Barnett Marine

[Doug Stormforce]

Enquired to Barnett Marine by email at 1615 on Sunday afternoon about price on a new RIB. First reply was back in about 10 minutes

3 emails and 2 phone calls later the spec was agreed and the deal was done (less than 24 hrs later). Delivery time of 1.5 months on a new build.

In my experience some of the other big RIB and engine suppliers in the UK will still be promising you a quote in 1.5 months time. I am very happy to have pledged my money to a company who have once again done a no nonsense deal at a fair price.

Very frustrating that the others take so long but very refreshing that Barnett Marine are once again so efficient.

[Downhilldai]

Good news.
Let's hope that in 6 weeks time, you'll be showing us pics of the new RIB.

[BogMonster]

+1

I sent them an email on a Saturday a few weeks back asking about an aux motor. Reply also back in about 10 min - on a Saturday. Haven't ordered it yet but will be very shortly - I was expecting to take a week or two to get a response from anybody but was very pleased with the service and will be using them again

My RIB is taking a little longer but worth the wait

[matt h]

Doug, out of interest which others took so long?

[Andre]

Originally Posted by matt h

Doug, out of interest which others took so long?

well we were not invited to bid.

[benc]

You won't be disappointed, they making lovely boats

[RIBRyda]

Originally Posted by Andre

well we were not invited to bid.

Nor were we! (We're about to deliver an 8m special one-off dive boat within 5 weeks from order!)

[Doug Stormforce]

Originally Posted by matt h

Doug, out of interest which others took so long?

Im not going to slag of the others by name as every small business can have a bad month (that said I am not overly impressed with three companies in particular). I am however happy to big up Barnett for the process so far.

Originally Posted by Andre

well we were not invited to bid.

To avoid any confusion Andre was not an asked, While I respect his brand and would gladly own one it was not right for this particular job, so I did not ask for a quote. There were of course several other good brands that I did not approach because they were not right for this particular boat.

Originally Posted by RIBRyda

Nor were we!......)

Excuse my ignorance but I am not sure which brand you build/sell.

Anyway point was how impressed I was with getting an answer on a Sunday afternoon and closing the following day. I know some people like to spend months planning their boat but I have had a whole burning in my pocket for some time, I knew what I wanted all along (layout, size, seats etc). I just struggled to find a RIB builder/dealer to take my cash. In fact I struggled to find one who returned my calls.

[RIBRyda]

Originally Posted by Doug Stormforce

Excuse my ignorance but I am not sure which brand you build/sell.

Doug

PM Sent

[gossy]

Originally Posted by Doug Stormforce

Enquired to Barnett Marine . First reply was back in about 10 minutes
very refreshing that Barnett Marine are once again so efficient.

i made an enquiry to several dealers about an engine repair ...... similarly Barnet Marine responded within minutes of my sending an email but all the others took between 1 day and 1 week to respond .....guess who's gonna win that job ?

[Dirk Diggler]

Originally Posted by gossy

.....guess who's gonna win that job ?

Erm, the company that has bugger all else to do but reply to e mails, but is not necessarily noted for it's engineering abilities.

[RRIBS]

What RIB did you get in the end. Was it a Ribeye? If not, why not? Glad you are pleaed mind!