steve will post reply soon. both him and art are having trouble w/scott trying to get company back. he did tell me for sure today that they will make all the issues that scott has caused right and i think that they will. those guys always treeted me very fair and steve did help me a lot with the setup on my 1997 31 ao. runs better now then it ever did! if i here something i will post.

The guys out there with business outstanding need to give the guys time to sort things out, I am sure everything will be sorted out over the next several weeks, the company has a good product, just because Scott is screwing things up doesn't mean the company will go by the wayside.things will work out one way or another

Merlin,
Art has been helping Scott for the last 22 mounths to the tune of over 300k and there is another 600+k that scott has ripped off in the form of deposits, bad checks and outstanding bills!!!!! Do you really think Art can take care of all this?????? If they get the company back tomorrow they will need at least 600,000.00 to put it back to sq.one and they could not make it work then............
I worked years to build the company and watched Art and Steve screw it up and this makes me sick!!!! Art would never listen to me for any reason,but now he is more willing to listen and he does not call me mr. negative any more! I have somewhat of a plan that could put American Offshore on the top of the list for high performance catamarans and put all this BS. behind,but it would not include Art or Steve D. for the next few years.........DO you think Art will listen to this?????????????????

i see your point ed. its a shame that the company that you started years ago is so screwed up now. besides a skater i think that a ao was about the best out there. thats too much money to recover from thats for sure. i wish scott would post a reply. did he get out of the butthouse????????????/

shameless,
Shame on you for sending all that money to a flake like Scott!!!!!
Did he ever send you a pic of your boat with motor in it????? Or a trailer ID#??????? This is what keeps these crooks in business "SUCKERS" the ones who send money without getting anything for it!!!! I have been building boats for 28 years and never took the kind of money Scott took in 2002 I got 20% down and balance on delivery and that's it!!!! Your deal should have been minumn deposit coz Scott told you he had a motor from a 3100 that the customer did not take or something like this,you should look in to this coz I think he was talking about the same boat as he delivered to tiga marine and if so he never intended to deliver you a boat from the get go........... The good news is your boat is alive and well and is lacking seats,outdrive and trailer!!!! Would you like me to shoot you a pic??????????

Hey Merlin
What's up with all these people sending 50,80,130,110 thousands of dollars for deposits on thes boats??????

its crazy its always 20% down to start. thats industry standard. but i do know some builders want 50% down. thats a joke. why do customers feel like they are dealing with the mafia to buy a boat?????????

I bought a 2002 2600 from scott, and had a new motor put in it, and he wanted all the money up front. I have been waiting on my carpet and pad for 6 months and over paid for a replacement outdrive by $1200. He tried to sell me a bravo one xz outdrive and pass it off as a teague xr. He sent me the replacement stickers to put on it, he said teague doesn't put stickers on from the factory. I love my boat , but can't stand it because I think of scott every time I'm in it.

Hey fasteddie from what I read lets put the blame where it really lies thats on Scott, I understand from other sources this is not the first time he pulled a stunt like this ' but this was his biggest
swindle from what I can see. Scott needs to be literlly handled Texas style.

well Ed you are right of course. I was very stupid to really believe I was dealing with an honest guy. I am the 1st to admit I was pretty dumb, niave or whatever. Youd think someone my age would be smarter, so shame on me for having faith in people. Sure I would like a pic Ed. also I have talked to Art about what is needed to finish it. I just hope Art is more truthful then Scott. Hard to believe anyone right now. From my understanding I'm not the only one in this predicerment at the moment, not that it makes it any easier.
Also very hard to understand why Art cant take company back if Scott has defaulted on payments, unless theres some other things we are unaware of.
My attorney will be involved very soon if something doesnt happen. Like this Monday.
Also ed, not laying blame , but I think some of this would have been avoided if some of the folks here had stepped up to the plate and made us aware of some things they knew about.
Every one said what a great guy SCott was to deal with and now I've been told by different sources some of the things that have happened in the near past. I wont name names cuz I was asked not to , but you know who you are.
Again, I take responsibility for my own stupidity, but I think it would be better not to rave about a person, manufacture, company etc, when you know the downside. Just my 02 worth.
I thought this was a board to help each other.
Again this is in no way trying to defer any blame for our situation, just my opinion. thanks Guys