boat buyers is the fact that many manufacturers
ship the boat half-finished and the dealer half-finishes the job. Can
you imagine buying a car and having the dealer wire it, install the
electronics, the engine, and rig the steering mechanism? The more
people one involves in the equation the more potential for
finger-pointing and lack of satisfactory completion.

I wonder why the manufacturers do this? Is it an incentive to a dealer to
carry their line? Perhaps pragmatism since the manufacturer can't know what
finishing out options you might choose?

It seems like a tremedously bad idea as far as being able to control quality
goes and since the manufacturer's name is the one that gets sullied they
must have a *really* good reason for doing it.

I would be afraid to afix my company name to something that is finished out
by someone else. It must frustrate the hell out of them.