Reply With QuoteHere's a good thread for your brother.
http://www2.***boat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86965
Didnt Justin (78 Elim) have a similar issue a few years ago with his green boat? If I remember correctly they were screwing him around and some fellow hot boaters went and picked the boat up for him.......
yes, a certain boat builder picked up Justin's boat
Here's a good thread for your brother.
http://www2.***boat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86965
Why would your brother even consider paying $4,000 to reupholster his Bayliner in the first place? Thats an outrageous price.
My brother-in law owns a old clamp on Bayliner. Which I take no claim to.
Well we have this boat-in only camping trip planned in 2 weeks. With out asking me because I would have told him to sell the pos. He decides to get it re-upholstered before our camping trip. So he takes it to this guy that says he specializes in marine uphostery. The guy gives him an estimate of 4000 bucks. :jawdrop: Now this boat isn't even worth 2000 dollars if he was lucky. I figure oh well you just dumped four grand into your Bayliner.
Now with 2 weeks until our trip the guy calls him back and says he needs another 15 hundred bucks and it won't be done in time. :hammerhea
So now my brother in law wants to know what I'd do? Now the guy gave him a 4000 dollar estimate and says he ran into more damage so he needs 1500 more bucks. 1st off I told him to tell the guy to pound salt, get your boat out of there and buy something else.
Well he said this guys telling him he already started the project and there's no turning back. Now he's in a jam with this guy. I'm still insisting that he drive to the shop and pull his P.O.S. out of there. He's wondering what legal rights he has and if he can do that?
What would you guys do? Say if it was your boat, not necessarily his Bayliner.:idea:
if an est. is in writing the shop legally has to honor it. what else could be fed up other then foam. was he alerted to the possibilty of further damage
That's tough. first off I'd go and look and see what kind of damage the guy is talking about. Unfortunately an estimate is just that and there isn't much your brother can do except take his business elswhere. But then this jerk off upholstry guy has made off with 4000 bucks. I would think that if 4000 dollars of work obviously has not been done, then there can be some legal action. But that would also be expensive and hard to prove.
the only thing he could be charged is teardown time. and i belive that has to be in writing. the sad thing is nobody will listen to your problem. only the courts
4000 bucks for that, 1st that is about double what I paid to have my boat done, and there is alot of upholstry in my boat. 2nd, pay at the very most 1/2 down to get it going, I didnt pay anything. All on completion.
But the very 1st thing that should be done is go look at whats been done and whats left. Then decide if pulling the boat is the way to go.
Don't ask me why in the world he would pay 4k for upholstery in a Bayliner.
The guy says it needs wood replaced. Woop de do. So he has to cut some plywood. Like I told him he needs to go down there and evaluate the situation. He figured 4k was cheeper than getting another boat. 'I guess'
My best advice was to have the guy stop work on it and get your boat out. Even if you have to pay something for inspection. Sheesh. It's bad enough he agreed on 4000. I hope he doesn't agree on 5500.:220v: :hammerhea
the only thing he could be charged is teardown time. and i belive that has to be in writing. the sad thing is nobody will listen to your problem. only the courts
That's what I'm saying. If the guy is claiming that 4000 bucks worth of work has been done, then who's going to help get the boat owners' money back? He would have to take it to court.
Sometimes these slimeballs figure that if this guy went for the 4 g's to begin with (based on looking at the bayliner and maybe based on its lack of value) why not shoot for the moon. I'm not saying the buyer is dumb. I myself don't do a lot of work on my boat. Maybe he is just not savey in pricing this out. You got to go fight with this guy and get him fixing it or remove it.
Moe
i bet the interior guy is banking on your bro to just say oh well,,the boat aint worth that much..you can have it.why do you think so many interior shops,body and stereo shops have stuff for sale.
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