"tony thomas" wrote in message
news:h%_ue.86487$x96.71311@attbi_s72...
Since you did not get numbers on the deposit reciept you may have never
been promised the boat you looked at. It may very well have been sold
when you looked at it. Did they tell you the boat you were looking at was
the boat you were getting?
I wasn't careful. I wasn't cautious. I wasn't worried about deception. I
wasn't worried about bait and switch.
The showed me the boat. I said I want that boat. I said here's my credit
card for the deposit on that boat.
They did the paperwork. I wasn't paying attention to hull numbers, etc. It
was the only one on the lot! I didn't think they would pull a fast one on
me.

You arranged to get delivery on a certain date (you don't state when).
They got another boat for you but sense they had time they wanted to use
it at the boat show.
You then asked for delivery early (sorry we can't was the answer).
You wanted it Sunday - they realized they could do it since the boat will
be back on Sunday.

No, they weren't going to have the alternate boat back on Sunday, because
they were going to use it a a boat show and we would have to wait beyond the
original delivery date for the replacement boat that should never have been
a replacement boat. The only reason they pulled the boat from the boat show
to have it available for the original Sunday delivery is because I told them
that as far as I was concerned, the deal was off.


Bottom line- Dealer could have been more up front on the deal and you
could have gotton more specifics on the deal.

I agree to both statements and I'm old enough to know caveat emptor.

Don't think you can back out as you have a deposit on a boat (no numbers)
and a written date of delivery on that deposit that the dealer is meeting.

I'm still thinking about pulling my deposit and killing the deal, but the
alternatives are a few thousand more than this deal.

Don't worry about the exact dates and times referred to in my original post.
I didn't want to get out a calendar and bore the newsgroup with detail; I
thought the genreal idea would be plenty.


Just my thoughts.
--
Tony
my boats and cars at http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com

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"Marty" wrote in message
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I walked in to the showroom on Sunday and put a deposit on the boat I
looked at in the lot.
I told them my wife would be in on Monday to arrange the financing.
They called on Tuesday and said it's a go.
We came back as a family to see if we could do our on the water delivery
aearlier than planned and they told us it would have to wait until they
got our boat delivered from somewhere else. What happened to the boat I
put my deposit on, I asked? Oh, we sold it.
Not happy at this point, but we'll do our on the water delivery on Sunday
when you get our boat.
A couple of days later and Oh, we can't do it on Sunday (because they
sent the boat to a boat show). What the hell was the deposit for anyway?
So, I'm a little ****ed off and I told them I wasn't interested anymore,
but it was my wife's decision (it's her graduation present) whether to
continue with the deal or not.
They called back and said they would have the boat ready for our Sunday
on the water delivery. Still, this leaves me with an uncomfortable
feeling in my stomach which I should probably listen to and meanwhile
I've looked at the four winns, and the crownline 192.
Just thought I'd share.