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RiverMan
Posted 8/21/2006 7:39 PM (#205970)
Subject: What do you guys think?




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Location: Oregon
I hope it's ok that I am posting this question here Steve.

I bought a new boat 1.5 years ago. Well this summer all the paint on the inside of the boat started yellowing and peeling. I contacted the manufacturer and he explained that he and another popular boat company got some bad paint and that he would repaint it. So here's the deal. I drive the boat up and meet him half way to his shop from my home last weekend. It took me most of one day to get there and back (6 hours total driving time) and it cost me 70 dollars in fuel. He phones yesterday and they have the boat repainted but now he wants me to drive all the way to his shop which is 275 miles one way from my home...about 9 hours total driving time there and back. He has offered me 100 dollars in gas, I'm guessing it will be closer to 150 dollars in fuel based on the last trip.

Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate the fact that he repainted the boat without giving me any hassles. However, it does bother me that his failed paint job is costing me 2 days of travel time and more than a hundred dollars in fuel..not to mention the wear and tear on my vehicle towing the boat for 12 hours (both trips).

I really think it would be more fair if he delivered the boat to where I bought it which is 50 miles from here.

I haven't talked to him about going to get the boat yet.

What do you guys think? Am I being unfair in thinking he should deliver it to the point of purchase?

RM

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