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2009 BAILOUT PROGRAM

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IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN AUTOMATION TOOL OR IF YOURS IS JUST INEFFICIENT YOU'RE PROBABLY LEAKING $16,000.00 A YEAR OR MORE!

Most dealers either short or don't bill correctly for their parts and service. A forgotten part on a customer work order, a part not added to work orders, or not billing manufacturers for warranty work can easily represent 3% or more of your backend sales. That can typically add up to $16,000.00 or more in lost revenue and profit. Add to this number employee theft, potential prospects not followed up, and lack of aggressive customer solicitation and this number can typically be well over $30,000.00 each and every year!

WE KNOW CASH IS SHORT FOR EVERYONE RIGHT NOW

We get it and we're going to try and do our part to help. The facts are that we simply can't operate effectively without some automation. You need a tool that will help you manage your business through some very difficult times. If you have a tool now you might be being bled dry by maintenance fees that look like a payment on a 42' Hatteras and we believe we've created an alternative for you as well.

HOW CAN I BE LEAKING $16,000 A YEAR?

AVERAGE DEALER DATA
Avg. Work Order	$666.67
Avg. Labor on Work Order	$386.32
Avg. Parts on Work Order	$279.07

Typical Error Rate:	3%
Avg. Work Orders per day	2.79
Days open per week	6

Revenue Losses
Per Ticket Total	$20.00
Labor Loss	$11.59
Parts Loss	$8.37

Daily Losses:	$55.83
Weekly Losses:	$335.00
Monthly Losses:	$1340.00

Annual Losses:	$16,079.98

To the left you'll see an example of a fairly "Average" dealer. We've used a 3% error rate for illustration which is fairly typical and consists of parts not correctly invoiced, incorrectly billing for technicians' time, and not filing or following up on warranty work performed. While it is possible that your numbers are better than the "average" dealer you're probably experiencing losses approaching 5% - 6%.

What rational businessman would lose $16,000.00 for a $995.00 investment or pay $1,200.00 a year in maintenance fees when he can replace the entire system for $995.00?

Our systems have been running for years in dealerships just like yours. THE NUMBERS TO THE LEFT ARE THE COST OF DOING NOTHING. Sometimes you need to invest just a little money to make a lot of money. It's your choice-- get a super deal or lose $16,000.00 or more in the next 12 months.

HAVE A SYSTEM ALREADY?

Many of the dealers that we speak to already have automated and have a system that either doesn't work or has extraordinarily high annual maintenance fees associated with it. This may be your chance to shed that old system and that high cost maintenance agreement.

HOW CAN THEY DO THIS?

As we mentioned earlier, our company is a lean and mean machine. Unlike other software companies we don't have fancy offices or RV's, just good software. Our long term strategy is to help our dealer partners weather this current economic storm and emerge from it with one of the largest dealer bases in the industry.

In our prior lives we've sold systems with much less functionality for more than $30,000.00. We're here to announce that the days of $50,000.00 marine DMS systems are officially over. Our competitors are going to hate us but we can tolerate their scorn as long as you like us.

PARTIAL SYSTEM FEATURE LISTING

Retail Point-of-Sale Module

Onboard Yamaha and Mercury price database

Customer database with dealer assigned discounts

Automatic parts order database

Shop Management Dispatch Board

Integrated Work Order processing module

Work Order interface to inventory control module

Prints Work Order authorization

Prints Work Order finalization

Tracks Warranty Claims

Assigns work to Technicians

Technician Job Time Clock

Flat Rate or Time & Materials Pricing

Customer Satisfaction Follow-Up Module

Boat/Motor/Trailer Inventory Control Module

Tracks Floor-Plan Expense

F&I Module

Boat Deal Constructor

Prospect Management Module

End-of-Day and Month Reporting

Employee Time Clock

And so much more

PROGRAM DETAILS

Here's a radical concept, pay for what you use!

Installation Services

Most software manufacturers require that you sign-up for an annual software support agreement. You are required to often pay more than we charge for our system just for support. The problem is that you may never call them for support and even if you do it's so rare that the effective rate translates to hundreds of dollars an hour.

Rather than making you pay this annual fee we just ask that you pay for what you use. Never call, never pay. If you do call, our support services are billed at $125/hr with a minimum billing period of 20 minutes.

You system will arrive with all the materials you need to install our software. We will also provide you with one free hour of installation support services. If you require additional assistance you can pay by the hour for all the time you need. Never call, never pay. If you do call our installation support fees are $135/hr with a minimum billing period of 30 minutes.

Renewals

Upgrades

At the end of each 12 month period you have the option to terminate use of the system, re-subscribe for an additional 12 month period, or convert your license to a perpetual license that terminates the annual renewal fee. This allows you to keep expenses low until things get better and then convert to a more traditional ownership construct. You are under no obligation to EVER convert your license to a perpetual license.

Period	Buy-Out Amount
1 - 12 months	$7,000.00
13 - 24 months	$6,500.00
35 - 36 months	$6,000.00
37 - 48 months	$5,500.00
49 - 60 months	$5,000.00
more than 60 months	$4,500.00

We are constantly upgrading our software to incorporate new features and functions. Should you decide to upgrade your software to the most current version you will be charged a low upgrade fee of $250.00.

LIMITED TIME OFFER

This is an opportunity of a lifetime and one that you should consider very carefully. If you have a system that's old and tired or are being charged an arm and a leg for support on your current system this is a great opportunity to get that weight off your shoulders.

Like everyone else we have no idea how long the current economic environment is going to last. You can count on us to be there for you as long as it does. However, once things begin to improve we, like you, need to get back to the business of maximizing profitability.

Give us a call and take a look at our powerful software. Once you have decided to license our software we are typically in a position to install your system in 2 - 3 weeks.

Category 5 Solutions reserves the right to terminate or modify this offer without notice.

Thank you for taking the time to consider Category 5 Solutions.