"Borked Pseudo Mailed" wrote
The charter for rec.boats.cruising is as follows...
discussions on all topics related to cruising in boats such as:
- cruising equipment

Such as stern drives, for example. As I alluded to in my previous reply, I'm
not saying it was totally appropriate for SEI to post their announcement
here, but all in all it was relatively innocuous, and if it leads to any
sort of intelligent discussion of the relative merits of certain vendor's
warranties, some good may come of it. Of course whether any intelligent
boat-related discussion ensues remains to be seen.

You're welcome.

I'm sure I am.

"Larry" wrote
Why are you defending this spammer?

SEI can defend themselves if they want. I'm asking what compelled you to
take time out of your life to write a 4000 word reply to a "spammer." Have
you had any real life dealings with SEI or haven't you?

"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in
:

SEI can defend themselves if they want. I'm asking what compelled you
to take time out of your life to write a 4000 word reply to a
"spammer." Have you had any real life dealings with SEI or haven't
you?


Nope...just had nothing to do until the appliances were done doing their
thing. I've had dealings with boat companies and boat dealers for many
years, all smiles and promising the moon until the contracts are signed,
then turning to the warranty's fine print to show you what's covered and
what's not...no matter what I said when we were looking at the gelcoat.

I felt this was a new and different way of discouraging the spammers from
trashing the newsgroup. It seemed to work. The only replies I got were
from others who decided he needed defending from my pointing out the
TRUTH of his WRITTEN WARRANTY off his webpage.

I wonder about the defenders. Why? What possible defense could be
necessary because someone simply posted what the company publishes as
their responsibilities to their consumers and pointing out the difference
between his "statements" and the actual warranty the judge is going to be
reading when things go awry.

Sterndrive isn't special. Read any of their warranties and it says the
same thing. We cover everything, and nothing.



--
There's amazing intelligence in the Universe.
You can tell because none of them ever called Earth.

"George Orwell" wrote
Feel free to have an 8 year old explain

Thanks for the offer, George. You may proceed. Afterwards, perhaps you could
relate a few of your own personal experiences with aftermarket sterndrives
and warranty service.

"Larry" wrote
The only replies I got were from others who decided
he needed defending

Actually, the only really pertinent reply in the thread was from Don W, who
provided information about his personal real-world dealings with the vendor
in question. That's exactly the sort of thing I visit this group for.