This is how parts are industry viewed on boats.
1. individual boats with dry weight products by the manufacturer
2. Trailers as individual purchases, even though they are factory built in cases
3. Engine accessories required for boat operation
4. Engines themselves
5. Dealer added items such as batteries
6. Charts, graphs and depth finder items. 360 and Live Sonar FFS
7. Trolling motors independently
8. Other accessories built by vendors, such as covers, power poles, hydraulic plates,
9. Individual items added at consumers choices: Transducer Shields, Turrets, Transducer pivot arms, graph brackets and Etc.
10. any added items individually selected that are not normal to 75% of builds
11. freight, taxes due at sale, licensing fees by states, handling fees associated to third parties
The advent of “package boats” did change the public view in the mid 1990’s, when engines became a sale through OEM’s. Though those engines still must be sold through contracted engine brand dealers. Boat manufacturers are a pass through on the sale. While some dollars land in manufacturers pockets, there are also handling, storage, installs and delivery costs associated to those engines. The accessory market continues to be a moving landscape as the levels of available parts requested installed by the manufacturer is constantly changing today.
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Originally Posted by Macsimus
