Huge savings on Castle/Neu's?

[Jeff Wohlt]

me too...got a few on the way.

[electric]

What is going on with the motor prices?

[Jeff Wohlt]

Not sure but kinda tells you where the profit margine is. They better be doing something nice for the dealers or they will be losing a bunch....I am sure they are as the dealers are what keeps them alive.

[Make-a-Wake]

Im not sure how alot of business practices work, but if Castle is selling $250 motors for $60 then i would imagine they would be giving dealers some type of rebates or assistance to sell theirs so cheaply....................kinda like the car business.............??? My hope is that they are doing something along these lines.

[Jeff Wohlt]

Well if not I can assure you Steve is on the phone!!

[westbeach]

There is too many of these threads going on. But this is the main thread that started it. And CC will reimburse the credit to Steve for this price slash. http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...ad.php?t=18204

Im not sure how alot of business practices work, but if Castle is selling $250 motors for $60 then i would imagine they would be giving dealers some type of rebates or assistance to sell theirs so cheaply....................kinda like the car business.............??? My hope is that they are doing something along these lines.

[ENCORE MAN]

Motors

yeah, i found leopard 4074's nib with free shipping for $59.............

where? Thanks bg

[Basstronics]

http://www.hobbypartz.com/77p-lp4074-2000kv.html

[Make-a-Wake]

I went ahead and grabbed the monster 1717 for my 40" MRP fountain.

[sjslhill]

Price WARS.......Hobby King most likly caused this.

[Make-a-Wake]

Just checked Tower Hobbies, and the 1518, 1520 and 1717 are "discontinued"

[m4a1usr]

Just checked Tower Hobbies, and the 1518, 1520 and 1717 are "discontinued"

Its language like that, from big distributors, that has me thinking if there is not another product line coming along. Tower has enough buying power to have liquidated CC's inventory with a single purchase order at the "brother inlaw" prices we have seen. Somethings coming down the road. Too bad we are not privy to it.

John

[Brushless55]

Just checked Tower Hobbies, and the 1518, 1520 and 1717 are "discontinued"

Castle told me today, they will not have a replacement for these motors
they just did not sell well

[Basstronics]

Well I got my Leopard in from Hobbypartz...

When I ordered it showed the pink version. So I went out of my way to order the pink water cooler. Shame on me... The motor is green...

So Im gonna just order one from Steve (like I should of done) when I go to use this beast.

First impression- holy shat! Has some strong mags in it! Im impressed for the money!

[Fluid]

Castle told me today, they will not have a replacement for these motors they just did not sell well

That is the reason for so many discontinued products. While some think conspiracy or something new coming, the cold fact is that a great many discontinued products are simply due to low sales volumes. That's why Mercury, Plymouth and Oldsmobile are done - consumers were not buying enough of them to justify the brands.

Why were folks not buying the "new" Neu motors? Low demand may have been due to competition from China in this quality range. Or it could be that the perceived performance of the motors was not as good as the "old" Neus. Remember that boaters are a small minority of motor sales, which in Neu's case are driven by flyers and to a lesser extent by car guys. We may have loved the motors - but flyers may have discovered they were not a good value and stopped buying them. Sometimes the simplest explanation is the right one.....



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