m.qualls89
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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- Jun 4, 2012
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I need some advice. About a month ago I found out my transom was rotten on my 1978 glasstex apollo tri-hull 18' bowrider. I'm not good with fiberglass and my work schedule in the summer is murder basically I only get half a day on sunday to enjoy my boat. So instead of tackling this job myself I chose to have it done by the pros (or so I thought). The guy quoted me $700 to fix it which I thought was great. He had a business in Galesburg IL called EDIT Marine so I made the 80 mile drive and dropped off my boat. This was july 13th, the understanding was it would be 2 weeks and I'd be on the water again. He called a couple days later and said it would be $1000 as he had a bigger job than he thought. I said that was fine and he got to working on it. Well 2weeks came and went. He still wasnt done. I know these things take time but when you have a staffed shop and deadlines it shouldnt be to much over what is originally quoted. It has now been nearly a month of it will be done friday. Today I call he says I'm hanging the motor it will be done by 4:30 p.m. I show up at 6:15 p.m. and it is a FU****G disaster! he said I could get it just to hang out a little while. After an hour of me pointing out you forgot this and that I'm getting mad. 1st my entire boat (electronics and interior also) is coated in a good 1/4" of fiberglass dust from sanding with my new cover inside of it. He said he was going to paint the transom with black and I agreed as i thought the black & blue would look cool together. It is actually fricken SPRAY CAN RUBBER UNDERCOAT! I SEEN THE CANS! It looks like my damn bedliner! The drain hole looks like some home made bs! They somehow "lost" my battery but he did at least offer a new one. So after all of this i watch him install my swim ladder and holy crap he USED NO SEALANT! AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'm about to blow a gasket at this point! He says hop up there and trim up the motor. So I do and it won't work! All I get is CLICK CLICK in either direction! So he doesn't plan on cleaning up the boat and tryed to say the trim wasn't his problem because he didnt touch it. I said BS you replaced the transom you had to! The only good news is the transom is solid. Now I'm scared he didnt do things right and when I do get it I'm gonna have to pull everything out and re-seal it for peace of mind. I really just wanna go take my boat tell him to f-off and go to another shop. Only problem is the cop I talked to said I can't because he has worked on it so I would have to go to civil court if I didn't want to pay him. ANY ADVICE? Do I laywer up and sue? This has been a NIGHTMARE I honestly just wanna rip the guys head off right now.
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