I just purchased an 07 getaway and I desired to share my experience so newbie hobie cat buyers may know what to expect. At firts I had my eye on a wave and I contacted a Fl dealer the one who seems to advertise the most, at first the man seem to be interested in selling me a cat, at this point I was not sure about dishing out 5 or 6 k for an experiment so I ask the dealer about financing and that was the end of this dealers interest in selling me a boat, it just ignored my inquiry.
This treatment did not make me feel very confident about buying from a dealer, do they have such demmand for their boats that they can afford to simply ignore buyers that want or need financing? hmmm!
Any how yesterday I went down to Miami cats in Key Biscayne where Jacques the owner has a bunch of cats waves an getaway's there was one 07 getaway very recently assembled I mean this boat looks like it's never been wet, I was looking at the boat and Jacques ask me if I would like to rent one, I told him no I want to buy this new one he said sure I'll sale it to you I asked how much he replied 5500 I pulled out my check book and wrote him a check, jacques is delivering the boat to me first thing monday morning. Jacques owns Miami catamaran, an honest and very pleasant gentleman to deal with.
Gil












edited by: lostsailor, May 19, 2008 - 07:37 PM

Gil I just found this great forum. Im curious, as I had a similar exp. I ended up buying my wave from a private seller. There are very few Fl hobie dealers is this dealer north or south fl?

The Getaway is a great little boat, I've been eyeing the one at work for quite a while now for a good messing about boat! You really can't beat the plastic Hobies!

Congrats!

There are a few Hobie dealers in Fl, just go to the Hobie website and look-up dealers in your area. I had a similar experience with a dealer. They listed a Boom Kit for a Bravo at a price that was less than list. I called, verified the price and ordered one, when the invoice came in it was list price plus tax and shipping. When I called to discuss they were very arrogant on the phone. Needless to say I didn't buy it.

I went on-line to purchase from another dealer and he said that since there was a Hobie dealer in my area, he couldn't sell to me because of the terms in his contract with Hobie.

Gentleman I thank you all very much for your responses, and also I would like to ask to please excuse my english as I speak and write 3 other languages going thru the italian public school system and being a graduate of Universita Di Roma did not do much for my english composition and spelling skills, on line I've been asked if I'm third grade or somethind. Any how yes I would say that arrogance is a very good word to describe this attitude. this guy is up north in the FL pan handle not the one advertizing here on this site. my suggestion is stay away.



edited by: lostsailor, May 26, 2008 - 12:32 PM

Lost, check your PM

Il tuo inglese è meglio che il nostro italiano!

JLevy

Il tuo inglese è meglio che il nostro italiano!

thankyouverymuch