I just got info that they put a 6% surcharge recently on all boats on order on top of the order price...
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I just got info that they put a 6% surcharge recently on all boats on order on top of the order price...
Matches inflation
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I can't speak to it myself as I didn't order a new boat, but the forums I follow & the facebook groups I'm apart of, there are several people who I've seen complaints from that the prices increased by the 6 1/2% give or take because of foreign materials costing more...It's pretty shady though once a boat has already been purchased to up the price once in the building phase. When you agree to a price, that should be the price you pay. If materials go down, they're never going to reflect that in the final price.
I have mixed feelings on it.
As a consumer, price hikes suck, especially surprise price hikes of $5000 to $12000 on a done deal.
But small boat builders like Skiers can’t control supplier costs in this shitstorm supply chain nightmare.
Would you prefer SC to struggle and potentially go out of business?
It’s not like Skiers is a huge company like Ford or GM that can weather a bad economy or rapid inflation like we have seen in a few short months time, inflation is brutal right now.
Bigger companies can leverage foreign suppliers to some degree, but currently the U.S. consumer is losing badly right now and the foreseeable future.
Shipping used to be $3000 per container from China, it’s well over $18000 per container now. That cost goes directly to the bottom line.
All adds up to price increases for end user.
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I assume all the wakeboat makers are doing the same.
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hate to say it but I'm with rilez on this. IF the boat builders are going to go out and presell a bunch of units, then they take the risk of rising inflation and should honor the price given. as mentioned, NO WAY that if 'glas drops in price from a sudden ramp up in texas, they are dropping prices on signed contracts so should not be the other way around.
inflation is rampant and out of control in some areas and skiers should be right to pass on costs to UNSOLD boat slots but once sold, done deal....
lumber went sky high late summer and we saw lots of price hikes in the 25-40k range here in vegas and most housing sales on new deals are 8 to 11 months to delivery but no increase in already sold contracts as it should be.
speaking all based on what we read on the internet and could be that skiers is honoring contract pricing and its dealers jacking up or people that were wishywashy and then when time came to pony up the cash pricing went up but IF it is a case of signed contract and later tacking on 6+% directed by skiers choice, that is a short sighted move imo.
Agreed 100%
It's borderline criminal if you ask me.
It's direct from SC not the dealers, their staff has confirmed it on the book. Several other manufacturers too.
My company has a similar setup where we take orders and there's a long lead time. We've seen the same (or worse) inflation (wood industry) that they have and we have not tacked on charges to our existing orders because it's bad business and immoral IMO. We increase prices as needed but would never increase the price on an existing contracted order.
I have no issue with mid year price hikes, go for it as many as you like, but not on contracted sales with an already agreed price.
Same shit they pulled earlier this year when delays pushed some peoples builds into "2022" model year and they made the customer pay for the increase even though the customer ordered a 2021 boat and they were just too slow to build it (supply chain corona yada yada).
Prices sure did not come down when the company was collecting big govt bailout money ($3.1m) for covid all while record new sales.
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My spray date is somewhere in January for a 2022 build. Haven’t gotten a firm date yet. Contract has been signed since mid-October, and non-refundable deposit of 10% is already in dealers hand.
6 1/2% is about 2/3 of the dealer discount I got. Not looking forward to that price increase, but we are in a position to be able to absorb it.
I’m with the majority of the group and think that a price increase on in contract builds is bad business, espescially when they still have Supra build slots. My dealer was out of 2022 Moomba build slots in September, so this will affect a lot of folks and their Moomba builds.
If skiers came to me and said, “materials, inflation, yadda yadda, we need to increase 1-2% above the base build price to cover our margins” I could understand that. But to slap a 6.5 increase on top of the inflated price point would make me want to walk if I wasn’t going to lose 20k doing so.
Disappointing, and I’d be curious to see how the other companies are handling this with in-contract builds.
Making my new SA build come true!!!
About a week ago I read about the mid year increase for both lines. It was posted on Facebook by a customer.
Sucks for those that put a fall order in for a delivery after Feb 1st trying to save money by not holding a boat during the winter.
Funny to read all the key-board warriors telling the person posting the comment to “lawyer up”.
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