Carver closing?

[Midnightsun]

Source of the post Hopefully that's just a legally-required notice to give the new owners some flexibility in doing staff changes that might be necessary.

My thinking also. I just hope it is not Brunswick proceeding with their never ending takeovers of anything to do with boats and power. A monopoly is never a good thing for the consumer.

[Viper]

Source of the post .... A monopoly is never a good thing for the consumer.

That really depends on the context. There's something to be said about a monopoly's buying power, the consumer benefits from that. A Brunswick marine supply distributor which I now use often, used to be one of my last resorts because their pricing was much higher than their competitors. After acquiring another major distributor and amalgamating the two which most thought was going to be a bad thing since the distributor they had just acquired had excellent pricing, much to everyone's surprise, their pricing suddenly became one of the best in the industry here. That benefits me and my customers.

A flip side example is one of a local marina conglomerate that sells a ton of boats but members at just about every one of their marinas have the same complaint; they are more focused on new boat sales than their existing marina members. Their techs are too busy getting new boats ready so member boat repairs get sidelined. This was never the case with the previous marina ownership. I worked for a few OEM dealerships and that goes on all the time. The techs always have to scramble to accommodate the short notice delivery promises sales people make.

There's pros and cons for sure but it's not always a bad thing, sometimes it's for the best.

[bud37]

If this is even true then from my fuzzy memory it seems this is business as usual in the marine boat industry and has been going on since they started making boats a long time ago. When one door closes another opens so to speak. I believe it will work out just fine.

[Viper]

Some acquisitions are made just to get rid of the competition. They either carry on with the brand or dump it like Carver did with Trojan, I wasn't happy about that one! Hopefully this is an acquisition with an influx of cash that will be good for the brand and the industry.

[Cooler]

Still watching from my sideline seat. Carver facility is not closing. There is an event that is more good news than bad news. Just can't elaborate on it quite yet. Really thought this event would have run it's course by now, but is still hung up on details. I am still very confident that we will have the same information resource we have enjoyed for a lot of years. More to come...hopefully soon! er

[RGrew176]

Hopefully sooner. The suspense is agonizing.

[Jmelcher]

https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dislocatedwor ... 030801.pdf

[RGrew176]

Looks kind of a final detail. The end of an era.

[bud37]

Here is a bit of history reading....

https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/poli ... ration-llc

[Aj325]

I sent a request inquiring about a part to Pat Johnson at Carver, this was the response: "This email is no longer being monitered and emails will not be responded to"
I too hope this is only a transition issue.