Quote Originally Posted by Mxmark4 View Post
When I worked in ccar dealers , service department carried the whole dealership and that was the way it went. We paid all the bills essentially, made the most profit, and parts dept and sales were like added bonuses. In a boat dealer I would imagine its much the same except,They have service wait times that are unheard of in the auto industry, and parts costs are through the roof. 700k of dealer profit for putting you in a boat is pretty good IMO. Service and parts will make up for the rest.
The service wait times for boats is something I have never understood. Why do you have a shop that is so undersized that you can only manage to take care of your customers in 3-4 weeks. If you had a bigger shop, wouldn't you be able to charge a premium by getting people in and out in under a week? Seems like there is a massive available backlog, but I guess the winter months become slim pickings. There has to be a better way though.