The 2010 Los Angeles Boat Show was interesting. Much smaller than I expected which was diappointing. It was only one floor. I expected it to be much larger. Economy driven I'm sure.
To give you an idea of what I'm talking about, we were through the entire place in less than two hours. That includes taking pictures and having conversation with salespeople.
The salespeople didn't really seem interested in selling me anything though. Which was weird. Don't get me wrong I wasn't looking to spend a truck load of money, but they didn't even seem interested in their own product. During the entire show I never once had anyone come up to me and offer to give me any information or ask me if they could help me in any way. If I wanted any info I had to crowbar myself into conversations that salespeople were having with each other. A couple of times I literally had people make eye contact with me and then turn and walk away.
I only had 2 people even try to sell me anything. One was the President of Tige who wanted me to trade in my boat, and the other was the owner of 13th Floor Towers. 13th Floor Towers was the reason I went, so that wasn't much of a sell. I was already pretty sure I was buying their product. I just wanted to see it firsthand.
There were plenty of beautiful boats there though which I enjoyed checking out. Some of the manufacture's that were there included Hallett, DCB, Nordic, Malibu, Chapparal, Laser, Sanger, Tige and Sea Ray. AAA even had their funny car on display which was pretty cool.
Overall I would give the show about a five out of ten due to the size and the attitude of the salespeople at the show. I'm not letting this show discourage me though. The Orange County Boat Show is in April and I plan on going, so I'm hoping it will be will be better show.
Chris, I do have about 30 photos if you would like to post them. Let me know how you would like to handle. I can send them to you in an email if you like.
