Is Commander Boats out of business?

[frogger1403]

I used to be Commander's dealer in Germany that's where my interest comes from.
As quality and customer service was poor, I stopped selling Commanders.
But the boats are really beautiful, I always liked them
HEiko

[Itzme]

Good riddence...never liked those boats, ugly, and never heard one good thing about them from those whom I knew owned one....I did it right and bought a bayliner....never had one problem.....:devil:

[HDF WATERDOG]

I love the Commander bashers on this site....How many of you have ever owned one??? Thats what I thought. Yes I own one and have never had a problem with it...That wasnt my fault. Commander has problems just like alot of other boat builders and they have "consolidated" showroom and factory to hopefully continue building affordable boats for the average joe...like me
rant over..........
Ah, where is the new place?

[Ziggy]

I used to be Commander's dealer in Germany that's where my interest comes from.
As quality and customer service was poor, I stopped selling Commanders.
But the boats are really beautiful, I always liked them
HEiko
Ich hab zwei und die sind beide gut.

[Hardly Satisfied]

A e-mail from last week on another boating site.
Contrary to what you have been hearing, we are not closing the shop toady or tomorrow.
The following is taking place:
1. We did lose the factory real estate to the bank. This was mainly due to the steps that we should have taken, but didn't. It was partly due to our own fault plus the misinformation that we had from the experts that we relied on. It is a long story and a BIG loss of equity for us. We would still see if we could do something about it.
2. We have rented the next door facility. It has more acreage than we had in our facility. We have moved all the mold and a whole lot of our business property there. However, the place is limited in what we can do there.
3. Steve, will continue to manage sales out of Corona, working in collaboration with Spa place proprietor, next to our previous showroom, off 91 FWY.
4. We plan to use a shop in Lake Elsinore for mechanical work.
5. Temporarily, we will do the fiberglass work at another location.
Thus, we are trying to piece this puzzle together, as we hope to have a smoother operation soon.
Please let us know if we can provide any more information to you.
Sy Singhal
They have a Ad in the boattrader last week for new boats.

[H20 Toie]

I love the Commander bashers on this site....How many of you have ever owned one??? Thats what I thought. Yes I own one and have never had a problem with it...That wasnt my fault. Commander has problems just like alot of other boat builders and they have "consolidated" showroom and factory to hopefully continue building affordable boats for the average joe...like me
rant over..........
Well i have owned one I understand that any boat can have a problem, but it was the way they handled the issue that pissed me off).
My gas tank got a hole in it from rubbing on the wood screws that fell out that were suppose to hold the tank in. When i take it back to them i was told that it has been a problem but that now they thru bolt the tanks and do not use screws.
When i asked why didnt you mention that there was this type of problem last week when the boat was in for service his answer was that they cant inform everyone and that most of the time the screws fall all the way to the bottom and dont put holes in the tanks.
Since my infant daughter was in the boat at the time that the tank failed i wasn't really to thrilled with the answer.
Two weeks later i get a call with the estimate to fix the boat. $4500. ( tank/carpet/labor)
Not under warranty since the boat is over a year old. even though the damage was caused becuase of the way they built the boat.
So i went and picked up the boat and took it to another shop expecting to pay a lot more since they would have to find the correct carpet and tanks.
When i go get it it was $2800 and they had to fix the other tank also since it had holes almost all the way thru.
My family could have been hurt of killed becuase of the construction and they knew there was a problem, as far as i am concerned i hope they never sell another boat.

[4DAY4PLAY]

Well i have owned one I understand that any boat can have a problem, but it was the way they handled the issue that pissed me off).
My gas tank got a hole in it from rubbing on the wood screws that fell out that were suppose to hold the tank in. When i take it back to them i was told that it has been a problem but that now they thru bolt the tanks and do not use screws.
When i asked why didnt you mention that there was this type of problem last week when the boat was in for service his answer was that they cant inform everyone and that most of the time the screws fall all the way to the bottom and dont put holes in the tanks.
Since my infant daughter was in the boat at the time that the tank failed i wasn't really to thrilled with the answer.
Two weeks later i get a call with the estimate to fix the boat. $4500. ( tank/carpet/labor)
Not under warranty since the boat is over a year old. even though the damage was caused becuase of the way they built the boat.
So i went and picked up the boat and took it to another shop expecting to pay a lot more since they would have to find the correct carpet and tanks.
When i go get it it was $2800 and they had to fix the other tank also since it had holes almost all the way thru.
My family could have been hurt of killed becuase of the construction and they knew there was a problem, as far as i am concerned i hope they never sell another boat.
U could be hurt or killed walking your doggie.......thats life. Anyways im a former commander owner and had very little problems with my boat, but i can say that im soooooooooooooooo glad that i sold it a few months before the news about there going under came out,(i had an inside tip my guess is resale dropped probably 10-20% more just cause of that not to mention gas prices, economy etc.

[tamalewagon]

U could be hurt or killed walking your doggie.......thats life. Anyways im a former commander owner and had very little problems with my boat, but i can say that im soooooooooooooooo glad that i sold it a few months before the news about there going under came out,(i had an inside tip my guess is resale dropped probably 10-20% more just cause of that not to mention gas prices, economy etc.
Interesting fatalistic attitude. :idea:

[SHAKE-YO-AZZ]

:idea:

[SHOTKALLIN]

Commander has some great looking boats. Their gel coats are fabulous. I just didn't care for the quality put into the rubrail. I asked sy if they had a rub rail upgrade and he said no.
so i bought elsewhere.