Kinda the flip side of a well visited thread - I bought a 7 year old low hour (45hours) boat off this site. Mint shape - leg still had the paper bar codes stuck on it. On pre-purchase test - ran fine WOT, idled rough, oil clean and clear. Owner atributed idle to fact boat had last been fueled over a year ago. Got it home replaced gas, still idled rough on the muffs. Pulled plugs - one had water on it. Hose was still on the muffs, but with no internal pressure put 2 qts water in the pan real quick. Cost to repair $2200 for new manifold, valve job, etc. and I haven't even had the boat in the water. Contacted the seller and we agreed to split the cost - because it was the right thing to do. If he had known he would have got a whole lot less for the boat or would have had to fork out the whole $2200. On the other hand I was not expecting to have to pay that chunk of money out after purchasing the boat, but when I buy something used I realize there are always small things to fix. Guess he could have adopted the appraoch that seems to be the theme of another thread - buyer beware! Particularly with him in the US and me in Canada. I couldn't/wouldn't stick somebody like that, nor do I want that done to me - it's an integrity issue. At the end of it both he and I were satisfied with the deal.
But there are lot of folks on this forum that I'm glad I didn't buy a boat from.
But there are lot of folks on this forum that I'm glad I didn't buy a boat from.
