On Apr 22, 6:31*am, Martin Baxter wrote:
Good, let us know how it works out.
Cheers
Marty

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Well, Marty, it didn't work out. After the dealer cordially and in
a very friendly tone agreed to the $900 price I stated earlier for all
the equipment stated, he (Dave Rees of Dave Rees Marine aka Northeast
Outboards in New York) decided that the deal was too "involved" as he
put it and backpedaled right out the back door.

He apparently began to think it was too "involved" when I sent an
email outlining all the details we had mutually agreed to on the
telephone and asked him to simply reply and confirm that I had all
aspects of the deal correct. This apparently caused the cold
realization of what he had promised to trigger a rapidly-advancing
case of seller's remorse and he did the 180 on us. Needless to say,
the link to Northeast Outboards and Dave Rees Marine has been removed
from my desktop and favorites.

But the story doesn't end there. The other choice I had pondered,
the Suzuki 2.5 hp then reappeared and I contacted a very helpful and
friendly Ray Jr. at The Boat Place in Florida (thanx Charles) and my
$600 check for that motor delivered to my house is "in the mail" as
the expression goes. BTW, Ray Jr. didn't have any problem with
replying to the same type of email confirming the details of the
purchase. Hmmmmm. Guess there are still some dealers left who aren't
all blow and no show.

Now I know that the Soozooky probably won't push us around the lake
any more than a fast walk but hey, every dealer in this area wants a
grand for it and the NADA used book on the 2007 is about what I'm
paying for the 2008 new so I shouldn't have any problem recouping my
money by selling it locally if it doesn't work out.

And of course we haven't missed much boating fun by these little
delays since the daily temps have been in the high 30's and even a
fast-walk speed can put a wind chill factor on you that could take
away from the pleasure of motoring across the lake. (The ice floes
might present a problem too---lol).

-Jay