What's the boat? Might be able to find you a seat...

I don't know GLH but I do know of him. I guess he's had some work done by this guy on the Azimut. I haven't seen it myself and I'm guessing it doesn't look like this. I believe it was simple square couch cushions or something but not positive.

2000 Fastech 382

It would be cheaper to have it made over from scratch than to get it back...

I would not pay for that type of work.

DAM! What BS :bsflag: and now he holds your seat hostage.

You just need to talk sweet and negotiate the re-work that needs to be done to the seat :asskiss: It sucks but going to court will cost you a lot more in the long run as well as buying a new seat.

Good luck

Perhaps you might ask him if he'd mind if you provided him some exposure / advertising by posting photos of his work (your seat) at the local marinas & dealers? That would surely help to make other aware of the fine quality of his work, and maybe gain (or cost ) him some business. I'm enough of a hard head to put that on a billboard right outside of his shop & tell the world about his "craftsmanchit". He'll have a damned tough time blaming that crap work on anything but himself....

I would lean on your dealer / mechanic a bit and see if they can talk some sense into him. I realize they have no dog in the fight, but to J.B.'s point I'm sure they won't send anymore business his way if he sticks to this attitude. Worth a few phone calls for sure.

FWIW, that is completely unacceptable for $1700. HOWEVER, He should be given the chance to "fix" it. The right heat and a re-stretch after a week and it should be OK.

Small claims is $2500 or more... so that is bullcrap.

Either way, you can be just as much of a prick. Have everybody from OSO start emailing him and say they will give him more negative publicity than he can handle. If he wants to play dirty... you can too.

Thanks guys, hearing your opinions really gives me the confidence that I'm not out of line here. The dealer brokered the whole deal but now that it went negative they tell me I have to deal with him direct. I had no direct communication with him until I was asked to share my "concerns" directly when I didn't like what I saw. I'm really bummed out the boat shop isn't standing up to the guy. They are careful what they say but they have said enough to indicate to me that they agree the work completed was poor and doesn't fit into the quality of the rest of my boat.