A friend repowered his
boat a couple years ago with a similar engine.
To this day he regrets that he went with a local dealer.
He chose to go with a local dealer, for aftermarket
service and warranty. All of which never materialized. He looked into the
import engine enough to determine the duty and
shipping details (which were not significant).
I agree with the general consensus “If it appears to be to good to be true it probably is” but it’s hard to get a baseline cost of that engine here in the US. The lack of transparency makes it difficult for a layperson to determine the cost.
The OP’s question was “ Has anyone tried these distributors?”. In this and the linked thread no one had. One poster provided good information in regards to doing business in
Indonesia (or most likely any developing nation). But otherwise, no first or even second person information.
I’m happily retired but at some point I worked for a large multinational company that built and operated
equipment. It was common to use exchange rate, vat, and other
legal variables to buy identical
equipment in other nations. This was done for various reasons, but mostly bottom line value. On a personal note we have friends that in better times flew from
New Zealand to the US
west coast to visit. They commented how much cheaper a round trip ticket was departing from
New Zealand than the US. I never really checked but have the perception that the cost was based on the exchange rate and what the market will bear. I don’t really know but is this the same type of thing?
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