Had Tinus take my pontoon out of the lake and winterize and finally deliver it to my driveway. Not…read morea single problem, considering another local marina said my driveway was too hard...."whine" Ben the driver was careful, friendly, on time, and finished the work quickly. I know that I can trust Tinus and will have them back out in the spring to put the boat back into the water for another season. I also bought my pontoon from Tinus and the process was easy and the pricing fair. Yup, they are in my favorites list for sure!

I had a 5k deposit. Tim wanted 10k. Checkmate couldn't deliver based on the issue of them not…read moregetting parts financing etc. I was sure I was going to loose my mo day, I was aggressively trying to get my money back in a bit that will never exist. Tim Tinus did the right thing and sent me a check in the mail. My wife said it would never clear, but it did. In all, it was a crap situation, however Tim did the right thing.

I asked about Princecraft boats and whether they go to boat shows. Dave, perhaps the owner, said…read morethey decided years ago to stop going (no explanation as to why). He said they've been selling this line of boats for over 30 years. I asked if they had new ones that were a few model years old. He said yes and that I should come look. I explained I was in Madison, not local, and that I would consider buying a boat I could get a deal on one they would be clearing out. Dave said, "You mean you want someone to give you the boat and not make a profit." I said, "No that's not what I said." He then abruptly cut me off and said, "I have a customer in front of me, I'll have to call you back." He never did. It's been 3 days now. Is this the type of dealer you would consider buying from? I think not! What a missed opportunity. Hard to believe in today's day and age... I'll pass.

Dave's took care of getting our pontoon boat back in service with a new outboard motor. Bought a…read moresmaller outboard from him last year for a fishing boat. Great service and fair prices.

I've been to Kettle Marine on a few occasions to ask questions about my boat and motor. I've also…read morebeen there to purchase a few maintenance items for my boat. Every experience has always been great! They are super friendly, always knowledgeable, and super kind. Even today I ran my boat up there to ask a few simple questions. Even though it's wintering season and I know they are super busy, they made time to take a quick look at my boat and answer my questions. Great dealership, great people!

Not happy at all the place fried my computer system on my boat by installing a 2nd Talon the wrong…read moreway, its supposed to be on 2 separate circuits, it was to one hence killing the battery and everything else. Had to spend thousands to have fixed, waited months, they said they would pay for the damages. They did nothing. STAY AWAY! They don't know nothing about expensive Bass Boats.

Shady Mechanic very Volatile, and unprofessional …read more 850 to fix a fuse replace and impeller and clean out the old impeller from the cooling system. Gave me a bad part number to get a fuel pump and then threatened me because of the wrong part. Wouldn't recommend this service to anyone. Oh and he has a pic of my boat on his site.

From the owner: Haleconn Performance Marine is a Mobile Boat repair business. We take care of stern drives, I/Os…read more,Outboards, Stereo Systems, Full Detailing, tune ups, Driving school, up-grades, Hi- performance parts, Bilge Pumps and more..

Do you like outdated high pressure sales tactics, grey moral areas, dealing with lawyers, and…read moregenerally wasting countless hours of your life? Then come on down to Munson Ski and Marine, where you too, can make the worse purchase of your life! I run a boat rental business in California, and we were recently looking to expand our business and purchase another boat. We finally found what looked like the perfect boat on Boat Trader from Munson Ski & Marine. We talked to Marc Biasco, one of the sales associate, over the phone and everything seemed to be perfect about the boat. So I told him I'll drive out to Illinois  over the next couple days, check out the boat, and if it looks good I'll buy it and drive it back. He then proceeds into talking me out of coming to see the boat (since it's so far away) and starts telling me about the "old lady" who's interested in buying the boat. I tell him that's fine, and to sell to the "old lady," even though I had my doubts the "old lady" existed. A couple days later I get a text message from Marc saying the "old lady" didn't end up buying the boat (surprise surprise) and they are willing to take some money off the price. At this point, I have already found another boat in Arizona, which is new and a little more expensive but is way closer to us. I tell Mark this and then he starts sending me long paragraph text messages about how I shouldn't buy the new boat, the brand is low quality, their boat is turnkey ready to go, and a high quality brand. I tell him no, I'm going with the new boat but thanks anyways. I then find out the new boat won't available for three more weeks, which is a problem for our company since the boating season here is so short and we would lose out on 3 weeks of rentals. I call Marc back and inquire if this boat is still available. He tells me it is, but now there's a "fireman" that's there right now and wants to buy the boat. Same selling tactic? Really? Long story short we negotiate the price down a little, arrange for expedited shipping at a premium cost through Uship and buy the boat. Three days later:  The boat arrives. The first thing that the guy who transported the boat says to me is that he had to tell Munson Ski and Marine to take some mussels off from the back of the boat so he could pass state inspection stations on the cross-country drive. BIG RED FLAG. I take the boat to our local inspection station, as required by law, and turns out there are Zebra mussels EVERYWHERE. These mussels are illegal in the whole state of California, dead or alive, and shouldn't even be crossing state lines. The boat gets immediately quarantined for a month and I have to start talking to our local game warden and other local agents about what I need to do to get the boat up to our state's standard. It turns out we will need to cut off the chimes on the side of the pontoons, clean them, unmount the motor, clean that whole mounting area, and the inside of the motor. I get quotes from local shops and they tell me it's going to be $10-20k to get all this done and even after all this, they aren't sure if it will be clean enough to launch in our lake. We reach out to Marc to ask him about last time the boat was in the water and what lake it came from, he says it hasn't been in the water since last fall and it was last in Lake Genova (a lake known for Zebra mussels). He says he reaching out to his boss, Matt Munson, and he should be in contact with me shortly. We get the phone call from Matt Munson, and told him what we learned about the boat he sold us.  Because the shipping company told the dealership about the mussels, Matt Munson was clearly aware of the condition of the boat and that this would be a problem for us in California. We told him that because he was negligent in advising us of a contamination, we wanted our money back. My business partner was kind enough to say we will eat the cost of shipping to California, Munson would just have to ship the boat back to Illinois and give us back our money, no hard feelings. Matt says he has to talk to his Dad about this and he will get back to us shortly. We don't hear anything else from him. I call multiple times over the next couple days and he doesn't reply. Eventually he writes me an email saying he checked with his lawyers and they did nothing wrong. They went to a lawyer first rather than working with us. In reaching out to our own legal counsel, we discovered that we did not have a solid enough case to pursue. That being said, this is morally reprehensible and this business should be held accountable for their shady dealings. We will be contacting the BBB and strongly recommend that other people go somewhere else for their boat purchases.

I just purchased a Mailbu boat from Mike Misch and I would not buy a boat from anyone else. He will…read morego to all lengths to fit you in the right boat in your price range. He is extremely professional and know his products. He actually skies and teaches as well so he understands which boat would best fit your needs. He really does his very best to make you happy and comfortable with your decision making process. He truly is an expert and has worked with Munson for 25 year plus. He is straightforward and super nice. I highly recommend him. Cindy L. Blue Spring Lake WI

My first time buying a boat from a dealership. These guys…read moreare awesome, everyone. Special thanks to Drew and Bill & Rick who took me out on the lake to test drive the boat & Keegan a very sharp young mechanic who diagnosed & corrected a small issue with this used boat. And Gavin who took care of the paperwork. Very nice people to do business with.

I had 2 problems with buying a new Sea Ray. The speedometer cable was hooked up wrong at the…read morefactory, so when the boat was moving, the hull filled with water. That caused me to miss most of the first Summer of ownership. The battery was wired incorrectly, so even when battery switch was in off position, there was a small power draw, and if the boat seat for more than a week, the battery would be dead. Skipper Buds was little help with these problems. If they inspected the boat after the test drive, they would have detected the first problem. Altogether, these problems affected the first two Summers I had the boat. I would have expected a call from the sales or general manager, at some point. Clearly, when the sale is over, you are "on your own" dealing with problems, even if the boat was only 3 days old, and had less than 2 hours of use! I would not do business with Skipper Buds again.