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<blockquote data-quote="eyexer" data-source="post: 182715" data-attributes="member: 315"><p>nobody in western ND really deal in Johnson/Evinrude anymore.&nbsp; Here's why.&nbsp; Quite a number of years back now, manufacturers started doing exlusive's with motor companies.&nbsp; Merc/Yamaha pretty much sewed the industry up.&nbsp; This was all started when Brunswick owned Merc and about a dozen boat mfg's.&nbsp; The motor companies are basically buying transoms to hang motors on.&nbsp; Used to be a dealer bout the boat from the boat mfg'r and the motor from whoever they wanted to be a dealer for.&nbsp; Then they rigged the boats/motors themselves.&nbsp; Now it comes from the mfg with motor the mfg supplies.&nbsp; This is in about 95% of the cases.&nbsp; Some boat companies don't participate in these things or have been able to secure these deals.&nbsp; There are a few dealers that will still order a boat with no rigging/motor and hang what you want or what they sell for you.&nbsp; Same thing happened in the over the road truck industry.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="eyexer, post: 182715, member: 315"] nobody in western ND really deal in Johnson/Evinrude anymore. Here's why. Quite a number of years back now, manufacturers started doing exlusive's with motor companies. Merc/Yamaha pretty much sewed the industry up. This was all started when Brunswick owned Merc and about a dozen boat mfg's. The motor companies are basically buying transoms to hang motors on. Used to be a dealer bout the boat from the boat mfg'r and the motor from whoever they wanted to be a dealer for. Then they rigged the boats/motors themselves. Now it comes from the mfg with motor the mfg supplies. This is in about 95% of the cases. Some boat companies don't participate in these things or have been able to secure these deals. There are a few dealers that will still order a boat with no rigging/motor and hang what you want or what they sell for you. Same thing happened in the over the road truck industry. [/QUOTE]

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