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Checkmate now Hustler
- Thread starter waterqtr
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Matts94z28
Active member
Didn't expect that...
john lamon
Well-known member
So I wonder what the details are, can we still get interiors I wonder?
Viper 1
Well-known member
Interior's and boat covers
Dear Checkmate Members any of you wanting interiors or boat covers send a email to Doug Smith and he will try and Help You get what You Need.
dsmith@checkmatepowerboats.net
RNGRDVE I just Got off the Phone with Doug Smith at 7 am today and as of Right Now Checkmate Does have a Future as i had posted good news was coming weeks ago. I Will Share all that I Know with all of You as Soon as Everything is Completed and Doug Smith Says its ok to do so. I Know there are a Lot of Questions that all of you have and I Will do My Best to Answer all of them for all of you as Soon as I Can. I Hope You all Understand that I gave My Word to Doug Smith and We all Don't Want to get ahead of ourselves and maybe Mess Something up before it Happens. Thanks for Your Understanding and have a Great Weekend. Always Sammie Action Marine
Dear Checkmate Members any of you wanting interiors or boat covers send a email to Doug Smith and he will try and Help You get what You Need.
dsmith@checkmatepowerboats.net
RNGRDVE I just Got off the Phone with Doug Smith at 7 am today and as of Right Now Checkmate Does have a Future as i had posted good news was coming weeks ago. I Will Share all that I Know with all of You as Soon as Everything is Completed and Doug Smith Says its ok to do so. I Know there are a Lot of Questions that all of you have and I Will do My Best to Answer all of them for all of you as Soon as I Can. I Hope You all Understand that I gave My Word to Doug Smith and We all Don't Want to get ahead of ourselves and maybe Mess Something up before it Happens. Thanks for Your Understanding and have a Great Weekend. Always Sammie Action Marine
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Should be a great fit. From the details I've gathered, the Hustler guys have always liked Checkmate. Their current offerings, plus Checkmate's line-up of boats smaller than what they have, will really round out their offerings
http://www.hustlerspeedboats.net/speedwear/index.php
http://www.hustlerspeedboats.net/speedwear/index.php
Gimme Fuel
Well-known member
I think this is a great partnership. Hustler builds great fast boats.....I love the new Rockit series and those are on my short list if i was to buy a new boat. Plus they have great marketing.....sex sells. Haha.
Long live Checkmate!
Long live Checkmate!
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man i love hustler boats....some of the best lookin and best runnin hulls out there in my opinion. glad a major manufacturer has taken an interest....
selling small boats is tough business right now...the demographic that usually purchases boats of this nature (price range) has taken a serious beating in the last 5 years or so. this combined with a flooding used boat market will make navigating to success much more difficult than in previous years. if checkmate can offer fast "sexy" boats (hustler's philosiphy as it were) that they have a niche to fill. i think that the Sjrogen from Pier 57 had some very valid points about marketing and dealer relationships. the current economic climate requires alot more precise execution to be successful with the ever narrowing margins between success and default.
overhead is always a key factor....i also think that international marketing is HUGE for luxury items today.....with rapidly developing economies in much of the modern world the demand for leisure and recreation is skyrocketing in those areas (India, Middle east, china, .....etc). and boats and boat parts sell for waaaaay more on the dollar in those regions than here.
example:
there is a major local houseboat manufacturer that is BOOMING right now when the others are struggling to keep the doors open. after talking wit one of the execs on the lake last year he attributed their increasing success in these difficult times to the expansion efforts they implemented in China in the past couple years. they began marketing/exporting them in china and now have factories in the country that employ hundreds of workers and are swamped with orders going all over europe and asia....
i dont like to hear about businesses and jobs leaving the country but given the current conditions survival may very well depend on it for companies like checkmate that target an ever shrinking demographic.
selling small boats is tough business right now...the demographic that usually purchases boats of this nature (price range) has taken a serious beating in the last 5 years or so. this combined with a flooding used boat market will make navigating to success much more difficult than in previous years. if checkmate can offer fast "sexy" boats (hustler's philosiphy as it were) that they have a niche to fill. i think that the Sjrogen from Pier 57 had some very valid points about marketing and dealer relationships. the current economic climate requires alot more precise execution to be successful with the ever narrowing margins between success and default.
overhead is always a key factor....i also think that international marketing is HUGE for luxury items today.....with rapidly developing economies in much of the modern world the demand for leisure and recreation is skyrocketing in those areas (India, Middle east, china, .....etc). and boats and boat parts sell for waaaaay more on the dollar in those regions than here.
example:
there is a major local houseboat manufacturer that is BOOMING right now when the others are struggling to keep the doors open. after talking wit one of the execs on the lake last year he attributed their increasing success in these difficult times to the expansion efforts they implemented in China in the past couple years. they began marketing/exporting them in china and now have factories in the country that employ hundreds of workers and are swamped with orders going all over europe and asia....
i dont like to hear about businesses and jobs leaving the country but given the current conditions survival may very well depend on it for companies like checkmate that target an ever shrinking demographic.