"RJSmithers" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:15:26 -0400, Eisboch penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


If he's a dealer, which I now suspect, he didn't do anything illegal.
There seems to be way more cloak-and dagger stuff going on here for
something not to be borderline crooked, if not entirely illegal.

Trust me, as a buyer, I got on the wrong end of one of these deals and
you don't want to go there.....

If he sells the boat (with whatever representations he deems
appropriate) and pulls a disappearing act, the two signers of the
paperwork are likely left to duke it out..... You and Whomever....


Good point. I am not overly concerned because fundamentally I know the
boat and engine are fine. But, your point is well taken.

Eisboch


Let's say the brokers friend asks if he could use the boat for a day or
two and is involved in a fatal accident. Open your wallet because you
are legally the owner of that boat.

You should give your attorney a call on this.
Richard,

Whenever non-attorney's give you free advice, realize it is worth exactly
what you have paid for it.

You would not be responsible for any damages or have any more liability
than if someone stole your car and had an accident, even if it was a fatal
accident.




Not true. Friend in Florida in the 1970's had his car stolen. Georgia
police gave chase to the stolen car and riddled it with about 150 bullet
holes. Car crashed and took out 150' of highway chain railing. Friends
insurance company had to pay for the damage. He owed the car, so is liable
for any damage it causes. Said it would have been cheaper for the insurance
company to have just given the car to the thief. Locally a few years ago, a
person sold a motorcycle and filled out the change of ownership statement
that is sent to the state DMV. The DMV misplaced the form. A couple of
weeks later, the buyer crashed the bike and killed both himself and a girl
on the back. The girls parents were going to get millions from the seller,
as they could not prove they sold the bike. Luckily for the seller, someone
at the DMV found the form as they were sending a bunch of old stuff to be
burned.