What would the name of the salesperson who sold the boat do to rectify
the problem? "Getting to the bottom of it"? The dealer is shaky, at
best. The reasons for what they did are a non-issue.

wrote:

Marty wrote:

wrote in message
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I don't blame you. You put money down on a particular boat, and you
aren't getting that particular boat. There's a chance fit and finish
won't be the same, etc. I'd look the other boat over just as carefully
as you looked over the one you *thought* you were putting money on.
Also, if this is the way the dealer runs his business, it would make me
wonder about how service will be down the road.


Well, there's the catch. This dealer has been recommended by several local
Sea Ray owner's! They action's caught me completely off guard.


I would voice just that message to the dealer. I'd demand getting to
the bottom of it. Who was responsible for selling the boat that I put a
down payment on? Why did that person do that? I put money down on THAT
particular boat, and you sold it to someone else. No two are exactly
alike.

If nothing else, get a different boat than the one dragged to the show,
mishandled by idiots, walked on and played with by dozens of
tire-kickers and their kids, and dragged back to the dealer.

What was the boat show special price? Any chance they had the big
plastic sign with a lower number than was quoted to you?

Dan


Marty wrote:

"tony thomas" wrote in message
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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.

"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
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If nothing else, get a different boat than the one dragged to the show,
mishandled by idiots, walked on and played with by dozens of tire-kickers
and their kids, and dragged back to the dealer.

What was the boat show special price? Any chance they had the big plastic
sign with a lower number than was quoted to you?

Dan



But I am sure they took their shoes off before boarding the boat. ;-)

Dan,
Kevin is an idiot, no one listens to any of his recommendations.


"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
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What would the name of the salesperson who sold the boat do to rectify the
problem? "Getting to the bottom of it"? The dealer is shaky, at best.
The reasons for what they did are a non-issue.

wrote:

Marty wrote:

wrote in message
egroups.com...


I don't blame you. You put money down on a particular boat, and you
aren't getting that particular boat. There's a chance fit and finish
won't be the same, etc. I'd look the other boat over just as carefully
as you looked over the one you *thought* you were putting money on.
Also, if this is the way the dealer runs his business, it would make me
wonder about how service will be down the road.


Well, there's the catch. This dealer has been recommended by several
local
Sea Ray owner's! They action's caught me completely off guard.


I would voice just that message to the dealer. I'd demand getting to
the bottom of it. Who was responsible for selling the boat that I put a
down payment on? Why did that person do that? I put money down on THAT
particular boat, and you sold it to someone else. No two are exactly
alike.

I see that...

Newsgroup Reader wrote:

Dan,
Kevin is an idiot, no one listens to any of his recommendations.


"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
ink.net...

What would the name of the salesperson who sold the boat do to rectify the
problem? "Getting to the bottom of it"? The dealer is shaky, at best.
The reasons for what they did are a non-issue.

wrote:

Marty wrote:


wrote in message
legroups.com...



I don't blame you. You put money down on a particular boat, and you
aren't getting that particular boat. There's a chance fit and finish
won't be the same, etc. I'd look the other boat over just as carefully
as you looked over the one you *thought* you were putting money on.
Also, if this is the way the dealer runs his business, it would make me
wonder about how service will be down the road.


Well, there's the catch. This dealer has been recommended by several
local
Sea Ray owner's! They action's caught me completely off guard.


I would voice just that message to the dealer. I'd demand getting to
the bottom of it. Who was responsible for selling the boat that I put a
down payment on? Why did that person do that? I put money down on THAT
particular boat, and you sold it to someone else. No two are exactly
alike.