i was just reading a guide for buying used lasers by one of the moderators (BTW thxs for the guide its very good) But omething that always jumps to my attention is so many laser builders went bankrupt!!! same happens with sunfish boats, but WHY??
i mean honestly they should look at the business model and try to adjust, i dont have numbers at hand but lets face it laser and sunfishes are VERY POPULAR if not the most popular class of sailboats, also every 4 years theres a Good money amount with the olympics, And every year we have the worlds.
One of my theories is that the reason of why they are expensive is because they dont sell that many every year, BUT on the same hand if they would reduce the price people would prefer to buy new ones opposed to used ones.
i guess thats a catch 22 as they charge to much cuz not that many sold but they shoot themselves on the foot because prospective buyers prefer to expend less tha 1/2 of a new price on an used one.
i think price reduction would help to bring more people to the hobby and ultimately more sells!!! i mean common imagine a person interested in sailing and not knowing to well about the sport, goes to the local dealer and finds out he /she would need to shell out almost 5000 dls at once to start that scares anybody !!!
one example of a nice cheap sailboats, but ultimetly failed is the snark sailboats, remember those kool sponsored sailboats or the captiva sailboats .
what are your thoughts guys?
i mean honestly they should look at the business model and try to adjust, i dont have numbers at hand but lets face it laser and sunfishes are VERY POPULAR if not the most popular class of sailboats, also every 4 years theres a Good money amount with the olympics, And every year we have the worlds.
One of my theories is that the reason of why they are expensive is because they dont sell that many every year, BUT on the same hand if they would reduce the price people would prefer to buy new ones opposed to used ones.
i guess thats a catch 22 as they charge to much cuz not that many sold but they shoot themselves on the foot because prospective buyers prefer to expend less tha 1/2 of a new price on an used one.
i think price reduction would help to bring more people to the hobby and ultimately more sells!!! i mean common imagine a person interested in sailing and not knowing to well about the sport, goes to the local dealer and finds out he /she would need to shell out almost 5000 dls at once to start that scares anybody !!!
one example of a nice cheap sailboats, but ultimetly failed is the snark sailboats, remember those kool sponsored sailboats or the captiva sailboats .
what are your thoughts guys?