What????

[shawn]

I can't believe what i read on WW today.  Pete, is this true?

Well, I went to the ATL show and saw the ATL Marine display. They were more than ready to sell me a boat and I talked for at least 20 min with Rick Tinker. They are the #1 Skiers choice dealer this year, BTW. I think they trade it with Ski Boats of Dallas every year.

At the Malibu booth, I walked up to a salesman and pointed to a VLX with the Blade tower and said "I want to buy that boat" He chuckled and walked away. I think they just get so many tire kickers that unless you really get their attention they assume you are just BS'n. I wasn't, I had the wife there and the checkbook, etc. but I decided I can wait a year or two.

[cyclone]

I was goin' to keep the Epic of course. Hey, I like boats!! I was only halfway serious, but I was ready if the right deal came along. It didn't, I woulda had sticker shock anyway. It's cheap to live here, I could do it if I really wanted to. If I had the room, I'd probably get four or five boats.

I always go to the boat show with the possibility of coming home with something:)

Hey, I'll be out there for the big Norcal boat show in Pleasanton in two weeks. Are you goin'?

[festivus]

I have been in conversation with two different Bu dealers in the past few weeks, both of whom have been nice and helpful.  I think at the boat shows they get a ton of people who are killin' time or aren't serious, so they tend to blow actual buyers off when they shouldn't.
Thanks to all of you looking around at these other boats, when I get enough courage up to announce my order with Malibu, it'll be a lot easier.  So thanks.
I think that was some sort of compounded conjunctive sentence.

[shawn]

pete, we are going to the show on sunday, the 29th. 

[cyclone]

COOL I'll PM you with my cel before I head out there, I should be there sat and sun, prolly. I might go riding on Sun, depends on the weather.