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OUCH! Triple and punitive damages of $2.5mm over a boat deal!
JimH wrote:
"Tamaroak" wrote in message ... RG wrote: wrote in message ups.com... MarineMax of Ohio, Inc., the world's largest marine retailer, must pay a Columbus man $2.5 million for selling a yacht with a hull that had been severely damaged while saying only minor repairs had been made to it -- and then refusing to take it back for the purchase price. State Judge Paul C. Moon of Ottawa County, Ohio awarded triple and punitive damages, attorneys fees, pre-judgment interest and costs to Doug Borror, said Borror's attorney, Jim Arnold of Clark Perdue Arnold & Scott in Columbus. Arnold filed the case under the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act. Judge Moon called MarineMax's sale in 2002 of a 51-foot 2001 Sea Ray yacht to Borror for $780,000, "conscious, deliberate, malicious, deceitful and particularly gross and egregious." The court case was apparently last year. I wonder if MarineMax wrote the check as declared in the judgement or strung the poor guy out even further with an appeal. MarineMax stung a buddy of mine with a defective boat here in Minnesota. I'm not surprised to hear of this type of practice done elsewhere. I won't buy anything from them and have told the story to others. Capt. Jeff Hold your horses Capt. I don't think you can use such a broad brush to make such a claim. There are unethical salesmen in all sorts of fields, including boats. However, their actions do not necessarily reflect on the company they work for unless the company is aware of and condones those actions. I would not torpedo MarineMax based on a couple of bad transactions, especially considering they are one of the largest boat dealers in the world. That said, I would be interested in knowing the frequency of similar claims MarineMax is being hit with and balance those claims with the volume of business they do. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Capt. Jeff |
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