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You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:06 pm
by finding41
I was doing some research on a pump I have in my boat left by the PO and stumbled across this.
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/41125 ... _Boat.html
Got me thinking.. Hmm. Hmm.
What the heck? I wonder if Roger knows about this?
Well I guess the labor is cheaper in China.
Re: You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:41 am
by Ormonddude
Um you do realize its scam there is no sailboats they copy and pasted some pictures and hope a investor sends them HEAPS of cash (they only do business western union) and then don't produce and cant be found -or -say they are legitimate they order them from Macgregor and play middle man and mark them up so say your in North Korea they will buy it in China and sell it to you at a Mark up.
LOL If you use the Magnifier you can see the Mac badge on the side.
Re: You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:19 am
by kmclemore
Yeah, they even used factory photos of the mfg plant in California.

Re: You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:30 am
by Freedom77
Holy water ballast Batman! I send money to the Nigerian Oil dudes before I'd invest with these guys. Caveat Emptor. Fair Winds and Full Sails...Old Salt.
Re: You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:21 am
by Catigale
Re: You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:55 am
by K9Kampers
If yous bought a Hison boat, tthen have I gots a great deal fer ya ona Hison bridge!!

Re: You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:18 am
by adrenaud
Well i am curious, I asked them for pricing. It should be interesting, i know they manufacture power boats I have seen them at various trade shows.
Re: You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:28 am
by zoneboy
Nice find.
Re: You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:58 pm
by RobertB
I like how they describe it first as a catamaran and at the end as a jet ski. I knew our boats were hybrids of sorts but this is quite a stretch

Re: You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 3:21 pm
by finding41
Does anyone know what the other boats are they are copying? I kinda only have been paying attention to macks. The Red and the Green ones look fast. Not sure what they are copies of.
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/32296 ... _keel.html and
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/23647 ... lboat.html
I emailed MacGregor. They know about it now.
Re: You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:02 pm
by Hamin' X
Well, we discussed this subject over a year ago and Macgregor was notified at that time.
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/v ... =9&t=17608
~Rich
Re: You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:57 am
by raycarlson
call them,they will copy anything out there if they can sell enough units,I've seen the plant that that builds the yamaha and mercury <50hp outboards also sells exact copies for half the price of the mercury that was built on the same assembly line.I recently purchased a new Lifan 6.5 hp lawnmower style engine at home depot for 119.00, it's an exact copy of the honda 6.5 hp motor that sells for 300.00, and all parts interchange.Lifan has almost taken over the entire go-cart, minibike market in the 2.5 to 15hp class from honda in the last decade.their quailty is also excellent. i also run a lifan 13hp on my air compressor it cost 239.00 at home depot, honda was 850.00 , no contest.
Re: You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:59 am
by robbarnes1965
It would be interesting to see a product that out-cheaps Roger Macgregor.
Re: You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:22 am
by raycarlson
Amen to that,it would be hard to imagine, and still float.
Re: You have to see this! Hison!
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:54 am
by finding41
Wow. I didn't know it was talked about last year! I'm even more surprised that the site is still offering the Hison/Mac 26M. I did send a email to MacGregor and got one back saying it was being forwarded to Roger.
Who knows if they will be actually copying them or not. It's a lot of work for ??? however many boat sales.