I bought a new boat, motor and trailer recently. All items represented as 2015 parts.
2 weeks after my purchase I get the manufacturer's statement of origin (MSO) showing that the motor is not a 2015 and was manufactured in 2014 during the month of Feb and is in fact a 2014 model year. The motor was effectively already 14 months old since it was made.
I would think that the product has been misrepresented here and perhaps should have been discounted by some 10%. It would be different if the contract showed I was getting a 2014 motor and I had agreed to that.
Granted there is no difference and the motor is NOS but if I were to resell it I just lost a year of value.
I called the dealer and he says they have no control over what year they get when they pull a motor from the warehouse.
I am considering a small claims court action against the dealer.
What do you think?
2 weeks after my purchase I get the manufacturer's statement of origin (MSO) showing that the motor is not a 2015 and was manufactured in 2014 during the month of Feb and is in fact a 2014 model year. The motor was effectively already 14 months old since it was made.
I would think that the product has been misrepresented here and perhaps should have been discounted by some 10%. It would be different if the contract showed I was getting a 2014 motor and I had agreed to that.
Granted there is no difference and the motor is NOS but if I were to resell it I just lost a year of value.
I called the dealer and he says they have no control over what year they get when they pull a motor from the warehouse.
I am considering a small claims court action against the dealer.
What do you think?
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