[marcucci]

So I too am looking at a tritoon. All the same reasons as the usual, smooth ride, easy maintenance, more room onboard. The one question I have is how do I figure out how much to pay? My previous boats have been private sales or boat show deals (where I actually knew exactly what model/price I wanted). When I buy cars I can get invoice prices, dealer incentive information, and even what others paid for the same car across the country and locally. I can't find any of that, especially for pontoons which are just now gaining popularity.

Any Ideas? How do I know I'm getting a good price?

On another note, my research on the various brands tells me that (A) you are paying for various styles or layout variations between brands or (B) there are different pontoon styles (oblong with a 30 degree blah blah blah vs. round with an extra .001 mm of aluminum). Its my opinion that these differences are very subjective as some people swear by a certain layout or pontoon design and others swear by an opposite choice. As for quality, each brand has a series in each quality level and as long as you are comparing across adjacent levels there isn't much difference.