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How Would You Rate This Boat Dealer???
Bought a new white 17' Trophy, a 90HP Merc engine and a new trailer last June. Since it's for ocean fishing I had them paint the bottom. In July the paint was coming off at the water line and the switch that controls the ups of the engine died. I could bring it down but I couldn't bring it up. Called the dealer, which is located some 45 minutes away, and told him about my problems. I got a song and dance about the bottom paint. Remarks such as "bottom isn't suppose to last forever, it does come off". If you know others that can do it a better job have them do it. etc. He finally agreed to repaint, and they did. I called the dealer, spoke to the maintenance people regarding a bad switch in the single handle trim control and was told to bring it over and they would fix it. When I got there, while the maintenance people were attempting to replace the switch, the sales representative showed up and told me that I shouldn't bring the boat without first making an appointment and that he would have to check with the owner if this could be done and he left. Keep in mind they are already working on removing the switch. He then came back with the owner's permission. After some thirty minutes or so the maintenance people were unable to remove the cap that covers the switch and notified the owner. The owner tackled the job. He removed it, inserted a new switch, and had to glue the cap back on because he broke whatever was supposed to hold it place. When I got the boat in the water, I discovered that the switch was inserted in reverse. Whenever I up the switch the motor went down and vise versa. It's no big deal though this shouldn't be - especially on a new boat. I notified the owner and was told that if I can live with it, I could wait and bring it in at the end of the season. I wasn't about to loose another day of fishing and chose to wait. In the meantime I uncovered another problem. The water wouldn't drain out of the anchor well. I tried a snake, and it appeared to go some 15' or so and still the water wouldn't drain. I then removed popup cover in the console's storage compartment to find it full of water and that's where the snake curled itself. I tried inserting the snake in storage compartment's drainage channel and it wouldn't go but a few inches. It was blocked and so was its bilge exit. I couldn't drive a snake from either end. I also uncovered another problem. Whenever it rained or when I washed down the boat all my supplied stored in my console compartment were getting wet and it appeared to be dripping around the throttle's remote control mounting. The dealer was also notified of this problem. At the end of the season I brought the boat back to the dealer hoping he would fix all my problems. He then delivered the boat to my home as promised and told me that it took them seven hours to unplug the draining channel and also drew insulation while fishing through the channel. This is something I am definitely concerned about and don't quite know what to do about. How does one check this out? After he left, I noticed that the prop and the stern popup covers were damaged. It looks like they dropped something on the prop and tried to pry the popups with a screwdriver or something else and gouged the covers. Prior to bringing the boat to the dealer, for fear of damaging the popup covers I made myself a tool to remove the console's popup cover, and all this took me ten minutes. The only cover that isn't damaged is the one in the console which I had removed and left it open because I knew they would be working there. I wished I had removed all the others. Evidently, whoever worked on the boat was never properly instructed, never furnished the proper tool or didn't give a hoot. The dealer delivered the boat to my home and guess what? He switched the wires rather than repairing the switch and water is still dripping in the console. It was too late in the season to go on with this, and truthfully I don't ever want to return to this dealer. I will be checking with others come May of next year. Please give me some feedback. For your information, this was the Panther Run Mariner located in Raymond, Maine. -- Ernie Everyone dies, but not everyone lives. A. Sachs |
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