RotaryRacer
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I am looking at a boat to purchase and I have pretty much decided not to buy it based on one "simple" little thing. The HIN tag has been removed.
The owner has the title and it is registered in his name. However, at some point someone stole the outboard off the boat and also, for who knows what reason, took the HIN tag off. There are still a few lttle remnants of that tag but only the first letter of the HIN is there.
The manufacturer of this boat used a riveted/glued on plastic tag. It is a fiberglass boat.
My reasons for not buying it are pretty straight forward. I don't want to ever get into a legal battle in which I would have to prove that I legally own the boat. Without a HIN on the boat that matches the title I can see a strong possibility that I would lose out on that.
Can anyone think of some other options I might have?
I have considered contacting the manufacturer to see if they can replace the HIN tag. However, I think that would be pretty unlikely.
Ideas?
If not for this issue there was a very strong possibility that I would have bought this boat.
The owner has the title and it is registered in his name. However, at some point someone stole the outboard off the boat and also, for who knows what reason, took the HIN tag off. There are still a few lttle remnants of that tag but only the first letter of the HIN is there.
The manufacturer of this boat used a riveted/glued on plastic tag. It is a fiberglass boat.
My reasons for not buying it are pretty straight forward. I don't want to ever get into a legal battle in which I would have to prove that I legally own the boat. Without a HIN on the boat that matches the title I can see a strong possibility that I would lose out on that.
Can anyone think of some other options I might have?
I have considered contacting the manufacturer to see if they can replace the HIN tag. However, I think that would be pretty unlikely.
Ideas?
If not for this issue there was a very strong possibility that I would have bought this boat.