Do diligent's. Fix it and go on with your boating.

The first red flag for me when looking at boat ads is "Fresh Motors" Why would someone put that kind dollars in a boat that they were going to sell? If they did freshen the motors and all was good, why sell it? Just another red flag for me. If the motor guy was not a brand name guy, that too would get my antenna up, just because you then have no clue as to the quality of the builder.

This is not the first time this type of deal has come up. I just always go with the buyer beware no matter what. Do your due diligence no matter what. As for "As is" or "With all its faults" on the bill of sale or not, who wants to go to court over the purchase of a boat. There's plenty of fish (boats) in the sea to get the right boat for you. Again the old saying "If it sounds too good to be true........it probably is" comes to mind.

I'm just saying that if you could prove that the seller hid a defect. . . . . . That will not be easy to do though unless you find a post somewhere on a boating forum or something

Not meaning to take a shot at you at all. I always put "As is" on anything I sell with a Bill of Sell. But then again, I don't want to take advantage of anybody and probably disclose to much for my own good. The last thing I want to do is give the lawyers or courts a bunch of money over a deal gone bad no matter what side I'm on, buyer or seller. But that's just anal me. lol

I've said it before - despite the fact that I would have a hard time following my own advice, just fix it and move on. You'll spend more time/energy/resources trying to get blood from a turnip than just fixing it and moving on

I disclose things too. I'll point out every hard to see scratch. I agree that the OP has to eat this one especially after 2 months.

Ya pretty much what I was thinking. It's hard to swallow and this being my first taste of powerboating of this size of the boat makes it even harder but you live and learn I guess I'll just keep replacing stuff and fixing things LOL wish I had unlimited amounts of money so I could dump big motors in it but I'll just keep fixing it As I go and bite the bullet thanks for the help guys appreciate it.

When are people going to learn that "FRESH MOTORS in an add means that they have been fogged with Fabreeze, nothing more, nothing less....

you point out the small imperfections because you are honest,unfortuniatly not everyone is .bying a used boat is almost like bying a used car from a fly-by-nite junk dealer,a lot of people will say anything to make a sale.

I bought a boat once with "fresh motor" never asked a question about the motor. The guy says " you never asked about the engine , the best part" you have receipts? No. Ok so the only thing fresh is prob the paint.