Bob La Londe wrote:
I got a call on Firday that the boat shop that was
supposed to be fixing my fiberglass boat is going out of business, and my
boat still isn't fixed. Wouldn't be a big deal, but I gave them a pretty
sizable deposit.

Bob, that's awful! Was the deposit by credit card? Maybe you could
reverse charges. Or maybe you could go pick up your boat first thing in
the morning and see if they have something you need you could dicker
them out of. You know what I mean, maybe they could at least pitch in
the parts needed, even if they aren't going to do the labor.
I would think that if they haven't done ANY work, that keeping your
money would be chargeable as theft, but I'm no lawyer.