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I put down a deposit in February here in Florida was told they ordered 5 black 255s. Supposed to be delivered July range he said. Also said they did not order any 252's. No one is requesting them. Found that interesting.
This whole scenario sounds a bit off. As I understand it each dealer receives an allocation of boats. That allocation for 2022 was set last year. At that point the dealer only knows what the allocation is and don't know when they will be delivered. Unless some of these dealers have backdoor information that no one else has access to I would question the legitimacy of thier information.
@SDAnderson51 Again, you are most likely spot on. That is the consensus and what I have heard from Dealers. Allocations were locked in early last fall. No additional orders were being taken, since they already started cutting some of the allocations it appears, because they cannot process all of the them. No one can just order a boat outright. Those whom are putting in Deposits are really only taking an existing slot of the already allocated boats. Now that is not to say people whom are before people in line don't back out. It happens a lot.
Also there have been boats that have shown up at dealers that where not previously allocated, as my dealer has received them. It happens. I am unsure as to why. No Rhyme or Reason.
Knowing how many allocations each Dealer has, and they are all different, is information that isn't readily available.
@SDAnderson51 Again, you are most likely spot on. That is the consensus and what I have heard from Dealers. Allocations were locked in early last fall. No additional orders were being taken, since they already started cutting some of the allocations it appears, because they cannot process all of the them. No one can just order a boat outright. Those whom are putting in Deposits are really only taking an existing slot of the already allocated boats. Now that is not to say people whom are before people in line don't back out. It happens a lot.
Also there have been boats that have shown up at dealers that where not previously allocated, as my dealer has received them. It happens. I am unsure as to why. No Rhyme or Reason.
Knowing how many allocations each Dealer has, and they are all different, is information that isn't readily available.
From the post on this forum there are going to be a lot of boats available when people start to get boats since there are posts here from people that put deposits down on boats at multiple dealers.
From February to March I moved up one place from #5 too #4 on the dealerships list for the 255 Yacht Blue. I checked in this morning (4/13) and was told "no change from last reporting and no cuts to report as of yet". It's very discouraging when there is little to no communication between Yamaha and the dealership.
From February to March I moved up one place from #5 too #4 on the dealerships list for the 255 Yacht Blue. I checked in this morning (4/13) and was told "no change from last reporting and no cuts to report as of yet". It's very discouraging when there is little to no communication between Yamaha and the dealership.
WHere are you checking your status? It seems like the 255s are not being sent to the dealers yet. My dealer has five 255's allocated that they have not received and two FSH 255s. The dealer is really frusterated as well, although I know there is no way his frustration comes close to mine.
WHere are you checking your status? It seems like the 255s are not being sent to the dealers yet. My dealer has five 255's allocated that they have not received and two FSH 255s. The dealer is really frusterated as well, although I know there is no way his frustration comes close to mine.
That generally means that he boat is not in route. That is the only communication the dealers get from Yamaha is when the boat is being shipped, although they sometime get boats that show up randomly.
I ordered a 252SD in late Aug / early Sept 2021 through a small dealer near Waco. I monitor the big dealer's websites to see if I can make rhyme or reason out of Yamaha's manufacturing pattern.
