I appreciate your explaining these things Dave, but it seems
to me that you're not really 100% on the good guys side here

Dave wrote:
Muddled thinking, Doug. The broker isn't selling the boat. The owner of the
boat is. The contract is with the boat owner, not the broker.

But if the broker signs the contract, accepts an escrow
payment under terms of that contract, and expects to perform
his professional obligation in execution of that contract
and accept payment for same, then he *is* a party to that
contract.


... If the
seller doesn't deliver it isn't the broker who has broken the contract. It's
the owner of the boat.

Agreed, sort of... and that's why the disclaimer. The broker
could unknowingly fail to deliver all goods (and or
services) and still be acting in good faith. OTOH he should
expect to catch some flack.

DSK