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weluvlife
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Initially Posted - 07/09/2003 :  21:25:46  Show Profile  Visit weluvlife's Homepage
Does West Marine have any competion in Northern CA ??
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 07/10/2003 :  00:36:48  Show Profile
Depends on what you mean by 'Northern California'...

We have an Englund Marine up here in Eureka... They have other stores in Oregon and (I think) Washington.. Much smaller outfit than West Marine. Pretty competitive on price and nice folks at this store.



Currently maintaining two holes in the water...'77 Venture 23 and new to the family,
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Response Posted - 07/10/2003 :  02:30:16  Show Profile
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> Does West Marine have any competition in Northern CA??<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

For sailing gear(line, autopilots, blocks,...etc), I saved a bundle at SailNet.

http://www.sailnet.com/

Garhauer has very reasonable prices for sailing gear, also.

http://garhauermarine.com/

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Response Posted - 07/10/2003 :  15:48:49  Show Profile  Visit weluvlife's Homepage
Very good. I'll try sailnet. I'm located near the central valley, and the closest marine outfit is West Marine in Stockton. Sailnet may be more convenient and I can't imagine more expensive :)

Thanks,


Mark
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Stu Jackson C34
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Response Posted - 07/11/2003 :  00:19:38  Show Profile
Mark

Like everything else in life, the cost usually depends on the amount of effort you put in to finding the best deal.

There is a balance between convenience and stock-on-hand, compared to finding the best price on any specific model of anything.

WMP has raised their prices over the years, but they still will give you a discount on prices to match other competitors.

Find a Defender or Sailnet price, find the item at WMP and then show them. Usually no problem to match the price. Of course, special orders are different.

Good luck.
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Response Posted - 07/11/2003 :  20:57:36  Show Profile  Visit weluvlife's Homepage
I understand what you're saying Stu. That's good that they will usually match a price.

Thanks,

Mark
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Response Posted - 07/12/2003 :  00:17:14  Show Profile
For Sailnet prices, they'll generally match the price including shipping. (I'd say that's fair.) Just print the entire order form (without completing the order), and take it to the WM store. I've saved a bunch that way. Two local WM stores here have Defender catalogs at the checkout counters, so if you ask, you can get the match very easily. (It probably helps that Defender is just about an hour down I-95.)

Dave Bristle, 1985 C-25 #5032 "Passage" SR/FK/Dinette/Honda in SW CT

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