Larry wrote:

On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 07:30:48 GMT, "Grumman-581"
wrote:


One school of thought is that a manufacturer will show just as much
attention to detail on their lower end models as they do on there upper end
models...

Yes, it reflects on the whole company's attitude towards quality.

Another school of thought is that with decreased price for a
particular market, something has to give...

Sea Ray dealers sold this 16' boat for over $16K, which hardly makes
it cheap for a 16' boat in any book. A $16,000 boat should have SOME
quality, don't you think?

Larry paid a lot less than $16,000 for his SeaRayder. Further, he
couldn't make a deal with his local SeaRay dealer, had words with the
dealership and then bought his unit at a closeout price from a dealer
hundreds of miles away. Then he got upset because his local SeaRay
dealer wouldn't handle his warranty or service problems.

That made me chuckle. Frankly, if I were in the retail business and an
ass like Larry ever strolled in, I'd refuse to sell him anything and ask
him to leave.



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