Spring

Yep, I finally see them. There are boats growing out of my yard from under the 5 feet of snow we got here over the last 3 months.

This past Saturday we opened for the first time officially since November and I must say I was surprised to see how busy we were. 50 degrees and a sunny day did not hurt but I was happy to see people were out shopping.

What I am seeing is the only way for our economy to get out of its funk. We have decided to not count on the powers that be and are doing it ourselves. I am seeing more service requests for PWC and boats and most of you are going to spend money on your toys maintaining them and actually make a serious attempt (damn the weather) to use them regularly.

Sales of used PWC are actually up a tick. Makes more sence to by a good, pre certified used machine at half the cost then go buy a new one for 3 months of use. (shameless commercial)

The winter boat shows locally were a bust with Atlantic City hammered by blizzard #2 then the Super Bowl while the good old NJ Boat Show in Raritan center was cancelled this week due to not enough vendors (see my previous post-i told you so). If you want to boat, you now have to go out and find a dealer near you to see the boats.

Shop on line then GO TO THE DEALERSHIP of your choice. Shake hands with a human and talk about your passion in person (no texting!). You will be amazed at how much more information you will get by actually being with a dealer. Sure we want to sell but most of us who survived know its all about YOU, the customer and are more than happy to help.

Thats my Rant
Joe Cap