[Rhodes22-list] What Stan Does ...

[TN Rhodey]

Ed,

I think you missed Dave's point. Even though GB doesn't have an actual list 
I am quite sure they inspect pretty much the same things on every boat. 
Having this written down along with a written warranty would most likely 
make it easier to be insured at a higher price.  Toss in a price list for 
options and you could easily make case for higher value. I provided my agent 
some edited info from the GB web site and it helped me get the coverage I 
was looking for.

Wally


>From: Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net>
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] What Stan Does ...
>Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 16:06:46 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>Dave,
>      What Stan does is unique to each boat and each buyer.  Too put it in
>writting in more detail than the generalities already published on the GB
>website is neither reasonable nor doable.  When each prospect for a recycle
>tells Stan generally what he wants then Stan has to look what he has on 
>hand
>or knows that a seller is willing to sell that will come close to fitting
>the buyers wants and price.  Somebody may want a recent hull with no
>trinkets built in.  Stan may have a recent hull with lots of do dads.  It
>cost to take out trinkets and reglass.  And the problems go on from there.
>When all is said and done, he has to make a little money after costs of
>rebuilding.
>      Consider the costs of IMF mast.  It does not pay for him to put a new
>IMF mast on an older boat that came in for recycle with a standard mast.
>Those who pay for a 86 recycle could not handle an extra $4,000 for a new
>IMF mast on top of the other recycle costs.  A member of this list who had
>been to Edenton expressed dismay that Stan wanted so much to convert a
>standard mast boat to an IMF boat.  However, a real inventory of used IMF
>mast at Edenton would show that those IMF mast sitting on the barrels
>belong to boats already in the lot.  And most prospective buyers want IMF
>which means that the used IMF's are spoken for.  Now he may have an extra
>standard mast, but the fact remains not many.
>      So how does he explain each boats cost to an insurance underwriter?  
>No
>way without him have to hire a cost accountant and actuary, let's see, that
>would add a couple of hundred thousand.
>      Most of what General Boats does is in Stan's head.  It is not written
>down anywhere.  And for each boat it is different.  He sells a unique
>product a unique way to unique buyers, like you.
>
>Ed K
>Greenville, SC USA
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