Hi Everyone! We finally have some pricing information on the all new MX1825, and in my opinion, its great news! We are thrilled that Skeeter Boat Center will be able to offer the 2012 MX1825 S/C for the introductory price that I had hoped for — $31,490. This price will be good on either a custom order or out of stock depending on product availability during the fall incentive period. The dual console with walk through windshield will be a $1000 option.
Equipment on this offer will include:
-Yamaha 150 hp 4 stroke Outboard with 3 year std warranty
-Tilt and Hydraulic Steering
-97” beam for amazing stability
-Accentuated keel for precision, performance and unbelievable tracking
-Upgrade to 3 Bank charger
-Terrova 80 w/ 60 inch shaft and quick release base
-Lockable center Rod Locker for Rods up to 7.5 ft.
-Lockable “Rod Holster” with long rod storage for lengths up to 12 ft.
-Starboard side lockable storage.
-Snap in Carpet
-Storage shelf under console (one under each console if dual)
-All new seat design including improved lumber support
-39” rear casting deck
-Insulated 50” live well
-Two storage compartments, one each side of live well.
-6 Interior lights plus lighted live well
-Tuff Coat Single Axle Trailer with torsion springs and swing tongue
-Trailer Ratchet Tie Downs and upgraded winch
-Chrome wheels
*Includes Freight, Prep and 3 Batteries, throw cushion, fire extinguisher, paddle and 12 ounces of Yamaha Ring Free, 2 hour break-in and 10 gallons of gas.
*Offer is after all applicable Skeeter and Yamaha incentives which will be assigned to Skeeter Boat Center on purchase agreement. Yamaha 150 will come with base 3 year warranty. State sales tax and registration fees will be extra, and you will be required to pay based on the state laws of your primary residence.
This sale price will be guaranteed by Skeeter Boat Center regardless of incentives that are offered by Skeeter Products and Yamaha during the fall Incentive period (Skeeter and Yamaha traditionally have fall incentive packages which this offer is based on. Regardless of what incentives turn out to be, you will have a locked in price with Skeeter Boat Center). Some limitations apply.
Here are the limitations to this offer:
1. This offer is good only for boats delivered during the fall incentive period which is currently unknown. Historically, both Skeeter and Yamaha have offered incentives in tandem from about the end of September (sometime after the 20th) and then ending shortly after November 1st. That would be my best estimate at this point in time for this fall. This isn’t much of a limitation though, because if you ordered a boat by the end of July, it wouldn’t arrive until Mid September – about when you’d be able to take delivery on your boat anyway. We’re not even going to have a boat we can show until mid July. There will only a handful of stock boats that might arrive before August 20th and it generally takes about a week to rig and prep the boats before delivery. If Skeeter and Yamaha have not released a fall program by October 1st, we will begin delivering boats at the guaranteed price. Once the programs are released, we will update the dates of this sales promotion.
2. This offer will be limited in availability to how many MX1825’s Skeeter Boat Center is allocated from Skeeter Products, Inc., and that are also invoiced to Skeeter Boat Center by November 1, 2012 or one week before the end of the fall programs at the latest. We have already ordered a significant number of MX1825’s, but until we receive actual production confirmation, we won’t know how many we will receive by early November until about August 15th, and we’ll update our availability at that time. It is very likely that we will order more boats than we will be allocated for the sales promotion period.
3. This offer will be limited to those customers living in our primary market area which is 165 miles from Chippewa Falls, WI. This area includes the Eau Claire area east past Wausau, north to Lake Superior, south east toward Madison, south into northeast Iowa, and the Twin Cities metro area including northwest past St. Cloud. Skeeter Boat Center is the authorized Skeeter dealer for both LaCrosse and Rochester, so customers in those communities and their surrounding areas qualify for this offer. Customers outside of our primary market area may order a boat, but the price will be $500 higher than our stated sale prices.
4. All boats ordered under this program will have to be paid in full by November 1, 2012. There will be no exceptions. Yamaha specifically is not flexible on extending their incentives even one day.
5. And finally, this price is specifically offered by Skeeter Boat Center for prospective customers in our primary market areas. Skeeter Boat Center has no say in how other dealers might price their boats. Each Skeeter dealer is responsible for setting their own prices.
I’m sure there will be questions about this program which offers very aggressive pricing, so I am going to try and anticipate some of the questions and then I will update the FAQ’s once I return from vacation on July 11th. Yes… my wife and children hope to wake up tomorrow morning to a Husband and Dad who is off the computer and on vacation for a week!! 
Here are some answers to questions you might have:
1. What about options?
The sale price is based on the base package listed above. All you have to do is add electronics/depth finder and you’re ready to go fishing. You may completely customize your boat. We will be happy to provide pricing on any options you are interested in. All options will be at an additional cost. The good news is the options really didn’t go up much in price, except for the radio. The radio went up $75 because it is smaller and will fit on the driver’s console for both the single and dual console models, instead of over on the passenger console. And no… we won’t be throwing in any extra cost options to make a deal. We have an extremely aggressive introductory price. We will throw in a couple Skeeter caps on the deal though.
2. How much will the 200HPDI cost?
The 200HPDI will cost $1650 more than the 150 hp 4 stroke. Add $1650 plus tax to the base sales price listed above on either the S/C or the D/C.
3. Will the price be lower during the spring boat season than the upcoming fall promotioanal season?
No, the fall introductory price will be the absolute lowest price of the year. Expect to see a posted price of $31,990 after all incentives as our price leader on MX1825 S/C once the fall program is over. That price will likely be good through March 31, 2012 — the end of the spring boat show selling season. The 3-3.5% price increase on Skeeter Boats this year is very reasonable considering they had significant price decreases during this past recession. We want the people who choose to buy the first MX’s to get the very best prices.
This spring we (Skeeter Boat Center) ran out of inventory. We do have a few units left in stock for sale, but not very many. And we have some Ride and Drive boats for people to look at and test drive. On March 15th we moved 40 new Skeeters from our old location to our new location and the lot was quite full. By June 1st it was completely empty. Not a single boat left on the lot. We thought we ordered big last year, but we still ran out of inventory. We expect the same thing to happen next spring as the economy recovers. All of the boat companies have much lower capacities then they had 3-4 years ago because of the very tough economy we’ve been through. Recovery is occurred, but the boat companies all want to improve their profitability before adding more plant capacity back into the mix. Be assured that they will grow carefully, and I wouldn’t be a bit surprised to see another 3% price increase for the 2013 model year.
My best advice, if you see a boat you like, and you like the price, too. I’d jump on it. Prices are going to moving climbing as time goes on… Value for the Money is what smart shoppers will be looking for moving forward.
4. What if I would prefer to have an extended warranty instead of the lowest possible cash price?
For $1000 more ($32,490), you can have a 2 year extended warranty (5 years total) instead of the lowest cash price, which includes the standard 3 year warranty. The other benefit to going with the extended warranty is that you won’t have to wait for the fall incentive period to take delivery of your boat. You’d be able to pick it up has soon as it’s ready! Shoppers who want the lowest cash price will have to wait for the fall incentive period.
That’s it for this post. If you have interest in a MX1825 or any other Skeeter, feel free to send me a PM. I’ll be on vacation for the next eight days so I won’t be doing any further posting past this Saturday morning until July 11th. I will check in for PM’s a couple times during vacation to answer questions, and update the FAQ’s with any questions I receive on the thread or on any PM’s. 
Saturday morning I will do a price comparison on the dual console models. That post will answer the question: Is $32,490 for a dual console MX a good deal? 
