Two plus years ago, I decided I needed a bigger boat. I narrowed it down to a Cobalt 282 or a Sea Ray 270 SLX. I started shopping around and got a great price from ECFC on the Cobalt, $18,000 less than the price from Thurston's, a place that I had been storing and servicing my ex-boat with for several years over the winter. I tried to work with Thurston's because of the excellent relationship I had with them, but they would not lower their price at all.
I did not want to get into a situation where I purchased a Cobalt from ECFC and needed service on the lake from Thurston's, so I ended up buying the Sea-Ray and I have been very happy with it, so far. However, I really wanted the Cobalt. I could walk to Thurston's in 5 minutes, so I wanted to buy from them.
With that experience, I can understand why Thruston's is no longer in the Cobalt business. I beileve they do excellent service work, but they lost me as a customer.
R2B
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