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Last October I took my boat to a repair shop to get an estimate for some gel work. I thought the price that the guy gave me was too high so I took my boat to another place. The next quote was much more in line with what I thought it should cost and he was highly recommended by other people so I gave him the job. The boat turned out great.

The other day my daughters boyfriend asked me if a picture that he found in his towns newspaper was of my boat. There is no mistaking that it is a picture my boat.

The funny part is the picture was taken outside of the guys shop that gave me the first estimate that I refused. There is a 9 paragraph write up welcoming this guys business to the community and suggesting people take there boats and cars to him for repair, upgrades and installations. The paper even suggested to see pictures of his work by visiting his web sight.

So I did and there's the same picture of my boat on the home page of his site. There is no place that states that he did work on my boat but it sure is implied. He also has a boat at the same marina where I am and he does a lot of advertising there also.

Obviously, he never asked for my permission to use the picture and I'm not sure that he is obligated to do so but I think it would have been a nice courtesy to ask anyway.

What do you think?

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you have got to be kidding????? BZ

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It's a little oily, but I wouldn't spend much time worrying about it.

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Sounds like you made the right choice. F-em!

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Not kidding at all. Does this look like my boat?

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Next time you need some work done, tell him he owes you for all the advertising you and your boat have done for him.Seriously!

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I'm not worried about it. Actually it's sort of a compliment.

I take pictures of other boats all the time but if I was going to use one to advertise my business, I would get it OKed first.

I think a sign in front of my boat at the marina thanking the guy that did the work would be in order this year. :evilb: Just to keep the credit in the proper place.

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I like this idea better

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Thats not your boat. Your boat is yellow

I think it would upset me a little that he didn't ask me first and I would have told him NO because he didn't do the work.

I would call him and ask him to take it off his site or you will run an add in the same news paper about what happened and someone else did the work. It will disappear pretty fast. I wouldn't care what it cost to run the ad it's just the point of the hole thing.

pm203 has a pretty good point. If you don't need anything painted I was thinking about doing my drives and extension box's, I'll bring them right up. :D

I hope your coming to the boat show, Betty and I want to hear about your trip.

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Nice! You have a nice boat and he decided to use it to his advantage. Those in the know will always go to Captain Nabber and not SanBob(sp). A nice sign over your lift would do the trick. :D
Dan

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[I think it would upset me a little that he didn't ask me first and I would have told him NO because he didn't do the work.]

Doug, This is exactly what I would have told him if he had called and asked. I'm sure that's why he didn't and I'm sure he never thought I would see the paper or his web site. I'm going to give him a call to let him know that I don't like what he did.

This is why I took my boat and ran. Keith from Landcraft 's quote was $9,700. :eek:

Captain Nabber's was $3,300 and he did more work than Keith was going to.

The problems were some minor stress cracks, dings and scratches. And one of the trailer fenders was dinged a little. When I picked the boat up from Nabber's I couldn't find where the repaired spots were because he did such a good job.

I hope your coming to the boat show, Betty and I want to hear about your trip.[/QUOTE]

Unfortunately we are not going to make the party Saturday. I have a wedding to go to that day. :mad: I hope to get down there Thursday. We had a great time on the trip :drink: Man can those guys drink :crazy:

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He probably thought you'd be flattered that he thought enough of your boat to use it in his material.
He should have asked you before he did it, especially because it IMPLIES you are his customer. If you really feel that this guy is NOT someone you want YOUR name associated with, well then, get a "Cease and desist" order started.

Some people are so damn nervy!

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The problem I see here ,, is ,, that the #2 guy did not do the work , however ,, its my bet that he did add on to the #1 guys price when he did the work,,, its sad that #1 did not have his price in line the 1st time around. would have saved u more money!! #2 might have added 15to20% and never touched the boat !! :rolleyes:

RHC

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Thats was just to deep for me to understand....... :D


Who was on 1st ?

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Roger (RHC) that is confusing :D , you might have thought what I was thinking that Nabbers farmed out the work to Landcraft that happens in my business all the time, and our customers never know it. However that would mean that Nabbers should have been more pricy.

Roger (QS) how long did you have you boat at the first place?

I would send him a fax or a letter stating that if he did not do the work at his shop that he should remove your boats picture from his ad and web site. The reason being is that this puts you in an awkward position. Your boat is recgonizable and if some one was to ask you about his work you would have to say that he did not do the work and that would open a can of worms that I am sure he would not want you to discuss with any of his potential customers. Stuff like this is easier said in a letter.

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I can't follow this logic either, but if it was me, I would let this go, forget about the guy who did not do the work, and concentrate on other things in life. :D

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The answer is simple, just run an ad with the picture of the boat stating that he did not do the work but ABC marine did and it turned out great.

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what do you mean??

This message has been deleted by t500hps. Reason: ms patriyacht is screwing with me :)

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Just call the guy and tell him that you look forward to the point where he actually gets a real customer so he will stop faking like you were one.

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Go to the guy who did the work explain the situation
and sugest that you would like to put his biz name
somewhere on your boat (vinyl graphics) and see
if you can work out some kind of discount for future
services. Kind of like a sponser.
I dont know if you do Poker Runs but his name
will be addvertised on the lakes you run and
at the same time with out causing any problems you are
burning the other guy a$$.

If you can get that discount and drum up biz for the guy
then you both win.

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From the Top People---

1st guys qoute was to high

2nd guys qoute was ok,,, however ,, he took it to the 1st guy and farmed out the work

deduction,,, the 1st guy had to do the work cheaper for the 2guy ,, much cheaper ,,, because the 2nd guy had to make a profit ????

clear as Mud,, right ?? :D :D

RHC

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:D Birdog,,, I am really disapointed in you buddy,,,, Maybe ya should step away from the "everclear" for a while!! :evilb:

Donna,, its OK honey ,,, just a Blonde moment !! :D I bet Ian understood what I said. :cool: :p

RHC

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Roger has a valid point, before doing anything I would go to the second guy and demand to know know really did the work. Then go from there..you have a few legal routes to go if the suspected poser didnt actually do the work. Personally I wouldnt have the time to deal with it. I hear that Loadmaster Trailer is using my boat in some of their advertizements (of course done without my permission), yes it is kind of aggitating that someone is cashing in on some free advertizement but unless its costing you $$ or a tarnished image of somesort then why waste your time.

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Go ahead and pursue this thing. Remember what happened to the coffee company that used a picture illegally. The old dude collected millions of dollars in royalties. I think the coffee was 'Tasters Choice'. The old guy got lottery type of rich.

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I would punch him right in the neck!!!!!!!!!

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nah I had to splain it to him ;) .

Guy one would have to be a huge jerk to quote a person over $7,000.00 and then do it for another business for under $3,000.00 Quite Storm should find out though and either way, guy one is not an astute business man

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Ooo...ooo...I know. Let's just sink that garbage barge he has in the harbor and all the white trash on board...they play really crappy music anyway...even worse that the country that comes from Kevin's boat! Couple 1/8 holes should do the trick...big enough to do the job, small enough not to be easily seen. Better yet, after the sinking, he can fix his OWN boat and use it in an ad. Damn, logic is cool.

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Oh yeah...since I forgot a smiley guy at the end...I was kidding about everything except the music :evilb: .

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:D

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OK, guy #1 does not know guy #2. Guy #1 acts like gel coat work is some kind of black magic that only the super natural could understand how difficult it is.

Donna, it took guy #1 a week to work up the estimate and a hour to explain why it was soooo expensive.

Guy #2 listened while I told him what I wanted, asked a few questions and make some suggestions. He then thought for a few minutes and said hows $3300.00 sound. It was a no brainier at that point, just do it.

A couple weeks later guy #2 called me and said that he was finished but to make the job really look good, he would need to buff and wax the bottom of the boat. I asked how much. He said $250.00 :eek: Another no brainier, just do it. :D

I not going to sue, punch or drill holes in the bottom of his boat :rolleyes: (Mike, keep your drill in your pants :D ) but I do intend to let him know that I'm aware of what he is doing and that I don't like it. I'll make sure people at the marina know that he didn't do the work. That vinyl graphic idea is good but I couldn't deal with the name Capt'n Nabber on my boat for long.

To do more than this is a waste of time, money and aggravation.
Thanks for the input :drink:

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Tell her you love her and fu@k her.


That is a good answer for most "What should I do?" questions...

You don't even need to bother reading the thread. :D

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:D Ok,,, now I am really confused,,, if Guy 1 does not know Guy 2,,, How did the Pic of your boat get taken in front of Guy 1s property, when ,,, Guy 2 had your boat ?? I think that is what you said before,,,, and -------- :drink: ,,, I agree with you ,, it doesnt really matter.. well, maybe to Donna :D :D

RHC

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RHC, you are not going dotty on me are you :p QS took to the boat over there for an estimate. You know it's winter so any boat story sounds riviting at the moment :D :D

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Guy #1 had my boat for a week working on the estimate. The day I went over for the explanation of the quote, he had pulled it out in front of his shop like you see it in the picture before I got there. That's when he took the picture.

When he told me it was going to cost $9700.00, I hooked up and took it away.

I thought it was funny that he had pulled it outside but he explained that everything was easier to see in the sun light. I'm surprised it didn't break the little SUV that he used to move it with.

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''I not going to sue, punch or drill holes in the bottom of his boat'' :rolleyes:

I noticed you left out ''groin kick''. :D

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AAAAHHhhh ----- that changes everything,,, Please disregard all my previous post!! :D :D :D

Now I see said the blind man!! :D :D

RHC

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I call guy #1 and had to talk to his secretary because he was out in the field hard at work on boats. I asked if she knew about the picture of my boat being in the local newspaper and that it is on their web site. She very proudly answered yes and that she was responsible for setting up the site. She also complimented me for having such a nice looking boat. :D

I thanked her for that but I didn't think it was right to implying that they had worked on it and I wanted them to take the picture off the web site. After a bit of discussion she agreed to remove the picture.

I hope this is the end of the story and glad that I didn't have to sink his boat to get it done. :cool:

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Nice job Roger. I thought they would see it your way. I know if I was in your spot I couldn't have left it alone.

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I would punch him right in the neck!!!!!!!!!
:evilb: I prefer the choke slame myself! :evilb: