Best Marine Electronic Prices Where?

[ezrider]

I'm seeking best sources for marine electronics at the best prices.

Thank you for your input.

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[Jim Burmeister]

I find this one the best (LOWEST PRICE)
http://www.boatus.com/

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[Maerd]

>Subject: Re: Best Marine Electronic Prices Where?

1-800-skipper gets you a catalog from the worlds largest boating electronics
dealer. They also rate them and calibrate.

[Chuck Tribolet]

It's a very competitive business, and everybody's costs are
about the same, so the prices end up pretty much the same.

Boat US's prices seem to be EXACTLY the same as West Marine.
And West Marine has a frequent buyer's club that amounts to
a 5% discount, and frequently has sales where electronics
are 5% off (everything else 10% off).

I can sometimes beat West's prices by a LITTLE (a couple of
percent) with obscure dealers on the internet,
but with West's no-hassle return
policy, and the ability to touch and feel things in store,
and people (not all, but 2/3) who know something,
it's just not worth the hassle of dealing with someone
on the internet that I never heard of.

Note: West's online catalog sucks. It's very incomplete relative
to their paper catalog, and slow and hard to find things.
Their paper catalog is a book every boatowner should have.

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