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RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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Ok i was looking at the tracker pro team 165 bass boat.  Nice boat.  

 

Nationally Advertised

Retail Price

$ 7,195*

plus Dealer Prep and

Destination Charges

 

Well after adding a 40HP motor the final price is $9330 (plus $129 for a spare tire)   :smash:  :jester:  :bs: This is for one of their lowest models.  Dont they come down any?  I am not draining my savings for a low end bass boat.  I might as well spend a little more (10K more :cool:) and get a nitro.   Oh yea also there was a free boat cover offer.

 

I went to bass pro shops in gurnee mills.  Nice store (huge).

Wingnut Senior Enthusiast

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If they wont budge on the price at all, bounce their price off of a couple of other dealers. Then take the lowest price to them, and refuse any doc/delivery/prep fees.

 

Kind of like buying a truck. The cheaper the boat, the lower the profit margin...Hence less breathing room on the price.

 

But I have never bought anything where the doc/prep fees are not negotiable.

 

Hope this helps, and good luck on the boat. :thumb:

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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prep fee was like $200 and no doc fee
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I'm not positive, but I think that Tracker has a set price that is supposed to be concrete for all dealers.  The only bargaining that you may do is on accessories, rigging, etc.  Don't take my word for it, but I think I heard that one time.

 

I was looking at a new walleye boat this spring but decided I couldn't put up $36k for a walleye boat.  I just couldn't justify it.  But it would be nice.  Maybe next year.   :smash:

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Tracker sets their price at the factory, there isn't any "mark-up" from the dealer.

 

Ryan - if you don't want to spend that much on the smaller boat you may want to look at the next size or two up. The Pro Team 185 comes with a 50 standard. Have you looked around at used yet?

 

Also, check out http://www.trackerowners.com/nitroowners/

Bunch of guys on there know alot about Tracker and Nitro. I've heard good and bad things about Gurnee Mills.

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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Gurnee mills was nice because they had all the models and you could touch them and see them.

 

Also when i was leaving outside they had a huge lot that said PREOWNED BOATS well i emailed them about a 175 with a 40HP i seen.  Guy told me it was a new 01 and it was the same price as the 165 WTF.  An 01 its not new its 2 yrs old

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I sold my PT 175 with a 40, 2 years old, for $7500 outright. Hope you found your answers on trackerowners.com  :thumb:
RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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i found a guy who has a 98 (99 motor and trailer with a late 98 production hull) PT 185 with a 50HP for $7995 (obo).  He is in NC.  I am getting pics tonight.

 

Thanks for the site bassdog its a good one.  Even BOB G from this site is over there  :smash:

bassdog Enthusiast

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I saw that  :thumb:

 

Been there for a while myself, lot's of good info and advice, very similar to this site  :smash:

BassSJ Enthusiast

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I have a 93 Model Ranger that I would like to sell.  My new one is on order.  I guarantee you it will put any tracker ever built to shame.  You could spend a little more and get something worth owning.
RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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Thanks for the offer.

 

I found one in NC (long drive for me) its a tracker 185 with a 50HP motor.  Got a bunch of pics and it looks to be in perfect shape.

bassdog Enthusiast

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I have a 93 Model Ranger that I would like to sell.  My new one is on order.  I guarantee you it will put any tracker ever built to shame.  You could spend a little more and get something worth owning.

 

Typical Ranger owner  :owned:

 

Go bash somewhere else

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Running anything else other than a Ranger is like driving a f'n ford.

 

Seems we have differences in taste. I'm not saying Tracker is any top rated boat, not saying anything bad about Ranger either, but for what I could afford, new, my Tracker fit the bill. It's a boat, it runs, and I can fish out of it... close enough for me.

 

Little story for ya...

First Open tournament ever fished (last year) I fished with my wife in my Tracker. 41 boats total, mostly Rangers, Champions, Tritons, few Nitros, think maybe 2 - 3 Trackers including mine.

Wife and I came in 7th, top 10 consisted of Nitros, my Tracker, couple Tritons. Most of the big money boats spent the day flying across the lake while I fished.... they went home early, no fish. Wife and I actually had a good laugh for most of the day watching them too.

 

My cousin, who didn't fish the tournament, watched, for about an hour or so before weigh-in, all those "big money" boats pulled out with no fish, no bites... nothing.

 

Point to my story: those $35K boats got there faster, fished more areas, and went home earlier with nothing to show for their $35k  :chevy:

 

Now if you want to talk a real boat, I'll race your Ranger any day with a Gambler  :)

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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I was told by my dads friend (large boat dealer- large size boats not fishing boats) that trackers dont hold their resale value and rangers are the way to go.  I started looking at rangers until i seen most have a 15K price tag.  I dont about resale value as id probably keep whatever i get for a long time.

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